What’s new in Gutenberg? (July 8th)

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Found a bugbug A bug is an error or unexpected result. Performance improvements, code optimization, and are considered enhancements, not defects. After feature freeze, only bugs are dealt with, with regressions (adverse changes from the previous version) being the highest priority.? Create a ticket in our bug tracker.

Want to contribute? Get started quickly with our tickets marked as good first bugs for new contributors or join a bug scrub. There’s more on our reports page, like patches needing testing, and on our feature projects page.

Other questions? We also have a detailed handbook for contributors, complete with tutorials.

First, we want to thank everyone who has been testing the pluginPlugin A plugin is a piece of software containing a group of functions that can be added to a WordPress website. They can extend functionality or add new features to your WordPress websites. WordPress plugins are written in the PHP programming language and integrate seamlessly with WordPress. These can be free in the WordPress.org Plugin Directory https://wordpress.org/plugins/ or can be cost-based plugin from a third-party and providing feedback. It’s great to see so many people helping with the project. We are collecting feedback from the call to test in the repository, if you are curious.

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Initial FAQ (in progress).
APIAPI An API or Application Programming Interface is a software intermediary that allows programs to interact with each other and share data in limited, clearly defined ways. for handling pasted content. (Aim is to have specific handling for converting Word, Markdown, Google Docs to native WordPress blocks.)
Added support for linking to a url on image blocks.
Navigation between blocks using arrow keys.
Added alternate Table block with TinyMCE functionality for adding/removing rows/cells, etc. Retired previous one.
Parse more/noteaser comment tokens from coreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress..
Re-engineer the approach for rendering embed frames.
First pass at adding aria-labels to blocks list.
Setting up Jest for better testing environment.
Improve performance of server-side parsing.
Update blocks documentation with latest API functions and clearer examples.
Use fixed position for notices.
Make inline mode the default for Editable.
Add actions for plugins to register frontend and editor assets.
Supress gallery settings sidebarSidebar A sidebar in WordPress is referred to a widget-ready area used by WordPress themes to display information that is not a part of the main content. It is not always a vertical column on the side. It can be a horizontal rectangle below or above the content area, footer, header, or any where in the theme. on media library when editing gallery.
Validate save and edit render when registering a blockBlock Block is the abstract term used to describe units of markup that, composed together, form the content or layout of a webpage using the WordPress editor. The idea combines concepts of what in the past may have achieved with shortcodes, custom HTML, and embed discovery into a single consistent API and user experience..
Prevent media library modal from opening when loading placeholders.
Update to sidebar design and behaviour on mobile.
Improve font-size in inserter and latest posts block.
Improve rendering of button block in the front end.
Add aria-label to edit image button.
Add aria-label to embed input url input.
Use pointer cursor for tabs in inserter.
Update design docs with regard to selected/unselected states.
Improve generation of wp-block-* classes for consistency.
Select first cell of table block when initializing.
Fix wide and full alignment on the front-end when images have no caption.
Fix initial state of freeform block.
Fix ability to navigate to resource on link viewer.
Fix clearing floats on inserter.
Fix loading of images in library.
Fix auto-focusing on table block being too agressive.
Clean double reference to pegjs in dependencies.
Include messages to ease debugging parser.
Check for exact match for serialized content in parser tests.
Add allow-presentation to fix issue with sandboxed iframeiframe iFrame is an acronym for an inline frame. An iFrame is used inside a webpage to load another HTML document and render it. This HTML document may also contain JavaScript and/or CSS which is loaded at the time when iframe tag is parsed by the user’s browser. in Chrome.
Declare use of classnames module consistently.
Add translation to embed title.
Add missing text domains and adjust PHPCS to warn about them.
Added template for creating new issues including mentions of version number.

We welcome all your feedback and contributions on the project repository, or pingPing The act of sending a very small amount of data to an end point. Ping is used in computer science to illicit a response from a target server to test it’s connection. Ping is also a term used by Slack users to @ someone or send them a direct message (DM). Users might say something along the lines of “Ping me when the meeting starts.” us in #core-editor. Follow the “gutenberg” tag for past updates.

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Philip Ingram 4:48 pm on July 10, 2017

Maybe consider some feedback from here (if not already mentioned above) to help improve this editor experience: https://premium.wpmudev.org/blog/gutenberg-editor-wordpress/
Starbuck 5:26 pm on July 10, 2017

Based on feedback to the last update by @matveb, I just posted a note on that WPMU DEV page about the new FAQ.
Jon Brown 8:15 pm on July 10, 2017

It’s getting better, but it honestly still feels more like a 0.0.4 alpha than a 0.4.0 betaBeta A pre-release of software that is given out to a large group of users to trial under real conditions. Beta versions have gone through alpha testing in-house and are generally fairly close in look, feel and function to the final product; however, design changes often occur as part of the process..

I’ve tried writing long form content several times with each version since 0.1.0 and each time I’m quickly frustrated by the lack of flow between blocks. It’s _more_ frustrating than TinyMCE.

The good is that hitting return at the end of paragraph once and twice works as expected.

The bad is the handling of list elements. I get unexpected results when I a typed list into a unordered list (extra lines between bullets) and then if I convert a list to a paragraphI get one super long sentence instead of individual lines. I still can’t indent sub items in lists with tab, which leads me to the worst fundamental design flaw.

The worst being that tab doesn’t work as expected and I still can’t arrow up/down between blocks like one would expect for every text editor I’ve ever used in the last 30 years.

The tab behavior is completely nonsensical. I understand that “tab” navigates around dialogs and forms, but not in any text editor ever designed does tab enter and exit a text editor context. A text editor isn’t a dialog or a predefined set of form fields, stop treating it like one it’s absolutely maddening.

I’ve tried in feedback on the last 3 version not to be hyperbolic about this tab behavior, but at this point, I have to ask, WTH!?!?

The rest, are minor things I’m sure will come along in time like refining image insertion/handling, custom fieldCustom Field Custom Field, also referred to as post meta, is a feature in WordPress. It allows users to add additional information when writing a post, eg contributors’ names, auth. WordPress stores this information as metadata. Users can display this meta data by using template tags in their WordPress themes. support, etc…

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