6.7.0

Features

• Add gradient backgrounds support to the Button block.

Bug Fixes

• i18n : Include the plural version of the “remove block” string.
• Update dropdown menu items to match hover style in other places.
• Smoothly reposition Popovers on scroll.
• Fix margin styles for Gallery and Social links blocks.
• Fix popovers hidden on mobile.
• Ensure sidebar plugins do not get auto-closed when opened on small screens.
• Fix the design of the Checkbox component in IE11.
• Add has-text-color classname to heading block.
• Prevent figure margin reset CSS from being included in the frontend.
• Fix the scaling of the pinned plugins menu icons.
• Fix Heading and paragraph colors not applied inside the cover block.
• Close Nux tips when clicking outside the tip.
• Fix meta attribute source for post types other than post.
• Fix ”Open in New Tab” not being persisted.
• Fix redo behavior and expand test coverage.
• I18n: Fix missing translation for the “All content copied” string.
• Fix the block preview padding in themes with custom backgrounds.
• Fix merging list blocks with indented list items.
• Fix inline image controls display condition.
• Fix clicking the redirect element focuses the inserted paragraph.
• Fix editing meta attributes with multiple set to true.
• Add No Preview Available text to the inserter preview panel.
• Prevent block controls from disappearing when switching the List block type.
• Avoid trailing space at the end of a translatable string.
• Fix left aligned nested blocks.
• Fix the top margin of the RadioControl help text.
• Fix invalid HTML used in the Featured Image panel.
• Make sure that all edits after saving are considered persistent by default.
• Ensure that sidebar is closed on the first visit on small screens.
• Update the columns block example to avoid overlapping issues.
• Remove unnecessary default styles for H2 heading inside Cover blocks.
• Fix Media & Text block alignment in IE11.
• Remove unnecessary padding in the Columns block.
• Fix the Columns block height in IE11.
• Correctly update RichText value after undo.
• Prevent the snackbar link components from hiding on focus.
• Fix block toolbar position in IE11.
• Retry uploading images on failures.

Performance

• Avoid continuously reset browser selection (improve typing performance in iOS).

Enhancements

• Polish FontSize Picker design.
• Use body color for the post publish panel.
• Limit the width and height of the pinnable plugins icons.
• Add a max width to the Search block input.

Experiments

• Menu Navigation block:
• Implement initial state containing top level pages.
• Fix menu alignment.
• Fix the classname in frontend.
• Block Directory
• Change the relative time string.
• Widgets Screen
• Fix the styling of the inspector panel.

Documentation

• Fix @wordpress/data-controls examples.
• Typos and tweaks: 1, 2.

Various

• Introduce the @wordpress/env package, A zero-config, self-contained local WordPress environment for development and testing.
• Add Storybook to develop and showcase UI components:
• Add ButtonGroup component.
• Add ScrollLock component.
• Add Animate component.
• Add Icon and IconButton components.
• Add ClipboardButton component.
• Add ColorIndicator component.
• Remove RichText wrapper and use Popover for the inline toolbar.
• Improve the way the lock file handles local dependencies.
• Refactor ColorPalette by extracting its design.
• Improve E2E test reliability by consuming synchronous data and bailing on save failure.
• Replace the isDismissable prop with isDismissible in the Modal component.
• Add eslint-plugin-jest to the default @wordpress/scripts linting config.
• Update @wordpress/scripts to use the latest version of webpack for build and start commands.
• Cleanup Dashicon component.
• Update the Excerpt help link.
• Release tool: fix wrong package.json used when bumping the stable released version.
• Fix several typos in code and files.
• Update E2E tests to accommodate WP 5.3 Beta 3 changes.
• Define the “sideEffects” property for @WordPress packages.
• Add nested embed e2e test.
• I18N: Always return the translation file prefixed with gutenberg-.
• Use wp.org CDN for images used in block preview.