7.7.0 RC1
Pre-release
Pre-release
Features
- Add the initial version of the Patterns UI as a sidebar plugin (This is not the final interface and work is in progress to integrate with the main block inserter). 20354, 20715.
- Add an initial set of patterns 20724.
Enhancements
- Update the Block and editor UI. 19344
- Improve the Back to WP Admin button in Fullscreen Mode. 20603
- Make the editor Fullscreen by default. 20611
- Remove template locking from the columns block 20465
- Make the inserter full height. 20526
Bug Fixes
- A11y:
- Add an overlay to the html block preview to fix block selection in Firefox. 20425
- Add missing accessibility attributes in the SVG icons. 20538
- Fix invalid syntax error on Safari 12. 20507
- Use a consistent width for the link suggetions. 20448
- Use full labels for directional block movers. 20664
- Columns block: Force 50% column width at mid-range viewport. 20597
- Media & Text block: Fix frontend styles when "Crop image to fill" is selected 20539
- Latest Post block:
- Fix sidebar scroll issue on small viewports. 20491
- Social Link block:
- Simulated Queries (Device previews):
- Fix isURL regex to take account file urls. 20435
- Fix error when deleting empty paragraphs in IE11. 20594
- Fix hidden inserter toggle behind the popover. 20663
- Fix block registration shared defaults reuse across blocks. 20565
- Shim meta attributes for early block registrations. 20544
- Fix bouncing Custom color formatter. 20612
- Fix Gallery block styles in Edge causing editor breakage. 20690
New APIs:
- @wordpress/env: Add support for ZIP URL sources. 20426
Experiments
- Lighter Block DOM: allow block types to render their own wrapper 19701
- BlockPreview: Add __experimentalOnReady prop. 17242
- Edit Site:
- Fix the block toolbar in the Widgets and Site Edit screens. 20458
- Fix widgets screen inserter 20680
Documentation
- Add tutorial for creating a custom block editor instance. 20410
- Create a new "Gutenberg as a Platform" page. 20666
- Typos and tweaks: 20382, 20386, 20517, 20662, 20454, 20659.
Code Quality
- Refactoring to existing blocks to use a lighter DOM:
- Consistent block focus behaviour on mount. 20577
- Cleanup CSS variables. 20529
- Use the EditorSkeleton component in the widgets and Edit Site pages. 20440, 20431.
- Refactor SlotFill components. 19242
- Remove useless style override for floats. 20501
- Block popover: remove data-type. 20531
- Resizable editor improvements. 20259
Various
- @wordpress/env:
- @wordpress/create-block:
- Fix React warning triggered by the BlockToolbar component. 20546
- Skip the Type Writer effect component in IE 11. 20485
- Update browserslist to fix out-of-date caniuse-lite messages 20709
- Add storybook stories:
- E2E Tests:
- Travis: Avoid skipping Puppeteer download. 20547
- Plugin: Bump minimum WordPress version to 5.3 20628
- @wordrpess/priority-queue: Fix for environments that don't have
window
defined. 20486 - Update jest configuration to only ignore tests from /wordpress/ as a subdirectory 20420