Q1 2021

In this release (Q1 2021)

This is a major release. Notable changes:

• Keyboard navigation has been removed from core and moved to blockly-samples
• Changes to scroll to support single-direction scrollbars

For a full list of pull requests in this release, see #4735

API Changes

• Removal of keyboard navigation from core (#4593)
• Changes to Metrics definitions (#4652)

Issues closed:

• Events documentation references old event names (#4728)
• Shortcuts do not work in advanced compilation (#4723)
• [Blockly Playground][RTL] When flyout is zoomed in at its maximum then it gets difficult to zoom out and the playground does not show up (#4716)
• Events documentation does not include Workspace Comment Events (#4528)
• Mutator has flyout (#4698)
• Flyout scrollbar does not reposition properly on zoom (#4692)
• Flyout contains little top padding (#4655)
• setScale causes unexpected scroll (#4654)
• Can I get a copy event listener and get the copied target block (#4640)
• Block moves erratically when dragged a small amount (#4636)
• can`t change the style of label by using the demo and guide (#4621)
• Blockly.setLocale do not translate all block (#4617)
• Clarify type checking in statement stacks (#4609)
• How to dynamically generate dropdown options? (#4606)
• Use registry to instantiate flyout from workspace svg (#4589)
• Update Blockly.inject type for JSON toolbox in (#4587)
• create generator (#4579)
• Block.interpolate_ calls the FieldLabel constructor directly instead of through the registry (#4575)
• Fix .gcloudignore file (#4565)
• goog.inherits in custom fields documentation (#4559)
• Children of collapsed block are not enabled correctly (#4536)
• Update jsdom version (#4535)
• Events documentation does not include Workspace Comment Events (#4528)
• Script to release beta version (#4507)
• CVE-2018-16487 (#4473)
• CVE-2020-8203 (#4472)
• CVE-2019-10744 (#4471)
• Workspace constructor expects plugin option to exist (#4429)
• Add link to new keyboard nav demo (#4420)
• Dynamic dropdown "forgets" option keys when reloaded (#2135)
• Enable scrolling in only one direction (#1292)
• Zoom-center is wrong with an always-open flyout (#989)
• zoomToFit is broken when workspace has no scrollbars and blocks have negative coordinates (#944)
• Flyout contentTop should not be zero (#349)

Q4 2020

In this release (Q4 2020)

This is a major release.

• UI Events refactor. Forum Post.
• Keyboard shortcuts (documentation to come)
• Deletion of previously deprecated functions

This release had 155 PRs. For a full list of pull requests in this issue, see #4548.

API Changes

• Remove deprecated functions in comment.js (4496)
• Remove deprecated field functions (4489)
• Keyboard shortcuts (4421)
• Refactoring Ui events in core (4418)
• Update access level of methods in FieldTextInput (4359)
• Remove ORDER_COMMA from PHP generator. (4357)
• Delete some deprecated functions (4330)
• factor out getX and getY methods for flyout (4463)

Issues closed in this release

• Feature: block for create list from range (4539)
• Obtain function inside domToMutation not recognized and giving a "Blockly.Block.obtain is not a function" error (4516)
• Blockly playground doesn't work in iOS 12 (4510)
• Demos > Custom Fields > Pitch Field: textAreaChange is not defined (4509)
• Break/continue block does not react to movements of the parent block (4500)
• Function mutator flyouts to not update (new events?) (4499)
• Remove all December 2020 deprecated functions (4481)
• More bugs in full screen mode (4476)
• Text and input field fills are black when painting the SVG to a canvas (4474)
• Update the language dropdown on documentation (devsite) (4462)
• Mutator regressions (4448)
• field image click event not work (4446)
• The link of closure-compiler-vxxxxxxxx.jar for download is broken (4442)
• Ability to make block with infinite / unlimited inputs (4435)
• Wrong path separators in uncompressed build on Windows (4433)
• Custom note field can't be edited on mobile (4430)
• Is it possible to copy a block to another tab in the browser? (4424)
• Block ID not available on its SVG Group in IE (4419)
• Blocks unexpectedly scrolled up or down (4414)
• both mouse and rat should appear in a rodents list (4411)
• Dropdown broken in Graph demo (4403)
• Rebuild error (4402)
• Refactor Flyout.position to allow for easy override (4396)
• Cannot drag blocks or interact with fields (4381)
• Dynamic arguments and type check (4374)
• Document the multiline input field (4367)
• many warnings when blockly is loaded after document ready state is set to complete (4358)
• Text fields are red sometimes on valid input (4345)
• how to Remove horizontal scrollbar in the workspace in blockly (4343)
• Blockly Developer Tools - No Preview Displayed (4339)
• [2020Q3]Repeated switch toolbar grouping causes the workspace position to jump (4338)
• Can't set some css classes for categories defined in xml (4335)
• updateGithubPages script sometimes fails due to merge conflicts (4322)
• Library blocks call bumpNeighbors in headless mode which triggers warning (4312)
• Punctuation marks not displayed appropriately for the tooltip text while hovering the blocks _RTL all toolboxPositions (4305)
• Add documentation for new context menu registry (4283)
• Change in Geras rendering for bottom notch in statement input (4282)
• The undo feature + Blockly.Events.disableOrphans = strange behaviour (4261)
• Refactor field tests in core (4260)
• Add a makeFlyoutOptions method (4247)
• Field calls calls the deprecated method classValidator (4197)
• Comment calls deprecated getText method (4186)
• Insertion Marker Serialization Tests failing (4116)
• Workspace is not always disposed in mocha tests (4080)
• Update type checks page to describe the connection checker (4076)
• Deprecation warning util (4049)
• Look into toolbox code performance (3985)
• Trashcan Fires Workspace Click Event (3975)
• Inconsistent default name set in init for procedure_callnoreturn and procedure_callreturn (3948)
• Configuring the used locale (for Blockly Web at least) is largely undocumented (3801)
• Textarea of comment missing scrollbars (3596)
• Toolbox suffers from code bloat (3056)
• Comments Access Warning Members They Probably Shouldn't (2943)
• TypedVariables category is not in StandardCategories.categoryMap. (2408)
• Insertion markers affect mutators (2354)
• Default text in comment should probably get selected when the comment is created for easy editing (1863)
• Feature request: Support css classnames for blocks (1850)
• Events for viewport changes (1052)

Q3 2020 Patch 4

Patch release containing #4422

Q3 2020 Patch 3

Patch release containing #4360 and #4366

Q3 2020 Patch 2

Patch release containing #4334, #4336, #4340

Q3 2020 Patch 1

Patch release containing #4327.

Q3 2020

In this release (Q3 2020)

• Toolbox refactor: Replaces the old closure toolbox with a new toolbox that is easier to extend and work with. Adds the ability to:
  • Define a toolbox with JSON barring some performance issues (more info to come)
  • Register a custom toolbox, flyout, and toolbox item
  • Hide and disable a category
  • Change the classes for the category
• Workspace click events (WARNING, may change in following release)
• Ability to register/unregister context menu options for blocks and workspaces via the ContextMenuRegistry

This release had 240 PRs. For a full list of pull requests in this issue, see #4319.

API Changes

• Rename trashcan api calls for open/close lid. (4110)
• Add option sub types (4096)
• Move events into the global registry (4053)
• Remove some old deprecated functions (4029)
• Update click event handling for workspace and trashcan. (4024)

Issues closed in this release

• Dragging block from trashcan flyout on mobile is not working (4303)
• blocks appear on themselves when their count is more than 150 (4297)
• Custom PHP Function to Blockly Block (4255)
• Add getter for tooltip (4252)
• Add Enum for toolbox position (4246)
• Code demo sized incorrectly when switching to certain languages (4245)
• QUESTION: this.appendAddSubGroup (4236)
• Dropdown inputs suddenly getting a 'black' background after value changes (4178)
• Clicking ⚙ of "if" block makes the block fly far away (4175)
• Custom Elements - isTargetInput fails (4157)
• Toolbox (simple and category) sizes do not get updated properly (4138)
• Investigate intermittent Travis CI errors (4127)
• Marked workspace tests failing (4113)
• FieldNumber does not respect precision for small precision values (4105)
• Refactor block_test.js Deserialization tests (4101)
• Add Pinch To Zoom Control Options (4097)
• Field date documentation should say to use the published package (4094)
• Error calling dispose on non-injected WorkspaceSvg (4091)
• Getter for value block output types (4087)
• Advanced Playground Not Working On Master (4074)
• Gamepad-based programming (4073)
• How can we create a treeview toolbox in blockly as in image any sample code or need guide to the docs (4072)
• This section of JS code how to automatically generate process graphics block (4071)
• Cleanup for asynchronous calls in Blockly tests (4070)
• Add cleanup for Events in mocha tests (4064)
• Add a footer with T&C on blockly-demos site/pages similar to https://developers.google.com/blockly (4063)
• Trashcan api cleanup (4061)
• Blockly.JavaScript.variableDB_ is undefined (4060)
• Disposing of insertion marker causes error in when handling BLOCK_DELETE event (4048)
• Toolbox categories scale when zooming (4047)
• Add a build script flag to run the strict type checker (4040)
• Cannot re-append a field after Input.removeField() (4037)
• Category UI event is not emitted when block is dragged from flyout (4034)
• Trashcan should emit UI event when flyout is closed (4033)
• domToText: Performance issue in large projects (4030)
• Allows flyout button callbacks to pass a parameter (4027)
• Moving a mutated block throws errors (4022)
• External images not working on dropdown input (4015)
• FieldDate is not included in the master branch (4013)
• Blockly dropdown causing strange resize problems (4012)
• Populate previous release metadata (4011)
• Update Advanced Compilation Documentation (4009)
• Error in Python Generator for "controls_for" block (4000)
• Multiline text field generator broken on IE 11 (3998)
• Update Configuring A Workspace (3990)
• Variable "propertyValue" of unknown origin (3987)
• Lua generator's multiline_quote_ produces invalid code (3979)
• Multiline literals are getting indented (3978)
• Flyout Fires Workspace Click Event (parent workspace id) (3976)
• Revert back programatic setShadow after release (3964)
• Document how to listen to events on all workspaces on the page (3946)
• Undo'ing a delete of a block with a shadow, loses shadow reference. (3929)
• Inconsistent behavior passing invalid values to constructor and fromJson (3903)
• Simple and fancy playgrounds (3882)
• Probably bad event order in createBlock (3584)
• When block has mutation, initModel is called before fromXml (3542)
• Dynamic toolbox category from list of block names (3376)
• Update or remove screenshot test code (3329)
• Consider using Greenkeeper (3268)
• Proposal: Standard dynamic plugin system for Blockly. (3260)
• Proposal: Pluggable common context menu items for BlockSvg (3237)
• Script for publishing release candidates to a github.io site (3208)
• Change Events before Create Event (2627)
• Add local option to build.py (2245)
• Add Undo/Redo buttons to playground and multi_playground (1947)
• Number field: change the value via mouse drag (1701)
• Add a 'strict' flag on connections (1357)
• Toolbox as .js files (1144)
• Unittest warns about prior definition of blocks (999)
• Warning thrown on some undo (968)
• Feature request: "Go to function definition" menu point (765)

Q2 2020 Patch 2

Patch release containing #4016.

Q2 2020 Patch 1

Patch release containing #4004.

Q2 2020

In this release (Q2 2020)

Some wonderful new tests
Support for flyout free mutators

**It is worth noting that there was some work done on being able to create a toolbox using JSON, but due to performance concerns we are not recommending or supporting this feature for the current release.

This release had 153 PRs. For a full list of pull requests in this issue, see #4002.

API Changes

• Register themes (3932)
• Simplify Closure-sourced code for menus (3880)
• Clean out the date field (3876)

Issues closed in this release

• Multiline text field generator broken on IE11 (3981)
• Is it possible to generate code on the server side? (3981)
• Is it possible to generate code on the server side? (3981)
• A quietable version of Input.removeField() (3967)
• Input.removeField(name) throws unsubstituted Error message (3966)
• Value missing while performing undo option in multi playground_Edge browser (3962)
• Disposing of a workspace while a mutator is open causes a crash (3957)
• Mutators without flyout blocks breaks with NPE on render (3955)
• Add Event to Support Closing Mutator On Click (3947)
• Add a function "workspace.refresh()" (3941)
• Error while using workspace.removeBlockById() (3940)
• "TextArea" that can input multiple lines (3939)
• Navigating toolbox using keyboard causes problem for custom flyouts (3936)
• [Help] Is possible the workspace canbe scrolled while the scrollbars set to false? (3921)
• Mutator Documentation Update (3919)
• How to use Blockly with VUE (3917)
• npm failed (3916)
• Drag a single block from a stack using ctrl-key (healstack) and put it back on top can result in error (3898)
• Mocha tests should use deepEqual for array equality (3897)
• Avoid handling navigation if we are currently dragging (3888)
• Add Blockly.Theme.register (3887)
• Questions RE commentIcon (3885)
• removeBlockById() won't remove blocks from my workspace! (3881)
• Shadows are darker (instead of lighter) when using default theme with zelos (3870)
• Add 'renderer' config property documentation (3869)
• Clarify Dropdown validator documentation (3866)
• Close the Mutator dialog bug (3865)
• Shadow blocks lose the mutationToDom (3860)
• Block instant search bar (3851)
• Update Theme Documentation (3839)
• remainingCapacityOfType does not respect maxInstance[type]=0 (3837)
• remainingCapacityOfType does not account for max block limit (3836)
• Field Dropdown and Field Variable options opening mispositioned when inside a compose/decompose mutator (3834)
• xml_test test case throws error after test run (3819)
• Create a metrics interface for the workspace getMetrics object (3817)
• Add properties to the Blockly.blockRendering.IPathObject interface (3816)
• Make Blockly.Variables.nameUsedWithAnyType_ public (3815)
• Blockly dropdown repeact options (3807)
• Make block.removeInput return a boolean (3803)
• Cannot read property 'svgPath' of undefined (3794)
• [Keyboard nav] keyboard press is captured by browser (3792)
• Collapsed blocks do not update when modified (3784)
• Extra padding on some dropdown fields on ios (3782)
• Keyboard Nav demo instructions out of date (3779)
• Flyout labels don't respect font size (3778)
• Unable to include new categories (3760)
• Input fields unresponsive in fullscreen mode (3758)
• Update Themes Documentation (3733)
• Row block in plane demo incorrect location after connecting (3639)
• Collapsed block text not updating (3619)
• Lua codegen of lists_getIndex block has problems with list literals (3566)
• Keyboard Nav: Basic Documentation (3531)
• Deleting the first of a chained input may error out if checks do not match (3392)
• Proposal: Download block image (3238)
• Expose Connection canConnectWithReason_ as public method (3218)
• Update documentation with how to configure a renderer (3012)
• onchange no more in Block definition ? (have to use this.setOnChange in init:) (2925)
• Download screenshot option (2914)
• Convert all JSunit tests to mocha (2870)
• Image Field Creation Doc Updates (2717)
• Document setOnClickHandler Function for Image Fields (2704)
• Update getPreviousBlock and getParent Documentation (2648)
• real time code generation incorrect while dragging? (2646)
• Speed up populating the dynamic procedure category (2579)
• Variables Page Documentation Updates (2502)
• Firefox 67.0 when block drag from toolbox, block not centred to mouse (2482)
• Document that statementToCode Should Only be Used Inside Generators (mostly) (2339)
• WorkspaceToDOM Includes Insertion Markers (2322)
• Add separate block shape curves for connectors (2258)
• Blockly interpretation of variables as global does not match runtime execution (1898)
• Typed variable documentation doesn't mention default types (1882)
• Add demo with +/- alternative mutator extensions for if/else, text_join, lists_create_empty, lists_repeat (1845)
• Document how to replace the mutator UI (1747)
• Typed variable creation modal (1606)
• Missing documentation for custom context menus (1358)
• Add Blockly.defineBlocksWithJsonArray to developer guides (1333)
• Publish developer tutorial (984)
• extract_json_blocks.py script to extract JSON from .js files (854)
• Documentation for creating a new generator (774)
• RFE: Add method to search blocks (766)
• Look at performance issues in mobile browsers (240)
• UX feature: Faster accessing of needed blocks (225)
• Keep the operator precedence when collapse a block (57)