Core Editor chat summary: 13th September 2023

This post summarises the weekly editor chat meeting (agenda for 13th September meeting) held on 2023-09-13 14:00 UTC in Slack. Moderated by @get_dave.

Status Updates

• Gutenberg 16.6.0 is the latest release.
• RC for the next release is delayed to sync with the WordPress 6.4 release cycle.

Updates based on updated scope for site editing projects

• Navigation Block
• Site Editor & Templates
• Building with Patterns
• Design Tools
  • Layout Option & Design Tools
• Styles
  • Style Engine
• Query Block
• Mobile Team
• Components Team
• WebFonts API

Task Coordination

@jeryj:

• I’ve been working on refactoring how the block toolbar is semantically communicated in the DOM by moving it to render in the editor headerHeader The header of your site is typically the first thing people will experience. The masthead or header art located across the top of your page is part of the look and feel of your website. It can influence a visitor’s opinion about your content and you/ your organization’s brand. It may also look different on different screen sizes., rather than within the editor canvas.
• The is a PR as a proof of concept. It is not ready to really be reviewed but is useful for seeing the direction it’s going

@get_dave:

• improving the a11y of the Modal component by allowing consumers to target the first focusable element in the content when it’s displayed. 
• opening up block renaming support to more blocks.
• more improvements to the Link interface.
• ability to target current menu item in the Nav block via Theme JSON.

Open Floor

Registering Variations for Posts terms and Nav 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.

• @gaambo mentioned two issues they’d wish for some feedback and/or help with:
  • Post Terms Block: Custom Taxonomies variations are not registered correctly #52569
  • Navigation Link Block: Variations for post types may not contain all post types #53826 

• They are about creating variations on the server side for the post terms block and the navigation link block.
• They happen too early, so custom taxonomies and post types may not be registered yet.
• @get_dave suggested raising PRs and he would support with reviews or getting others to contribute.

Keep selected size on changing image in Image block

• @gaambo also mentioned another Issue they’d come across but hadn’t received feedback on.
• It’s about keeping the selected size in the image block when changing the image.
• Its a very simple change (for which I’ve created a PR #49982) and patterns would very much benefit from that.
• Need some help on how to handle attachments in e2e tests.
• @ajlende volunteered to assist with reviews.
• The Issue has subsequently been closed.

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