Release 18.8.0 RC1 · WordPress/gutenberg

Changelog

Features

DataForm: Implement first prototype using duplicate page action. (63032)

Enhancements

Components

BaseControl: Forward ref on VisualLabel. (63169)
CustomSelectControlV2: Allow wrapping item hint to new line. (62848)
CustomSelectControlV2: Expose legacy wrapper through private APIs. (62936)
CustomSelectControl V2: Keep legacy arrow down behavior only for legacy wrapper. (62919)
CustomSelectControlV2: Collapse checkmark space when unchecked. (63229)
CustomSelectControlV2: Keep item checkmark top aligned. (63230)
DateTime: Create TimeInput component and integrate into TimePicker. (60613)
FontSizePicker: Use CustomSelectControl V2 legacy adapter. (63134)
Tabs: Add vertical indicator animation. (62879)
TimeInput: Add label prop. (63106)
TimePicker: Add dateOrder prop to sort day, month, and year. (62481)
ToolbarButton: Deprecate isDisabled prop and merge with disabled. (63101)
Tooltip Component: Add custom class name support. (63157)

Data Views

Add padding around selected values in author filter. (63212)
DataViews filterSortAndPaginate utility: Support sorting by number. (63187)
DataViews: Make view.hiddenFields optional. (62876)
DataViews: Remove Table Cells animation. (63079)
DataViews: Replace supportedLayouts prop with defaultLayouts prop instead. (63287)
Duplicate modal: Move to 40px components. (63246)
Pages: Include avatar in Author field. (63142)
Patterns Page: Hide preview column by default. (63213)
Posts list powered by DataViews. (62705)
Split layout / view options. Use active layout icon for the layout button. (63205)
Use status icons in field display. (63289)

Block Library

Add example for query block and posts list. (63286)
Excerpt block: Add example of the block. (63010)
Group: Add block support for shadow. (63295)
Login/out block: Add example of the block. (62937)
Post content block: Add example of the block. (62968)
Post title: Add example of the block. (62955)
Table Block: Add toolbar button to add a caption. (47984)

Block Editor

Block position controls: Use V2 legacy adapter instead of V1 CustomSelectControl. (63139)
DateFormatPicker: Use CustomSelectControl V2 legacy adapter. (63171)
Fix inspector inner shadow border. (63245)
FontAppearanceControl: Use CustomSelectControl V2 legacy adapter. (63179)
Inserter: Remove the dialog behaviour. (63059)
SpacingInputControl: Use CustomSelectControl V2 legacy adapter. (63190)

Global Styles

Background image: Move controls into a popover. (60151)
Block background UI controls. (60100)
Tweak block background position preview height. (63225)

Extensibility

DataViews: Register the deletePost action like any third-party action. (62913)
DataViews: Register the export pattern action like any third-party action. (63046)
DataViews: Register the reset template and template part action like any third-party action. (63017)

Design Tools

Flex dimensions: Rename "Fill" to "Grow". (62779)
List Item: Add color support. (59892)
Uniform Focal point labels. (62438)

Font Library

Font Library Modal: Enhance pagination appearance. (63210)
Font Library: Store font subdirectory in post meta. (63000)
Move font directory into uploads to match WP 6.5. (60354)

Layout

Add justification to block toolbar in addition to sidebar. (62924)

Site Editor

Align rename modals. (62874)

Block API

block.json: Allow passing filename as variations field. (62092)

Template Editor

Update: Move template areas into a panel. (62033)

Block Variations

Automatically select group variation if there is only one available. (61871)

Zoom Out

Add a vertical toolbar for zoom out mode. (60123)

New APIs

Block API

Introduce "local" attributes and use it for the image block. (63076)

Bug Fixes

Core Commands: Fix Pages command link. (63235)
Docgen: Fix function param for const function expression. (63034)
Enable save draft button for posts with custom post status. (63293)
Ensure device previews extra scrollbar only appears when needed. (62952)
Styles specificity: Allow comment form input overrides. (62960)

Components

CustomSelectControl V2 legacy adapter: Fix trigger button font size. (63131)
CustomSelectControl V2: Fix labelling with a visually hidden label. (63137)
CustomSelectControl V2: Fix trigger text alignment in RTL languages. (62869)
CustomSelectControl V2: Prevent keyboard event propagation in legacy wrapper. (62907)
CustomSelectControlV2: Add root element wrapper. (62803)
CustomSelectControlV2: Fix item styles. (62825)
CustomSelectControlV2: Fix popover styles. (62821)
CustomSelectControlV2: Fix select popover content overflow. (62844)
CustomSelectControlV2: Tweak item inline padding based on size. (62850)
Editor: Fix duplicate save panels. (62863)
Fix UnitControl select disabled state colors. (62970)
Fix extra scrollbar when a popover extends past the viewport. (62894)
Fix the 'useUpdateEffect' hook in strict mode. (62974)
ProgressBar: Fix indeterminate RTL support. (63129)
RangeControl: Fix RTL support for custom marks. (63198)
SelectControl: Fix disabled styles. (63266)
Tabs: Fix "With tab icons" Storybook example. (63297)
Tabs: Fix text-align when text wraps in vertical mode. (63272)
TimePicker: Fix time zone overflow. (63209)
UnitControl: Fix an issue where keyboard shortcuts unintentionally shift focus on Windows OS. (62988)

Block Library

Add Aspect ratio control on Image blocks in Grids. (62891)
Audio Block: Do not persist blob urls and fix undo. (63257)
File block: Do not persist blob urls and fix undo. (63282)
Fix Incorrect URL basename logic in EmbedPreview. (63052)
Fix: Update "Link Text" label to "Text" on Social Icons block #60966. (61715)
List: Maintain nested list on parent item removal. (62949)
Patterns: Check for edited entity content property when exporting. (63227)
Reduce specificity of social link icon specific colors. (63049)
Refactor Post Date Relative Time Rendering for Future Dates. (62979)
Site Editor: Fix template parts 'Reset' action. (62951)
Video Block: Do not persist blob urls and fix undo. (63238)

Post Editor

Editor: Do not truncate post excerpt if not editable. (63314)
Fix: Background height and padding in non-iframe editor canvas. (63222)
Fix: Crash when onActionPerformed is used with callback actions. (63120)
Fix: Permanently delete post action does not calls onActionPerformed. (63121)
Fix: Triple scrollbars in device previews. (62940)
Post editor: Increase specificity of bottom padding. (63288)
Actions: Translation should depend on number of items. (62857)

Data Views

DataViews list layout: Fix action alignment. (62971)
DataViews: Restore preview focus outline in grid layout. (62991)
Fix buttonless table header alignment. (62877)
Fix typo in string for trashing posts. (63119)
Patterns: Avoid mapping template parts objects to patterns. (62927)

Block Style Variations

Block supports: Ensure tools panel dropdown are visible on mobile. (62896)
Section Styles: Fix error when blocks are deregistered. (63252)
Section Styles: Prevent flash of variation styles in post editor. (63071)
Section Styles: Resolve ref values in variations data. (63172)

Layout

Only hide drop indicator when grid has isManualPlacement set. (63226)
Remove dotted border from grid dropzone. (63162)
Resizing in Auto mode shouldn't add columnStart and rowStart values. (63160)

Global Styles

Global styles revisions: Ensure that user-defined variation styles CSS is generated. (62768)
Root padding styles: Include alignwide in nested has-outer-padding logic. (63207)
Remove letter-spacing from typography element preview. (60322)

Site Editor

Make SiteHub available for Pages, Patterns, and Templates in mobile viewports. (63118)
Patterns and templates cannot be edited from sidebar mobile view. (63002)
Site Editor Sidebar: Hide horizontal scrollbar when navigating. (63194)

Synced Patterns

Ensure disable overrides button is active for image blocks with captions or links. (62948)
Fix second scrollbar when editing patterns in the post editor. (62909)
Pattern overrides: Fix aspect ratio not working in image with overrides. (62828)

Block Editor

Featured Image Panel: Align text and icons horizontally to avoid clipping. (62842)
Zoom Out: Move the hook to the inserter component. (63315)

Block bindings

Disable post meta editing in blocks inside a Query Loop. (63237)
Image block: Ensure extenders that rely on media ids in block html are supported by block bindings. (63013)

Patterns

Fix: Restrict export pattern action to user patterns. (63228)

Posts/Tags/Categories Screen

Constrain is-fullscreen-mode admin body class to posts list. (63166)

Inspector Controls

Fix button wrapping in the document Inspector. (63062)

Design Tools

Duotone: Fix code typo, to ensure Duotone updates correctly in Safari. (62953)

Commands

Fix issue of HTML entities rendering in command menu. (62606)

Typography

Use available font weights and styles in FontAppearanceControl. (61915)

Accessibility

Allow Escape key to move focus to editor region when in select mode. (62196)
Focus Editor Region from Template Footer Click. (62595)

Components

Button: Stabilize __experimentalIsFocusable prop. (62282)
Fix inaccessible disabled Buttons. (62306)
Make Tabs have a fluid height. (62027)
ToolbarButton: Always keep focusable when disabled. (63102)

Global Styles

Fix unlabeled Remove shadow buttons. (63197)

Block Library

Make usage of the settings icon more consistent. (63020)

Data Views

Add translation context for 'view options' label. (63031)
Fix filter chip contrast. (62865)

Media

Update URLPopover role and focus return. (61313)

Performance

Core data: Batch receiveUserPermission. (63201)
Perf tests: Make pages test compatible with base branch. (63204)

Block hooks

Optimize selectors in the control component. (63141)

Experiments

Layout

Allow inserting blocks directly in empty grid cells. (63108)
Use manualPlacement attribute to set manual grid mode and allow responsive behaviour in both modes. (62777)

Documentation

Add note about postcss-urlrebase package patch. (63015)
Add RichText formatting example to the Editor curation documentation. (63065)
Block supports: Add documentation for 'splitting'. (63016)
Fix typo to be preposition, not verb, in some package comments and documentations. (62945)
Fix urls to developer documentation. (63104)
Interactivity API: Fix minor typos in code snippets. (62890), (63234)
Interactivity API: Fix variable name in color directive example. (62912)
Interactivity API: Include references to more examples from the documentation. (63025)
Interactivity API: Recommend kebab-case in data-wp-class. (62817)
Remove link to polyfill.io. (62883)
Storybook: Fix links for block editor examples. (63132)
ToolbarButton: Fix documentation for accessibleWhenDisabled. (63140)
Update React dev docs rule hook URL. (62995)

Code Quality

Add linguist-documentation attribute to docs/ directory. (62651)
Conditionally call focus with getEditorRegion. (62980)
Core Data: Remove entity configuration '__experimentalNoFetch' flag checks. (63303)
Dependencies: Upgrades and deduplication. (62657)
Format Library: Clean up 'Highlight' format components. (62965)
Remove postcss-local-keyframes from dependencies. (63224)
Upgrade postcss-urlrebase package. (63075)

Data Views

DataViews: Fix double check in isTemplateRemovable. (63021)
DataViews: Remove the AnyItem type. (62856)
DataViews: Removing mapping of user patterns to temporary object. (63042)
DataViews: Replace hiddenFields configuration with fields property instead. (63127)
DataViews: Simplify selection setting. (62846)

Block Editor

Remove CSS hack for Internet Explorer 11. (63220)
Remove duplicate translator comment. (62860)

Components

Allow ariakit and framer motion imports in the components package. (63123)
Normalize focusable disabled ToolbarButton usage. (63130)
Sidebar: Add a shared component for the inserter and list view. (62343)
Tabs: Split animation logic into multiple separate composable utilities. (62942)

Global Styles

Global Styles: Allow variations to be filtered by multiple properties. (62847)
Global Styles: Simplify code to fetch color and typography variation. (62827)
Make a shared component for typography and color preview. (62829)
Section Styles: Clean up block style variation filters. (62858)

Block Library

Gallery Block: Clean up v1 code. (63285)

Site Editor

Clean up unused Table component. (63283)

Rich Text

Raw handling: Remove IE11 fallback code. (63219)

Zoom Out

Replace deprecated selector. (63144)

Block bindings

Add comment about useSelect usage in withBlockBindingSupport. (63005)

HTML API

Compat: Update HTML API with changes from 6.6. (63089)

Tools

Dependency extraction: Map to regenerator-runtime instead of wp-polyfill. (63091)
Env: Remove version field from docker-compose configuration. (63099)
Eslint-plugin: Add method-signature-style TypeScript lint rule. (62718)
Scripts: Ensure that typescript-eslint checks for unused vars. (62925)
Update new release issue template to remove core editor chat item. (62864)

Testing

Automatically sync backport changelog to issue. (62973)
Block styles variations E2E: Wait for Save button before editing global styles. (62915)
Cherry pick automation: Fix for forks. (62900)
Cherry pick workflow: Improve message after conflict. (62826)
DataViews: Add performance test for pages. (63170)
Fix typo in column block fixture file. (63007)
Performance tests: Fix for 6.5. (62871)
Performance tests: Restore 6.5-compatible locator. (63041)
Re-enable image block cropping test (#62781). (62854)
Update method for changing the content in 'editor-modes' end-to-end test. (62957)
Update the project-management-automationaction to use Node.js 20. (62851)
Upgrade web-vitals package. (63019)

Plugin

Add local version of wp-env schema to .wp-env.json. (63253)

Build Tooling

Build: Enable TypeScript skipDefaultLibCheck. (63056)

First-time contributors

The following PRs were merged by first-time contributors:

@airman5573: Fix variable name in color directive example for Interactivity API. (62912)
@aliaghdam: Tooltip Component: Add custom class name support. (63157)
@bogiii: DateTime: Create TimeInput component and integrate into TimePicker. (60613)
@Chrico: Scripts: Ensure that typescript-eslint checks for unused vars. (62925)
@dhananjaykuber: Fix Incorrect URL basename logic in EmbedPreview. (63052)
@iamibrahimriaz: Update iapi-about.md. (63234)
@iworks: Translation should depend on number of items. (62857)
@roygbyte: Fix typo to be preposition, not verb, in some package comments and documentations. (62945)
@shreya0204: Add justification to block toolbar in addition to sidebar. (62924)

Contributors

The following contributors merged PRs in this release:

@aaronrobertshaw @afercia @airman5573 @akasunil @aliaghdam @amitraj2203 @bogiii @carolinan @Chrico @ciampo @costasovo @creativecoder @DaniGuardiola @desrosj @dhananjaykuber @dmsnell @ellatrix @fluiddot @geriux @hbhalodia @iamibrahimriaz @iworks @jameskoster @jasmussen @jeryj @jffng @jorgefilipecosta @jsnajdr @juanmaguitar @kevin940726 @luisherranz @MaggieCabrera @Mamaduka @matiasbenedetto @michalczaplinski @mikachan @mirka @ndiego @ntsekouras @oandregal @ockham @peterwilsoncc @ramonjd @richtabor @roygbyte @SantosGuillamot @scruffian @shail-mehta @shreya0204 @sirreal @stokesman @swissspidy @t-hamano @talldan @tellthemachines @tyxla @vipul0425 @westonruter @youknowriad