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@github-actions github-actions released this 30 Jun 14:42
· 26 commits to release/11.0 since this release

Enhancements

  • Template Parts & Reusable Blocks: Add editing overlay. (31109)
  • General UI: Improve UI/UX for block manager search. (32922)
  • Widgets editor:
    • Display shortcuts for navigating regions. (32757)
    • Improve insertion point and drag-n-drop in the widgets screen. (32953)
    • Set Legacy Widget form to display only when not hidden. (33015)
    • Stretch Widgets editor layout to full height. (32905)
    • Add ability for Legacy custom HTML widget to transform into custom HTML block. (32862)
    • Remove the widget switcher block toolbar button for the Legacy Widget. (32733)
    • Wire handle_legacy_widget_preview_iframe to admin_init_hook. (32854)
  • Block Library:
    • Media Text block: allow drag and drop media replacement for Media & Text. (29710)
    • Categories block: Add a label for screen readers. (33060)
    • Post Template Block: Add post-classes in the loop for Post Template block. (30497)
  • Global Styles and Templates:
    • Allow left/right/center alignments when a layout is defined. (32810)
    • Allow longhand and shorthand properties in theme.json and block attributes. (31641)
    • Add filters to get_block_templates functions. (31806)
  • Core Data:
    • Allow making context-specific requests using the data module. (32961)
    • Make apiFetch requests abortable via AbortController in @wordpress/api-fetch. (32530)

New APIs

  • Add an API to define the default template used for the template mode. (32771)

Bug Fixes

  • Widgets Editor:
    • Adjust widget form margins in the new Widgets Editor. (33040)
    • Adjust Legacy Widget form styles to match editor. (32974)
    • Fix creating and editing non-multi widgets. (32978)
    • Fix wide widget styles to allow floated contents. (32976)
    • Fix to allow adding the same image twice in Widgets Editor. (32951)
    • Fix Legacy Widget edit style bleed. (32871)
    • Fix flaky widgets-related end-to-end tests. (33066)
    • Fix widgets background when loading theme styles. (32683)
    • Fix widget preview not working if widget registered via an instance. (32781)
    • Don't display admin notices on the Widgets Editor. (32877)
    • Remove classic block in Widgets Editor. (32800)
    • Disable "FSE" blocks in Widgets Editor. (32761)
    • Align widget sidebar button. (32738)
    • Customizer:
      • Fix block toolbar deselection when clicking scrollbar. ([32762]
      • Avoid adding default block to empty widget areas in customizer. (32979)
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      • Fix apparent overflow in Customizer caused by widgets editor. (32749)
      • Fix scroll jitter in Customize Widgets. (32479)
  • Block Library
    • Query loop:
      • Select first Query Loop found from pattern selection. (32737)
      • Fix race condition for making Post blocks inside uneditable. (33037)
      • Fix full width children from scrolling horizontally only in the editor. (32892)
    • Group block: Avoid rendering the layout configuration twice. (33045)
    • Button block:
      • Use border support provided styles and classes. (33017)
      • Adding buttons should respect the preferred style. (31089)
    • Categories block:
      • Fix broken experience for lower privileged users when fetching Categories . (32994)
      • Fix crash when trying to access categories on insertion. (32989)
    • Latest Posts & Latest Comments blocks: Fix to remove the default indent in various editors. (32983)
    • Archives block: add custom classes to archive dropdown. (32971)
    • Post terms block: Fix broken experience for lower privileged users when fetching Terms. (32947)
    • Site Title and Site Tagline blocks: readonly view when the user has no the right permissions. (32817)
    • Image block:
      • Fix block validation errors when clearing height/width. (32524)
      • Correctly set image size slug. (32364)
    • Site Logo block: fix broken experience for lower privileged users via permissions handling. (32919)
  • Block editor:
    • Fix switcher focus style. (33031)
    • Fix drag and drop indicator above first block and RTL drop indicators. (33024)
    • Fix glitchy block focus style when multi selecting blocks. (32927)
    • Fix collapsing appender when paragraph disabled. (32894)
    • Fix unintended HTTP search request in <LinkControl> when showSuggestions is false. (32857)
    • Ensure only valid URLs or anchors within the text are automatically created as links. (32663)
    • Fix drag and drop indices when a block list contains a style element. (32776)
    • Consistent border with focus styles for block appender. (33022)
    • Improve scrolling experience in Safari (32824)
    • Avoid flash of background color when scrolling in Safari. (32747)
  • Components:
    • useNavigateRegions: Don't remove click event if there's no element. (32816)
    • Stop modifying the parent context and correctly memoize it. (32745)
    • Clear event listeners on unmount in Tooltip component. (32729)
    • Allow decimals in spacing controls. (32692)
  • CSS and styling:
    • Remove "is-dark-theme" rules from mixins. (33058)
    • Set explicit z-index on interface body to ensure it’s pinned under interface header. (32732)
    • Rename .interface-interface-skeleton__body z-index to .interface-interface-skeleton__content. (32869)
  • Template editor:
    • Fix: Template editor header area is difficult to navigate with screenreaders. (32938)
    • Do not allow users to create templates with blank titles. (32809)
    • TemplatePanel: Fixed a problem that when a new template is created, the template is not displayed in the select box. (32744)
  • Global styles:
    • Fix a regression where custom-units are forced as an array. (32898)
    • Allow custom properties to merge. (31840)
  • Editor: Prepublish Panel: Disable the Publish and Cancel buttons while saving. (32889)

WordPress Core compatibility

  • Block Library: Improve view script integration to account for WordPress Core. (32977)
  • Auto-enable the template editor for themes with theme.json only. (32858)
  • Unify handling for block view scripts. (32814)

Documentation

  • Handbook:
    • Update ESnext code in the block toolbar documentation. (32422)
    • Fix "Gutenberg" typo in dynamic blocks tutorial. (33013)
    • Polish the Gutenberg release docs, performance audit section. (32770)
    • Update filter in Widget Block Editor documentation. (32759)
    • Block Editor and Block API:
      • Add link color supports to Block API documentation. (32936)
      • Unify Block Editor readme language and example. (31850)
    • Architecture: Add a schema explaining the relationship between the packages that comprise the post editor. (32921)
    • Testing: Update testing overview documentation. (32829)
  • Components:
    • ServerSideRender: Update documentation for placeholder props. (33030)
    • Add 'area' key to function doc for gutenberg_get_block_templates. (32746)
  • Widgets: Add technical implementation details for Widgets Customizer. (33026)

Code Quality

  • Block Library:
    • Query Loop: use plain div for wrapper element in patterns. (32867)
    • Post Template block: remove gutenberg domain from Post Template block. (32804)
    • Ensure there is no direct import from core/editor store. (32866)
    • Improve block categories by moving several blocks from Design to Theme. (32568)
  • Typings:
    • Begin adding types, starting with redus-store/meta/actions. (32855)
    • Type promise-middleware. (32967)
    • Add types to redux-store/metadata/selectors. (32965)
    • Add types to redux-store metadata reducer. (32942)
    • Redux routine: Add types. (21313)
  • Card component refactor:
    • Remove the g2 implementation of Card. (32764)
    • Update Card component Storybook story. (32763)
    • Update components provider story. (32743)
    • Update to g2 implementation. (32566)
  • Components:
    • Remove duplicated space utilities. (32852)
    • Unit control Utils: Update JS documentation and add basic test coverage. (32774)
    • Allow for non-polymorphic components. (32796)
  • Editors & Interface:
    • Update pre-publish setting copy. (32874)
    • Update FullscreenMode from class components to functional components. (32925)
    • Remove @wordpress/editor as a dependency from @wordpress/block-library. (32801)
  • Testing:
    • Iframed editor: Add Masonry integration end-to-end test. (33008)
    • Add regression end-to-end test for the bug that caused some wp_options to get corrupted data. (32797)
    • Fix broken the post-template-editor test. (32904)
  • Linting:
    • Promote lint rule to error when validating store string literals. (32537)
    • Cleanup PHP Codesniffer warnings and enable fail. (26516)
  • Data: Handle context state updates in core-data reducer on edits. (32991)

Tools

  • Testing:
    • Improve image caret e2e-test. (32832)
    • Add getCurrentUser() to e2e test utils: , and use it for user switching. (33050)
    • Fix WP editor metabox e2e test. (32915)
    • Fix failing PHPUnit test caused by changes in WP core. (32888)
  • CSS & Styling:
    • Restrict imports of @emotion/css. (33051)
    • @wordpress/scripts: Support path-based chunk names in FixStyleWebpackPlugin. (32834)
    • Upgrade to Emotion 11. (32930)
  • Linting:
    • Fix eslint-import resolver with extraneous dependencies. (32906)
    • Scripts: Update lint-md-docs script to use ignore-path. (32633)
  • Workflows:
    • Recursively clear node modules when building for ci. (32856)
    • Allow point releases after a new RC is out. (32560)

Performance

  • Add in memory cache for rich link previews data. (32741)

Experiments

  • Navigation Block and Editor:
    • Update the function name and correct the comment. (32918)
    • Correct the case of navigation __unstableLocation. (32783
    • Navigation block: Add an unstable location attribute. (32491)
    • Avoid double encoding of URLs in Navigation Link block. (32840)
  • Site Editor:
    • Fix logic error on site editor useSetting. (32793)
    • Fix oEmbeds not working in block template parts. (32331)