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Changelog

Features

Interactivity API

  • Allow global configs for namespaces. (58749)

Global Styles

  • Add support for transform and letter spacing controls in Global Styles > Typography > Elements. (58142)

Block Library

  • Add shadow support for column, columns and image. (57982)

Enhancements

  • Improve translators comments for wp.date.setSettings in compat file. (58488)
  • Interactive Template: Use viewScriptModule. (58211)

Components

  • Adding constrainTabbing prop to useDialog hook. (57962)
  • Allow limiting the number of maximum visible Snackbars. (58559)
  • ConfirmDialog: Add __next40pxDefaultSize to buttons. (58421)
  • Expand theming support in COLORS. (58097)
  • FocalPointPicker: Apply modern styling. (58459)
  • Implement Tabs in widget editor settings. (57886)
  • Implement Tabs in site-editor settings. (56959)
  • Implementing useCompositeState with Ariakit. (57304)
  • InputBase: Add isBorderless prop. (58750)
  • Replace TabPanel with Tabs in the editor Document Overview sidebar. (57082)
  • SearchControl: Refactor to use InputControl internally. (56524)
  • Show borders for disabled secondary buttons. (58606)

Data Views

  • Add outline to template preview in table layout. (58738)
  • Add: Delete bulk action to patterns. (58747)
  • Add: Selection and bulk actions to grid view. (58144)
  • DataViews: Add primary filter API. (58427)
  • DataViews: In patterns page, show sync status filter by default. (58367)
  • DataViews: Redesign of filters. (58569)
  • Remove min-width style on table cells. (58204)
  • Update 'Rows per page' view option label to account for Grid layout. (58457)
  • Update dataviews search input placeholder. (58742)
  • Update spacing around title in grid layout. (58739)

Interactivity API

  • Add block supports for clientNavigation and interactive properties on block.json schema. (58132)
  • Image block: Refactor and remove data-wp-body. (58835)
  • Interactivity Router: Fix initial page cache. (58496)
  • Interactivity Router: Move ARIA live region and loading bar to the Interactivity Router. (58377)
  • Limit the exported APIs. (58864)
  • Mark all core block stores as private. (58722)
  • Server Directive Processor for data-wp-each. (58498)
  • Support setting a namespace using a string in data-wp-interactive. (58743)

Block Library

  • Follow up on the Post navigation link taxonomy filters. (57949)
  • Home Link: Render Home text if there is no attribute label present. (58387)
  • Organize gallery controls. (58407)
  • Pattern: Use the '__experimentalLabel' method to get a title. (58646)
  • Social Icons: Update Patreon icon. (56951)
  • Try: Disable text selection for post content placeholder block. (58169)
  • Update pattern block copy in light of pattern overrides. (58231)

Global Styles

  • Add style engine support for nested at-rules. (58867)
  • Font Library: Show 'Add fonts' button when there are no fonts installed. (58580)
  • Move Shadow controls to Border panel. (58466)
  • Shadow: Update shadow support to allow explicit skipping of serialization. (58306)
  • Try: Remove shadow preset overflow. (58663)
  • Update return values from getGlobalStylesChanges(). (58707)

Block Editor

  • Drag and drop: Allow dragging from inserter or desktop to template parts. (58589)
  • Drag and drop: Allow dropping within template parts. (58423)
  • Implement "Add block" UI for Nav block Link UI. (57756)
  • Implementing new UX for invoking rich text Link UI. (57986)
  • Remove open in new tab from link preview. (58744)
  • Use consistent labels, remove additional settings, and copySmall icon LinkControl. (58183)

Site Editor

  • Apply 40px across summary panel. (58730)
  • Apply custom scroll style to fixed header block toolbar. (57444)
  • Improve SiteIcon display and transition. (58472)
  • Only show 'Back' button when user came from an editor canvas. (58710)
  • Update "focus mode" to consistently use the Document Bar's Back button. (58528)

Patterns

  • Add a confirmation dialog when a user tries to delete a synced pattern with overrides. (58796)
  • Add the block name to the pattern content data. (58715)
  • Flash editable block outlines instead of always showing them. (58159)

Design Tools

  • Background image support: Add background position controls. (58592)
  • Tweak metrics and labels for background size controls. (58854)

Post Editor

  • Editor: Limit visible Snackbars from the consumers. (58598)
  • Save entities panel: Update styles. (58706)

Font Library

  • Add sanitize from schema util. (58571)
  • Font Collections: Update registration function signature and add caching. (58363)

Inspector Controls

  • Tweak FocalPointPicker inspector controls. (58448)
  • Tweak Media & Text inspector controls. (58447)

Custom Fields

  • Block Bindings: Ensure to pass bound attributes. (58844)

Commands

  • Try debouncing search for post-type navigation. (58810)

Document Settings

  • Tweak revisions panel for improved scanning. (58751)

Synced Patterns

  • Support button's link settings for Pattern Overrides. (58587)

Block API

  • Block Hooks: Set ignoredHookedBlocks metada attr upon insertion. (58553)

List View

  • Add keyboard clipboard events for cut, copy, paste. (57838)

New APIs

Block API

  • Blocks: Add handling for block.json viewScriptModule. (58731)

Bug Fixes

  • Core data: useEntityBlockEditor: Fix parsed blocks cache. (58841)
  • Footnotes: Fix anchor order replacing. (58791)

Block Editor

  • Block Switcher: Use consistent labels. (58240)
  • Don't move focus within the toolbar if it is already focused. (58570)
  • Don't show Link preview when no selection. (58771)
  • Fix Link UI popover anchor in rich text. (58282)
  • Fix empty link preview after creating link from empty selection. (58863)
  • Hide the 'Content' panel for locked blocks when there's no content. (58259)
  • ImageURLInputUI: Fix focus loss when settings are changed. (58647)
  • Link UI: Polish lightbox pieces. (58666)
  • Media Replace Flow: Vertically align the URL. (58621)
  • MediaReplaceFlow: Restore popover width. (58597)
  • Rich Text: Only apply focus to elements not selection. (58745)
  • Rich text: Preserve white space should strip \r. (58805)
  • Settings may be undefined. (58658)
  • useOnBlockDrop: Fix the Gallery block check. (58711)

Components

  • Add a timezone offset value for display purposes. (56682)
  • Fix Placeholder component padding when body text font size is changed. (58323)
  • Fix URLPopover preview overflow. (58741)
  • Fix the Snackbar auto-dismissal timers. (58604)
  • Popover: Add box-sizing reset style. (58871)
  • Set post editor sidebar tabs to manual activation. (58041)
  • Tabs: Delay activeId updates until focus can be properly detected. (58625)
  • Tabs: Fix infinite loop in useEffect. (58861)
  • Tabs: Improve Controlled Mode Focus Handling. (57696)
  • Try: Fix lightbox URL popover position. (58600)

Block Library

  • Fix #54352 prevent php 8.1 fatal when template parts are not found in non-debug environments. (54354)
  • Fix Query pagination not working in template parts and patterns. (58602)
  • Fix URL escaping for array parameters in Navigation links. (58068)
  • Fix missing data in email submissions. (55691)
  • Fix: Removing footnotes from the allowed blocks does not remove footnotes. (58855)
  • Navigation Link: Use get_block_type_variations to register variations. (58389)
  • Prevent usage of gutenberg_url in block-library. (58242)
  • Template Part: Reflect name updates without saving changes. (58644)
  • Try: Make gallery randomization work when nested. (58733)

Data Views

  • DataViews: Fix applied default layout props. (58400)
  • DataViews: Fix nested buttons and placeholder text in list layout. (58304)
  • DataViews: Fix some small issues with featured image. (58371)
  • DataViews: Make it possible to toggle Author field in templates and template parts. (58609)
  • DataViews: Remove test artifact (status filter was set as primary). (58682)
  • DataViews: Use chips for filter summary. (58816)
  • Fix double scrollbar in grid layout. (58536)
  • Fix: Dataviews selection on patterns grid view. (58726)

Site Editor

  • Add context for the All translatable string and enforce l10n best practices. (58196)
  • Break long URL in page sidebar. (58763)
  • Editor: Fix block context defined for template parts. (58807)
  • Fix line-height in block card. (58246)
  • Hide export button if non-block-based theme. (58346)
  • Mobile site editor header toolbar button bugfix. (58852)

Post Editor

  • Editor: Don't hide authors' Combobox if the current author is missing. (58719)
  • Fix permalink input field text overflow ellipsis for Firefox. (57310)
  • Fix the position and size of the Options menu,. (57515)
  • Fix: Use old template panel if user doesn’t have access to view templates. (58485)
  • Template editing: Update fullscreen WP back functionality. (58534)

Interactivity API

  • Add supports.interactivity to the Query block. (58316)
  • Fix state intialization for asynchronous private stores. (58754)
  • Remove non default suffix data wp context processing. (58664)
  • Use compat versions of HTML APIs. (58846)

Global Styles

  • Block Styles: Fix block style variation selector generation. (58051)
  • Fix Global styles text settings bleeding into placeholder component. (58303)
  • Global styles revisions: Fix is-selected rules from affecting other areas of the editor. (58228)
  • Site Editor: Prevent classic theme from accessing global style menu. (58345)

List View

  • Fix error when switching between template preview modes. (58533)
  • Navigation Submenu Block: Make block name affect list view. (58296)
  • Template Part: Fix site editor error when loading with list view set to always display. (58868)

Font Library

  • Avoid mutating fontface data. (58473)
  • Avoid running init functions when font library is available in core. (58793)
  • Fix size of demo text. (58849)

Typography

  • Fix font library modal dialog translatable strings. (58256)
  • Font Library: Change referenced tab name on Google Fonts confirmation dialog. (58584)
  • Font size: Allow for custom font size handling. (58422)

Script Modules API

  • Add import map polyfill. (58263)
  • Import Maps: Only emit CDATA wrappers for inline scripts for JavaScript. (58818)

Extensibility

  • Fix broken list markup in navigation block when 3rd party blocks are used as decendants of navigation block. (55551)
  • Navigation block: Check Block Hooks API callback hasn't already been added. (58772)

Synced Patterns

  • Disable overriding links of images inside pattern instances. (58660)
  • Fix nested pattern overrides and disable editing inner pattern. (58541)

Inspector Controls

  • Add missing PanelBody title for the columns block inspector. (58452)
  • Add spacing between input controls with custom values. (58410)

Custom Fields

  • Block Bindings: Update bindings registry with latest changes. (58843)

History

  • Columns: Batch vertical alignment updates. (58801)

Document Settings

  • Editor: Ensure the current author is included in the dropdown. (58716)

Rich Text

  • Add aria-readonly attribute to Rich Text component. (58687)

Navigation Menus

  • Navigation: Update the fallback block list to avoid a PHP Warning. (58588)

Patterns

  • Update the bindings attribs of blocks added during experimental phase. (58483)

Distraction Free

  • Add default restoration of UI when exiting distraction free mode. (58455)

Accessibility

  • Escape as Select/Edit mode Toggle. (58637)
  • Global styles revisions: Update text color contrast. (58340)

Components

  • CustomSelect: Disable virtualFocus to fix issue for screenreaders. (58585)
  • Font Library modal: Try to improve checkbox labelling. (58339)
  • PaletteEdit: Fix palette item accessibility. (58214)

Font Library

  • Buttons position and accessibility. (58212)
  • Fix focus loss when update/install button is pressed. (58364)
  • Removed and elements from Font Library Modal. (58221)

Block Library

  • Fix image link preset suggestions arrow key navigation. (58615)

CSS & Styling

  • Font Library: Fix font preview vertical alignment and respect reduce motion preference. (58451)

Widgets Editor

  • Widget Editor: Don't disable the Save button. (58365)

Typography

  • Fix fonts modal dialog buttons accessibility. (58309)

Commands

  • Fix labeling of the command palette. (56718)

Performance

  • Block editor: Optimise getGlobalBlockCount/getClientIdsWithDescendants. (58356)
  • Block editor: Prevent isSubtreeDisabled call if not needed. (58349)
  • Block editor: Reduce appender sync! subscriptions. (58556)
  • Block editor: selectors: Avoid has() or double get() on Maps. (58372)
  • Block preview: Prevent recalculating editor styles if additional styles is empty. (58244)
  • Image block: Remove a block editor store sub. (57232)
  • Inner blocks: Don't re-render list when controlled blocks change. (58575)
  • InnerBlocks: Fix continuous re-rendering on inner blocks change. (58348)
  • Navigation: Fix performance regression. (58513)
  • Post template: Don't fetch taxonomies if not needed. (58245)
  • Site editor: Add pattern/template load performance test with TT4. (58734)
  • Site editor: Avoid double post content parse (alternative). (58146)
  • Unmemoize Block component selectors. (58355)
  • core-data: Memoize getEntitiesConfig selector. (58393)
  • getBlockSettings: Avoid memoized selector with clientId. (58405)
  • useSettings: Extract selector. (58354)

Font Library

  • Font Collections: Lazy load json configuration for better performance. (58530)

List View

  • Unmemo recursive getEnabledClientIdsTree. (58525)

Block Editor

  • Optimize the 'useBlockDisplayTitle' hook. (58250)

Interactivity API

  • Break up long hydration task in interactivity init. (58227)

Experiments

Data Views

  • Update styling details in list item layout. (58397)

Synced Patterns

  • Add a control per block to reset pattern overrides. (57907)

Documentation

  • Add video embed documentation and grammar fixes in the Block Editor Handbook. (58029)
  • Block API: Add viewStyle property support to block.json. (55492)
  • CheckboxControl: Add custom label example to Storybook. (58438)
  • Docs: Copy and formatting edits for the "Markup representation of a block" guide. (58688)
  • Docs: Copy and formatting edits for the "Registration of a block" guide. (58709)
  • Docs: Copy and formatting edits for the "Static or Dynamic rendering" guide. (58681)
  • Docs: Copy and formatting edits for the "The block in the Editor" guide. (58697)
  • Docs: Copy and formatting edits for the "The block wrapper" guide. (58704)
  • Docs: Copy and formatting edits for the "Working with Javascript for the Block Editor" guide. (58651)
  • Docs: Copy and formatting edits for the "block.json" guide. (58732)
  • Docs: Copy edits and list formatting for main Block Editor Handbook readme. (58652)
  • Docs: Fix list formatting and some grammar in the Entities explanation doc. (58655)
  • Docs: Fix list markup in the Fundamentals of Block Development section. (58226)
  • Docs: Fix mistake in viewScriptModule documentation. (58815)
  • Docs: Formatting and copy edits for the File structure of a block guide. (58635)
  • Docs: Minor copy edits for the Block Development Environment page. (58614)
  • Docs: Remove duplicate content and update links. (58358)
  • Docs: Update link to the correct Fundamentals doc. (58352)
  • Docs: Update list formatting and descriptions in the Fundamentals of Block Development doc. (58630)
  • Docs: Update the Getting Started readme in the Block Editor Handbook. (58624)
  • Reference Gutenberg in PHP documentation from main documentation. (58453)
  • Removed extra parenthesis from document. (58662)
  • Restructure the FAQs to work with the new TOC design in the Block Editor Handbook. (58351)
  • Storybook: Add badges to private components. (58123)
  • Update documentation to avoid recommending early return PHP "anti-pattern". (58454)
  • Update to rename reusable blocks. (58633)
  • Update versions-in-wordpress.md. (58545)
  • fix: InnerBlocks schema description in block.json. (58649)

Code Quality

  • Avoid running pattern overrides migration in WordPress core. (58487)
  • Build: Add package build shebang and sync comments. (58264)
  • Date: Merge 6.4 and 6.5 compat files. (58479)
  • DefaultBlockAppender: Refactor to hooks. (58809)
  • Docs: Clarify the non contextual post types. (58836)
  • Layout block supports use str_contains. (58251)
  • Move Nav Link PHPUnit tests to blocks directory. (58460)

Font Library

  • Address feedback from wordpress-develop#6027. (58691)
  • Fix font library unit tests nit-picks [round 2]. (58612)
  • Font Collections: Standardizes docblock comments. (58654)
  • Font Library Address Outstanding Feedback from WP 6.4 review. (58675)
  • Move Fonts Library to compat dir for 6.5. (58608)
  • Remove font family and font face preview keys from theme.json schema. (58395)
  • Remove old and unused component and css. (58449)
  • Remove slug from collection schema to accommodate the changes on the wp_register_font_collection function signature. (58623)
  • Remove tests from classes that were already merged in core. (58752)
  • Remove tests from font library rest controllers already merged into core. (58778)
  • Return null if a font collection is not registered. (58735)
  • Simplify font collection schema. (58574)
  • Update Font Library REST API code to align with Core standards. (58619)
  • Update Font Library non-REST API code to align with Core standards. (58607)
  • Update font collection json schema. (58413)
  • Update fonts collection data URL for Gutenberg 17.7. (58746)
  • Use Button's API to disable footer buttons. (58529)
  • [Font Library] Update PHPUnit tests per Core coding standards and practices. (58502)

Components

  • Add eslint rule for theme var regressions. (58130)
  • Add stylelint rule for theme var regressions. (58098)
  • AnglePickerControl: Hard deprecate bottom margin. (58700)
  • CustomGradientPicker: Hard deprecate outer margins. (58699)
  • FontSizePicker: Hard deprecate bottom margin. (58702)
  • GradientPicker: Hard deprecate outer margins. (58701)
  • Remove deprecation warnings for __next36pxDefaultSize. (58703)

Block Library

  • Interactivity API - Blocks: Move interactivity registration to render. (58678)
  • Navigation: Move the Navigation block rendering tests to the blocks directory. (58247)
  • Navigation: Remove use of Gutenberg_Navigation_Fallback class. (58369)
  • Paragraph: Update comment block. (58419)
  • Rename variation build methods. (58538)
  • Template Part: Derive 'hasInnerBlocks' inside selector. (58680)

Block Editor

  • Block Switcher: Don't use the 'useBlockDisplayInformation' hook. (58562)
  • BlockSelectionButton: Don't use the 'useBlockDisplayInformation' hook. (58640)
  • Link Control: Simplify the sprintf. (58831)
  • RichTextData: Use a private property. (58557)

Post Editor

  • Editor Settings: Rename the getPostLinkProps setting. (58416)
  • Editor: Reuse data query in the post author components. (58760)
  • Editor: Use hooks instead of HoCs in the post-taxonomies components. (58446)
  • Fix: Refactor pre publish panel to use function component instead of class. (58441)

Custom Fields

  • Block Bindings: Remove unneeded 'setAttributes' override. (58806)

Patterns

  • Pattern overrides: Update overrides attribute data structure and rename it to content. (58596)

Tools

  • Add BlockJsonDependenciesPlugin to modules build. (57927)
  • DEWP: Fix script module import field. (58770)
  • Introduce a Props Bot workflow. (58576)
  • More refinements to Props Bot run conditions. (58617)
  • Refine when Props Bot runs. (58616)
  • Remove noahtallen from .wp-env codeowners. (58283)
  • Scripts: Add viewScriptModule block.json support. (58203)

Testing

  • "Multiple use" block validation logic improvement [with Playwright]. (57576)
  • Block Bindings: Add block bindings end-to-end tests. (58550)
  • Block Bindings: Add tests for the frontend and polish the existing ones. (58676)
  • Block Bindings: Improve the code of the block bindings tests. (58785)
  • Button: Add focusable disabled variant to vizreg Storybook. (58634)
  • CustomSelect: Add tests for new features. (58583)
  • Fix flaky test of data-wp-on-window directive. (58642)
  • Flaky Test: Fix "directives inside islands should not be hydrated twice". (58516)
  • Interactivity API: Fix flaky test in data-wp-on-document. (58668)
  • Migrate remaining 'inserting blocks' end-to-end tests to Playwright. (58108)
  • Migrate remaining 'pattern block' end-to-end tests to Playwright. (58486)
  • SearchControl: Add unit tests. (58693)
  • Try fixing flaky 'inserting blocks' end-to-end tests. (58848)
  • Try fixing flaky Paragraph block end-to-end test. (58208)
  • Use toBeDisabled instead of aria-disabled check. (58694)
  • e2e: Add a test to confirm that the focus moves from the post title to the paragraph using the enter key. (58872)
  • end-to-end Utils: Ensure deleteAllUsers does not delete current user. (58320)

Build Tooling

  • Add missing Interactivity API label to changelog script. (58879)
  • Enable dynamic import transform for React Native tests. (58546)
  • Fix: Remove mention of weekly meeting from first time contributor PR label. (58547)
  • Interactivity API: Move Core implementation to compat 6.5 folder. (58829)
  • Remove phpunit tests for features backported to Core. (58776)
  • Update Performance tests base branch. (58890)
  • Workflows: Add 'Technical Prototype' to the type-related labels list. (58163)

Security

Font Library

  • Sanitize font collection data. (58636)

REST API

  • Font Library REST API: Sanitize font family and font face settings. (58590)

Various

  • Script loader 6.4 compat: Check for init hook completion. (58406)

Font Library

  • Code style and code quality feedback from core 6.5 review. (58736)
  • Move getAllowedMimeTypes to FontUtils. (58667)
  • Refactor as a singleton. (58669)

Components

  • Removing Reakit Composite implementation. (58620)
  • Removing Reakit as a dependency. (58631)
  • Update the Snackbar warning message. (58591)

Global Styles

  • Always output core block global styles after base global styles. (58761)
  • Backport theme.json tests from Core. (58476)

Block Library

  • Reduce label and fix capitalization for image block upload label. (58677)
  • Separator: Remove border-bottom property. (55725)

Patterns

  • Update pattern copy to Synced instead of Fully Synced. (58876)

Block API

  • ViewScriptModule: 6.5 compatibility changes. (58832)

Custom Fields

  • Block Bindings: Backport block bindings refactor from WordPress core. (58683)

Inspector Controls

  • Change cover block's "Media settings" label to "Settings". (58463)

First time contributors

The following PRs were merged by first time contributors:

Contributors

The following contributors merged PRs in this release:

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