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Changelog

Features

Components

  • Introduce a basic ProgressBar component. (53030)

Block Editor

  • Link Control: Persist advanced settings toggle state to preferences if available. (52799)

Block Library

  • Behaviors: Extend Global Styles API to read/write behaviors config. (52370)

Enhancements

Site Editor

  • Add context to the "Reset template" "Delete template" and "Edit template" commands. (52989)
  • Add xhuge breakpoint (1920px) and update pattern grid. (52942)
  • Display keyboard shortcut for command palette in site view. (52841)
  • Make sure only one Site updated notice displays at a time. (53087)
  • Pattern library: Switch to three column layout on huge screens. (52927)
  • Template Descriptions: Tidy up all abbreviations of 'example' to be e.g. (52848)
  • Try adding further details to template part panel. (52476)
  • Update the ConfirmDialog that appears when applying a style revision over unsaved changes. (52972)
  • Update: Improve titles of author templates in query title block. (52732)

Post Editor

  • Add common commands (breadcrumbs, live preview, pre-publish checklist). (53073)
  • Use hooks instead of HoCs for:

Block Library

  • Footnotes: Add link, background, and text color support. (52897)
  • Image block: Fix flaky tests. (52442)
  • Preformatted: Add spacing support. (45196)
  • Social Links: Add Threads Icon. (52685)
  • Verse: Enable the line breaks. (52928)

Patterns

  • Align height of save button and patterns pagination. (52764)
  • Allow inserting of unsynced patterns from quick inserter. (52866)
  • Show the default patterns icons for all pattern blocks in inserter. (53208)
  • Update the Manage all my patterns command to redirect to site editor patterns list. (52817)

Interactivity API

  • Use defer loading strategy for frontend view scripts. (52536)
  • [create-block] Refinements to the create-block-interactive-template package. (52801)

Components

  • Settings: Show message when Visual or Code editor are disabled. (52737)
  • TabPanel: Implement Ariakit internally. (52133)

Global Styles

  • Site editor: Conditionally render global styles revisions footer in sidebar. (53204)

Block Editor

  • Remove duplicated display URL in LinkControl. (53167)

Synced Patterns

  • Remove extraneous "Detach" ToolbarButton for synced patterns. (53121)

Icons

  • Add keyboard icon and use in relative commands. (53083)

Plugin

  • Bump plugin minimum supported PHP version to 7.0. (52982)

Data Layer

  • Promisify action creator return type for WP data dispatch. (52530)

Bug Fixes

Block Library

  • Avatar: Fix global border styles generation. (53007)
  • Check if object exists before accessing its properties. (52870)
  • Cover block: Disable contrast checker. (53080)
  • Disambiguate "Import" button string. (52907)
  • Footnotes:
    • Footnotes/RichText: Fix getRichTextValues for deeply nested blocks. (53034)
    • Disable based on post type. (52934)
    • Disable for synced patterns and prevent duplication for pages in site editor. (53003)
    • Fix published preview. (53072)
    • Store in revisions. (52686)
  • Image block: Fix image size at wide and full width. (53184)
  • Navigation Sidebar: Fetch the blocks from the content when trying to load navigations. (52899)
  • Navigation: Load the raw property on the navigation fallback. (52758)
  • Remove block tools back compat component schedule for deprecated in 6.3. (53115)
  • Verse: Disable line breaks. (52783)
  • Video: Fixing styles that vertical alignment of the video. (53131)

Site Editor

  • Add navigation type to title labels map. (53074)
  • Command Palette:
    • Add Open styles revisions command conditionally. (52945)
    • Command Palette: Remove double border on results pages. (52873)
    • CommandPalette: Fixed to not execute commands in IME composition. (52844)
    • Defer to preceding handlers in command palette keyboard shortcut. (53001)
    • [Core Commands]: Handle navigation commands based on access of site editor. (52987)
  • Fix block top toolbar artifact in navigation isolation. (53110)
  • Fix canvas mode sync with URL. (52996)
  • Fix the template parts link on the list page. (52891)
  • Open template parts from the list page in canvas view mode. (52916)
  • Fix the typo in the title label map. (53071)
  • Fix: Block toolbar obscuring document tools when Top Toolbar is enabled. (52722)
  • ResizableFrame: Account for window resizing. (52697)
  • Sidebar: Restore Back button 'go to parent' functionality. (52910)
  • Top toolbar: Fix issues with save button overlap and plugin buttons. (53101)
  • Update document title buttons radius. (53221)

Patterns

  • Add id to pattern inserted notice to stop multiple notices stacking. (52746)
  • Allow orphaned template parts to appear in "general" category. (52961)
  • Correctly color code unsynced patterns titles in Site Editor. (52958)
  • Fix auto-size patterns triggering scrollbar flickering on certain size. (52921)
  • Fix color and behavior of unsynced patterns in block inserter when searching for reusable. (53205)
  • Fix editor crashing on certain search filter combinations. (52956)
  • Fix empty general template parts in Patterns. (52747)
  • Fix not expanding pattern in page editor. (53169)
  • Fix: Snack bar not fixed on certain pages in the Site Editor. (53207)
  • Pattern: Add getBlockRootClientId call. (53206)
  • Patterns Browse Screen: Fix back button when switching between categories. (52964)
  • Reset current page when search filters change. (52933)
  • Site Editor: Fix site link accessibility issues. (52744)
  • Site Editor: Use the correct icon for Patterns in sidebar card. (52931)

Post Editor

  • Allow styles to be changed dynamically through editor settings. (52767)
  • Distraction Free: Fix conflict with showListViewByDefault preference. (52914)
  • Editor: Set default parameter for '__unstableSaveForPreview'. (53079)
  • Fix toolbar when previewing devices in post editor. (52770)
  • I18N: Add missing Gettext wrapper on strings in Edit Post overview sidebar. (52971)
  • shimAttributeSource: Don't run outside the registerBlockType filter. (53015)

Global Styles

  • Global styles revisions: Display text if no revisions are found. (52865)
  • Spacing presets: Fix bug with select control adding undefined preset values. (53005)
  • Style Engine: Switch off optimize by default. (53085)

Block Editor

  • Fix spacing for LinkControl actions. (53055)
  • List: Allow ENTER on multi-selection. (52947)
  • List: Fix merging nested lists. (52949)

Design Tools

  • Borders: Prevent console error when clearing custom border color. (52963)
  • Check if spacing tool is defined before displaying controls. (53008)

Distraction Free

  • Add missing command in Site Editor. (52868)
  • Distraction Free Keyboard Shortcut: Fix notices in Site Editor. (52867)

Layout

  • Prevent the Dimensions UI from being displayed when the block does not support Dimensions. (53092)

List View

  • Ensure onBlockDrop does not fire if there is no target. (52959)

Template Editor

  • Site Editor: Don't navigate to the patterns in Template Parts mode. (52884)

Navigation Menus

  • Navigation: Backport Core changes for the navigation fallback. (52878)

REST API

  • Global styles revisions: Update private methods to protected. (52748)

Block API

  • Parser / Site Editor: Ensure autop is not run when freeform block is set to core/html. (52716)

Accessibility

  • Fix regression with Edit site Navigate regions. (52940)
  • Return focus more from focus return hook. (52710)
  • [Commands]: Add aria-activedescendant attribute to suggestions. (52930)

Components

  • ColorPalette, BorderControl: Don't hyphenate HEX value in aria-label. (52932)
  • Modal: Fix loss of focus when clicking outside. (52653)

Patterns

  • My Patterns page: Increase color contrast for the toggle group. (52678)

Post Editor

  • Improve consistency of the Post Editor and Site Editor Document actions. (52246)

Performance

  • Replace array_key_exists() with isset() check. (53098)

Block Library

  • Footnotes: Use static closures when not using '$this'. (52781)

Experiments

Block Library

  • Set freeform handler only if Classic block exists. (52936)
  • Backend handle freeform blocks with TinyMCE removal. (52938)
  • Fix TinyMCE removal for heartbeat requests. (52935)

Interactivity API

  • Improve the Interactivity API priority levels logic. (52323)
  • Remove the wp-show directive temporarily. (53240)

Block API

  • Auto-inserting blocks on the frontend and in the editor (via REST API). (51449)

Documentation

  • API Reference documentation for Interactivity API. (52948)
  • Adding description of the --no-watch option. (53139)
  • Adds documentation about selectors. (52941)
  • Add Block API Version 3. (53046)
  • Added missing images via developer.wp.org site. (53051)
  • Clarify that blockGap support depends on layout support. (53254)
  • Interactivity API > Getting Started Guide - minor adjustments. (52786)
  • Update Appearance Tools. (52785)
  • Open "docs" folder for the Interactivity API package and Getting Started Guide. (52462)
  • Update the Gutenberg release process documentation. (52955)

Code Quality

  • Add options for debugging PHP unit tests in package.json. (52778)
  • Block Editor: Fix ESLint warning for the useBlockEditingMode hook. (53218)
  • Block Editor: Simplify check in 'withBlockControls' styles hook. (53227)
  • BlockVariationPicker: Remove unused withSelect. (53100)
  • Enforce checks against redeclaration for functions and classes. (52696)
  • Improve the efficiency of the useDebouncedInput hook. (53263)
  • Refactor useShowMoversGestures hook. (52792)
  • Remove withSpokenMessages HoC from the Link format. (53106)
  • Site Editor: Remove unnecessary hook from 'PageTemplates'. (52903)
  • [Create Block] Add support for the example property and add template defaults. (52803)

Block Library

  • Add PHP since annotations. (52820)
  • Footnotes: Add missing _ in revision field filter. (53135)
  • Refactor navigation title usage. (52807)
  • Template Part Block: Use get_block_file_template for rendering. (52892)

Global Styles

  • Don't use named arguments for sprintf. (52782)
  • Remove experimental setting for interactivity API and behaviors. (52833)
  • Site editor: Update function name. (52869)
  • Update PHP unit tests. (52819)

Interactivity API

  • Move Store's data encoding to the echo call. (51974)
  • Update the block.json schema to include Behavior supports. (52895)

Typography

  • Fluid typography: Rename viewport variables. (53082)

Components

  • Update framer-motion to 10.13.0. (52804)

Themes

  • Behaviors - Lightbox: Update theme.json schema. (51156)

Tools

  • Add GH action to enforce PR labels. (52760)
  • Changelog automation:
    • Make Accessibility a top-level section. (52900)
    • Update to work with consolidated a11y labels. (52896)
    • Use the correct label to filter Mobile app PRs. (53024)
  • Enforce PR labels:
    • Change permissions to read. (52980)
    • Fully re-enabling the pre-merge check. (52990)
    • Make PR label checks non-blocking to merge while trying a different GH token setting. (52975)
    • Try using a different token. (52979)
    • Use pull_request_target trigger to work with PRs coming from forks. (52981)
  • Use proper casing on PR template. (52999)

Testing

  • Add end-to-end tests for Behaviors in the site editor. (52809)
  • Ignore local test theme folders created by wp-env. (53031)
  • Improve slug generation & matching in request utils. (52414)
  • Migrate 'iframed inline styles' end-to-end tests to Playwright. (53269)
  • Migrate Allowed Block Test to Playwright. (53171)
  • Patterns: Reinstate template parts mode spec. (52780)
  • Route to published post instead of homepage on navigation end-to-end tests. (52802)
  • Temporarily skip widget import end-to-end test. (53226)
  • Update end-to-end tests that use code editor. (52788)

First time contributors

The following PRs were merged by first time contributors:

  • @Armondal: Adding description of the --no-watch option. (53139)
  • @lunaluna: Video: Fixing styles that vertical alignment of the video. (53131)

Contributors

The following contributors merged PRs in this release:

@aaronrobertshaw @afercia @andrewserong @anton-vlasenko @Armondal @artemiomorales @audrasjb @bph @c4rl0sbr4v0 @carolinan @chad1008 @danielbachhuber @DAreRodz @dcalhoun @derekblank @draganescu @ellatrix @fluiddot @geriux @getdave @glendaviesnz @hellofromtonya @jameskoster @jasmussen @jeherve @jeryj @jordesign @jorgefilipecosta @jsnajdr @juanmaguitar @kevin940726 @luisherranz @lunaluna @Mamaduka @mburridge @michalczaplinski @mikachan @mirka @ndiego @noahtallen @noisysocks @ntsekouras @ockham @pedro-mendonca @pooja-muchandikar @priethor @ramonjd @richtabor @ryanwelcher @scruffian @shimotmk @Soean @stokesman @swissspidy @t-hamano @tellthemachines @torounit @tyxla @westonruter @WunderBart

Contributors

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