What’s new in Gutenberg? (11th August)

0.8.0 🐘

This one includes a few new blocks.

• New Categories Block (based on existing widgetWidget A WordPress Widget is a small block that performs a specific function. You can add these widgets in sidebars also known as widget-ready areas on your web page. WordPress widgets were originally created to provide a simple and easy-to-use way of giving design and structure control of the WordPress theme to the user.).
• New Text Columns Block (initial exploration of text-only multiple columns).
• New Video Block.
• New Shortcode Block.
• New Audio Block.
• Added resizing handlers to Image 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..
• Added direct image upload button to Image Block and Gallery Block.
• Give option to transform a block to Classic when it encounters problems.
• Give option to Overwrite changes on a block detected as invalidinvalid A resolution on the bug tracker (and generally common in software development, sometimes also notabug) that indicates the ticket is not a bug, is a support request, or is generally invalid..
• Added “link to” option in galleries.
• Added support for custom taxonomies.
• Added post formats selector to post settings.
• Added keywords support (aliases) to various blocks to improve search discovery.
• Significant improvements to the way attributes are specified in the Block 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. and its clarity (handles defaults and types).
• Added Tooltip component displaying aria-labels from buttons.
• Removed stats tracking code (background).
• Updated design document.

Other changes:

• Capture and recover from block rendering runtime errors.
• Handle enter when focusing on outer boundary of a block.
• Reduce galleries jsonJSON JSON, or JavaScript Object Notation, is a minimal, readable format for structuring data. It is used primarily to transmit data between a server and web application, as an alternative to XML. attributes data to a minimum.
• Added caption styles to the front-end for images and embeds.
• Added missing front-end alignment classes for table and cover-text blocks.
• Only reset blocks on initial load to prevent state fluctuations.
• Improve calculation of dirty state by making a diff against saved post.
• Improve visual weight of toolbar by reducing its silhouette.
• Improve rendering of galleries on the front-end.
• Improve Cover Image placeholder visual presentation.
• Improve front-end display of quotes.
• Improve responsive design of galleries on the front-end.
• Allow previewing new posts that are yet to be saved.
• Reset scrolling position within inserter when switching tabs.
• Refactor popover to render at root of document.
• Refactor withFocusReturn to handle accessibilityAccessibility Accessibility (commonly shortened to a11y) refers to the design of products, devices, services, or environments for people with disabilities. The concept of accessible design ensures both “direct access” (i.e. unassisted) and “indirect access” meaning compatibility with a person’s assistive technology (for example, computer screen readers). (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accessibility) better in more contexts.
• Prevent overlap between multi-selection and within-block selection.
• Clear save notices when triggering a new save.
• Disable “preview” button if post is not saveable.
• Renamed blocks.query to blocks.source for clarity and updated documentation.
• Rearrange block stylesheets to reflect display and editor styles.
• Use wordpress dependencies consistently.
• Added validation checks for specifying a block’s categoryCategory The 'category' taxonomy lets you group posts / content together that share a common bond. Categories are pre-defined and broad ranging..
• Fix problems with quote initialization and list transformation.
• Fix issue where Cover Image was being considered invalid after edits.
• Fix errors in editable coming from Table block commands.
• Fix error in latest posts block when date is not set for a post.
• Fix issue with active color in ColorPalette component.
• Prevent class=false serialization issue in covert-text.
• Treat range control value as numeric.
• Added warning when using Editable and passing non-array values.
• Show block switcher above link input.
• Updated rememo dependency.
• Start consuming from separate wordpress dependencies.
• Fix problem with inserting new galleries.
• Fix issue with embeds and missing captions.
• Added outreach section to docs.

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