2.3.0 - Design Tools, Where They Belong
What's new
Design Customization moved to the Styles tab — Nova's design sections (Color Signal, Space and Sizing, Collection Layout, Motion & Effects, Shape Modeling, Overlay Filter) now render in the block inspector's Styles tab, where WordPress puts design tools. Structural sections (Elements Visibility, Content Type/Details, Media Composition, and block Setup/Layout config) stay in the Settings tab.
The toolbar color trio — enhanced blocks get click-to-cycle toolbar controls whose icons display the current state:
- Color Signal (bars fill with the level)
- Content Area Color Signal on Cards Collection (bars in corner brackets)
- Color Palette (a dot wearing your palette's actual source color)
Every click lands on a design-system-guaranteed state — audition your block's whole color story from the toolbar.
Card Layout inline panel — Elements Stacking is now a core-style icon toggle group directly in the Settings tab, like core's Orientation control.
Improvements & fixes
- Drawer navigation state is scoped per block type and inspector tab; graceful reset when sections change
- Fixed inspector section state leaking between block types
- Regression guard ensuring the withdrawn Density pilot stays out of the Group schema