16.2.0 RC1

Changelog

Features

Patterns

• feat: Rename Reusable blocks to Patterns. (51704)

Enhancements

• Export store for the core/customize-widgets package. (52189)

Patterns

• Library: Add sync status to pattern details screen. (51954)
• Rename Library to Patterns. (52102)
• Update custom patterns label to 'My patterns'. (51949)
• Update pattern creation modal in library. (51946)
• Update template part icons in the library mosaic (grid items). (51963)

Site Editor

• Change "Home" template name to "Blog home". (52048)
• Edit Site: Make loading spinner colors consistent. (51857)
• Update the icon used to reference the blog. (52075)

Interactivity API

• Image block: Remove extra lookup for external image dimensions in lightbox. (52178)
• Image block: Use built-in directive for mouseover event in lightbox. (52067)

Block Library

• Force full height for editor in Navigation focus mode. (51798)
• Social links: Updating class and style attributes. (51997)

Themes

• Add border theme_support. (51777)
• Add link color theme_support. (51775)

Global Styles

• Style Book: Show tabs and make blocks clickable when entering edit mode from the Styles menu. (52222)

Widgets Editor

• Add @example tags to the customize-widgets package. (52141)

NUX

• Page Content Focus: Add welcome guides. (52014)

Block Editor

• Use block label and icon for the inserter draggable chip.. (51048)

Design Tools

• Add Typography: Text orientation (writing mode). (50822)

Components

• RangeControl: Add support for large 40px number input size. (49105)

New APIs

Block Editor

• Add new registerInserterMediaCategory API to make media categories extensible. (51542)

Bug Fixes

• Adjust the position of sticky headings in preferences modal. (52248)
• BlockRemovalWarningModal: Fix incorrect '_n' usage. (52164)
• Editor initrial appender: Zero out margins in constrained layouts. (52026)
• Export store from the edit-site package. (51986)
• Fix disable DFM when opening styles command. (52165)
• Fix unintentional toggling on of distraction free. (52090)
• Footnotes: Increase selector specificity for anchor. (52179)
• Respect custom aspect ratio. (52286)
• Turn off DFM for style book and style editing. (52117)
• Update fixed block toolbar. (52123)
• Updating the BlockEditorProvider settings prop should reset the store's settings entirely. (51904)
• [Command Palette]: Remove suggestion for deleting templates/parts. (52168)
• [Command center]: Add preferences and keyboard shortcuts commands. (51862)
• [Edit Post]: Add toggle fullscreen mode and list view commands. (52184)

Block Library

• Fix default block dimensions visibility. (52256)
• Fix fetching Nav fallback ID flushing Navigation entity cache. (52069)
• Fix flaky tests in navigation.spec.js and other tests related to the Post Editor Template mode. (51790)
• Fix: Term Description block should only be available in the site editor. (51053)
• Footnotes: Register meta field for pages. (52024)
• Image block: Fix cursor style when lightbox is opened. (52187)
• Navigation: Add the draft status to the navigation title. (51967)
• Navigation: Fix end-to-end test failures caused by sidebar title change. (52308)
• Navigation: Fix sidebar title. (52167)
• Navigation: Remove one preloaded endpoint. (52115)
• Page List: Fix parent block selection when converting to link. (52193)
• Post editor: Require confirmation before removing Footnotes. (52277)
• fix: Display heading level dropdown icons and labels. (52004)

Site Editor

• Add confirmation step when deleting a Template. (52236)
• Command Palette: Fix incorrect path and snackbar message when template part is deleted. (52034)
• Default to showing status slug in sidebar. (52226)
• Fix missing MenuGroup segment in Site Editor header more menu. (51860)
• Fix missing snackbars in Library. (52021)
• Fix stepper styling in Home template sidebar. (52025)
• Get the top toolbar preference from the correct scope. (51840)
• Hide word count and reading time meta data for the Posts Page details panel. (52186)
• Modal: Add small top padding to the content so that avoid cutting off the visible outline when hovering items. (51829)
• Site Editor Frame: Ignore Spotlight in view mode. (52262)
• Try restoring the site editor animation. (51956)

Patterns

• Fix custom patterns console error. (51947)
• Fix history back after entering edit mode from Patterns. (52112)
• Fix setting of sync status for fully synced patterns. (51952)
• Fix sidebar tab label. (51953)
• Fix: Pattern focus mode DocumentActions should use the pattern icon. (52031)
• Include template parts for custom areas in Uncategorized category. (52159)
• Remove ability for user to toggle sync status after pattern creation. (51998)
• Rename sync_status and move to top level field on rest return instead of a meta field. (52146)

Interactivity API

• Block Image: Lightbox - Hide animation selector if behavior is Default or None. (51748)
• Image block: Fix responsive sizing in lightbox. (51823)
• Image block: Lightbox animation improvements. (51721)
• Navigation block: Check that the modal is set before using contains. (51962)

Accessibility

• Fix incorrect aria-describedby attributes for theme patterns. (52263)
• Guide: Place focus on the guide's container instead of its first tabbable. (52300)
• Site Editor: Update headings hierarchy in the 'Manage all' screens. (52271)

Global Styles

• Check if experiment enabled for realsies this time. (52315)
• Check randomizer experiment is enabled before rendering button. (52306)

Navigation Menu Sidebar

• Make the entire preview clickable in order to enter "edit" mode in focus mode. (51973)
• Restore sidebar in focus mode on Pattern click through in Browse Mode Library. (51897)

Page Content Focus

• Hide parent selector when parent's block editing mode is 'disabled' or 'contentOnly'. (52264)

Post Editor

• Editor: Avoid remounting pre-publish sidebar contents during autosave. (52208)

Block Editor

• Enable draft entity creation in Nav block offcanvas. (52166)

History

• Update the behavior of the cached undo/redo stack. (51644)

Components

• DropdownMenu: Fix icon style when dashicon is used. (43574)

Performance

• Migrate performance tests to Playwright. (51084)
• Social links: Reverts updating class and style attributes. (52019)
• tests: Configure as a production environment. (52016)

Block Library

• Try: Aggressive TinyMCE deprecation. (50387)

Experiments

Interactivity API

• Create @wordpress/interactivity with the Interactivity API. (50906)

Documentation

• Add @examples to the @wordpress/rich-text package selectors and hide the actions from documentation. (52089)
• Add examples for core/keyboard-shortcut package. (42831)
• Block Editor: Add README for FontFamilyControl component. (52118)
• Block Editor: Add README for PanelColorSettings component. (52327)
• Block Editor: Add README for RecursionProvider. (52334)
• Docs: Update release documentation to use the right cherry-picking command. (51935)

Code Quality

• Lodash: Refactor away from _.kebabCase() in getCleanTemplatePartSlug. (51906)
• Lodash: Refactor away from _.kebabCase() in add page modal. (51911)
• Lodash: Refactor away from _.kebabCase() in generic template modal. (51910)
• Lodash: Remove completely from @wordpress/style-engine package. (51726)

Block Library

• Heading Block: Remove unused HeadingLevelIcon component. (52008)
• Image block and behaviors: Fix some warnings. (52109)
• Lodash: Refactor embed block away from _.kebabCase(). (51916)
• Lodash: Remove dependency from block library package. (51976)
• Make Navigation fallback selector private. (51413)
• Page List: Fix ESLint warnings. (52267)
• Refactor, document, and fix image block deprecations. (52081)

Page Content Focus

• Add basic test for the page content focus flow. (52231)

List View

• Return primitive value for 'hideInserter' in Appender component. (52161)

Interactivity API

• Fix the exsisting -> existing typo. (52110)

Navigation Menu Sidebar

• Remove redundant call to Navigation selector in Browse Mode. (51988)

Site Editor

• Block removal prompt: Let consumers pass their own rules. (51841)

Block Editor

• Revise LinkControl suggestions UI to use MenuItem. (50978)

Tools

Testing

• Drops PHP 5.6 CI jobs. (52345)
• Fix flakiness of saving entities in the site editor. (51728)
• Fix flaky Site Editor pages end-to-end test. (52283)
• Have createNewPost wait for editor canvas contents. (51824)

Build Tooling

• Fix phpunit failures. (51950)
• Use moment-timezone-data-webpack-plugin to optimize timezones shipped in wp/date. (51519)

Various

• Add caching to schema of REST API. (52045)
• Add code owners for the Interactivity API runtime. (52174)
• Backport from core: Rename gutenberg_get_remote_theme_patterns to gutenberg_get_theme_directory_pattern_slugs. (51784)
• Block editor store: Also attach private APIs to old store descriptor. (52088)
• Blocks: Remove gutenberg refs in PHP files. (51978)
• Command palette: Rename. (52153)
• Drop-indicator: Remove white border. (52122)
• First version of the Interactivity API README. (52104)
• Global Styles Revisions API: Backport changes from Core. (52095)
• Global Styles Sidebar: Re-add Colors: Heading to selected blocks. (49131)
• Image block: Update lightbox animation tests. (52290)
• Patterns: Update section heading levels. (52273)
• Perf logging: Change date to ISO 8601. (51833)
• Refactor use-tab-nav shift+tab to use existing utils. (51817)
• Remove serverSideBlockDefinitions from a test. (52215)
• Restore "Buttons > can resize width" test. (51865)
• Update delete page button label. (51812)
• Update versions in WP for 6.3. (51984)
• Wrap "Move to trash" and "Switch to draft" buttons when labels are too long to fit on a single row. (52249)
• [Github-Actions-Workflows][Plugin-Release] Allow shipping a point-release for an older stable release. (49082)

Block Library

• Block Editor: Unify texts for Create pattern modal. (52151)
• Block Supports: Change prefix in gutenberg_apply_colors_support to wp_ in dynamic blocks. (51989)
• Navigation in Site View: Readd the edit button. (52111)
• Navigation submenu: Remove unused doc block. (52152)
• Page List: Change modal text. (52116)
• i18n: Add context to the word "Filters". (52198)

Site Editor

• Library: Update icons in the creation menu. (52108)
• Polish welcome guide copy for page / template editing. (52282)
• Try: Update template titles. (51428)
• Update stepper styling in Home template details panel. (51972)
• Update text color of active menu items. (51965)

Patterns

• Add a hint about the rename of reusable blocks to menu and inserter. (51771)
• Copy: "Detach pattern" instead of "Covert to regular block". (51993)
• Library: Reinstate manage all template parts page. (51961)
• [Library] Add lock icon for theme patterns. (51990)

Accessibility

• Navigation block: Do not toggle aria-expanded on hover when the overlay menu is opened. (52170)
• Navigation block: Don't close submenu when it has focus. (52177)

Widgets Editor

• Export the store for the core/edit-widgets pacakage. (52190)

Post Editor

• Move block editor settings filter into 6.3 compat folder. (52100)

Layout

• Move grid function kses patch into 6.3 compat folder. (52098)

Data Layer

• hasResolvingSelectors: Exclude from result of resolveSelect. (52038)

Icons

• Remove fill="none" from pinSmall icon. (51979)

Navigation Menu Sidebar

• Sidebar Navigation: Refactor delete modal with ConfirmDialog component. (51867)

Templates API

• Template revisions API: Move back to experimental. (51774)

Contributors

The following contributors merged PRs in this release:

@aaronrobertshaw @ajlende @annezazu @artemiomorales @c4rl0sbr4v0 @carolinan @DAreRodz @dcalhoun @draganescu @ellatrix @fullofcaffeine @getdave @glendaviesnz @hellofromtonya @jameskoster @jasmussen @jeryj @jsnajdr @juanfra @juanmaguitar @kevin940726 @luisherranz @Mamaduka @mcsf @michalczaplinski @miminari @noisysocks @ntsekouras @oandregal @ockham @priethor @ramonjd @richtabor @ryanwelcher @SaxonF @scruffian @spacedmonkey @stokesman @t-hamano @talldan @tellthemachines @tyxla @WunderBart @youknowriad