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Found a bugbugA 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 the bug tracker.
We’re catching up with these posts now, as they have not been posted in a while. Since the recent releases have been smaller in scope, this post combines updates from both the 20.6 (April 3) and 20.7 (April 22) releases.
Both versions introduce a collection of enhancements, bugbugA 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. fixes, and improvements. These updates concentrate on refining the editor experience, improving accessibilityAccessibilityAccessibility (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), and ensuring consistent design. Additionally, the releases incorporate under-the-hood updates focused on code quality and performance.
Navigation BlockBlockBlock 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.: Add transparency slider for submenu background.
Navigation in Site View: Automatically expand all options.
Editor: Enable starter pattern modal for all post types.
Changelog
20.6 (3 April) – Highlights
Navigation Block: Add transparency slider for submenu background
This PR adds the ability to set a transparent background for Navigation Block submenus by enabling the alpha (transparency) channel in the color picker for the submenu background setting. (69379)
Changelog
Enhancements
Block Library
Feature: Adding support for more granular controls over the ToC block. (69063)
Navigation Block: Add transparency slider for submenu background. (69379)
RSS Block: Add option to open links in new tab/window and control rel attributes. (69641)
Block Editor
Add keyboard shortcut (cmd(ctrl)+option(alt)+v) to paste styles. (69196)
BlockPatternsExplorer: Hide scrollbar from sidebarSidebarA 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. if not scrollable. (69706)
Post Editor
Editor: Revert new default rendering mode for Pages. (69680)
Bug Fixes
BlockBreadcrumb: Wrap text node in span tagtagA directory in Subversion. WordPress uses tags to store a single snapshot of a version (3.6, 3.6.1, etc.), the common convention of tags in version control systems. (Not to be confused with post tags.). (69605)
Fix Media & Text block preview alignment on larger devices. (67097)
Format Library: Ensure inline image with updates persist after removing the ‘width’. (69683)
Include blocks manifest build process in Webpack configuration to fix create-block bug with missing blocks manifest file. (69578)
Block Library
Featured ImageFeatured imageA featured image is the main image used on your blog archive page and is pulled when the post or page is shared on social media. The image can be used to display in widget areas on your site or in a summary list of posts. Block: Prevent default action on image click to fix linking to post. (69716)
Fix CategoryCategoryThe 'category' taxonomy lets you group posts / content together that share a common bond. Categories are pre-defined and broad ranging. List Block: Add optional chaining to taxonomyTaxonomyA taxonomy is a way to group things together. In WordPress, some common taxonomies are category, link, tag, or post format. https://codex.wordpress.org/Taxonomies#Default_Taxonomies. name. (69703)
Fix(embed-block): Only call setAttributes() when attrs change. (68141)
Fix: Correct ‘Displaying 1 – 0 of 0’ issue when no results are found. (69666)
Image block: Omit max width observer element in galleries. (69601)
PostCommentsForm: Fix submit button width regressionregressionA software bug that breaks or degrades something that previously worked. Regressions are often treated as critical bugs or blockers. Recent regressions may be given higher priorities. A "3.6 regression" would be a bug in 3.6 that worked as intended in 3.5.. (69651)
Components
ComboboxControl: Replace undefined variable usage with color-mix for disabled selection. (69621)
CustomSelectControl: Use dynamic fill color for check icon. (69626)
Fix autocomple UIUIUser interface flicker when deleting trigger prefix. (69562)
Update NumberControl stepping to match HTMLHTMLHyperText Markup Language. The semantic scripting language primarily used for outputting content in web browsers. number input stepping. (34566)
Block Editor
LinkControl: Fix visually Duplicative label and placeholder. (69620)
PatternsExplorerModal: Fix empty patterns in starter content category. (69629)
Post Editor
Post Template Panel: Render create-new-template-modal over post-template-panel. (69713)
Global Styles
Site Editor: Make the text “Custom Styles” translatable. (69677)
Site Editor
Set IFRAME_REQUEST constant for classic theme site preview. (69535)
Document Settings
PostStatus: Prevent form submission from refreshing the page. (69526)
Accessibility
Document Settings
Post Template Panel: Preserve parent modal when closing template creation dialog. (69724)
Block Library
Site Title: Prevent saving and rendering a value made of only spaces. (69628)
Reference splitTask from interactivity package in documentation. (69602)
Storybook: Update ToolbarItem and ToolbarDropdownMenu exports. (69618)
Update the list of GutenbergGutenbergThe Gutenberg project is the new Editor Interface for WordPress. The editor improves the process and experience of creating new content, making writing rich content much simpler. It uses ‘blocks’ to add richness rather than shortcodes, custom HTML etc. https://wordpress.org/gutenberg/ versions in WordPress versions. (69700)
Navigation in Site View: Automatically expand all options.
This PR changes the default state of navigation submenus in Site View from collapsed to expanded, making all navigation options immediately visible to users without requiring manual expansion. (69343)
Editor: Enable starter pattern modal for all post types.
This PR fixes the starter pattern modal so it works for all post types, not just pages. It removes the restriction that was limiting the modal to only appear when creating new pages. (69753)
Changelog
Enhancements
Format Library: Add a feature to set the alpha value to Highlight. (67525)
Playwright end-to-end utils: Add new emulateNetworkConditions helper. (69865)
Block Library
Details: Enable all non-interactive formats. (68741)
Navigation in Site View: Automatically expand all options. (69343)
Remove experimental status from comments count and comment link blocks. (69832)
Table Block: Preserve Column Alignment when Pasting Markdown Tables. (69322)
Tag Cloud: Remove unnecessary full-width padding. (69725)
Block Editor
Remove truncation from media tab preview tooltips. (69741)
Support passing updater function to ‘setAttributes’. (69709)
Media
Remove @shopify/web-worker Dependency from packages/upload-media. (69816)
Bug Fixes
DataViews: Ensure consistent display of primary ellipsis in list layout. (69846)
Scripts: Fix blocks manifest generation when directory name has space. (69766)
Block Library
Enhance Featured Image Block: Don’t include interactive elements within an element. (69730)
Featured Image: Don’t render empty Resolution tools panel if media is not set. (69805)
Fix: Background wrapper for ‘Button Inside’ option. (69624)
Fix: Update the static text and make them translatable in the Blocks example. (69859)
Fixed Media & Text Block – Image not rendered properly on frontend when inside stack. (68610)
Query LoopLoopThe Loop is PHP code used by WordPress to display posts. Using The Loop, WordPress processes each post to be displayed on the current page, and formats it according to how it matches specified criteria within The Loop tags. Any HTML or PHP code in the Loop will be processed on each post. https://codex.wordpress.org/The_Loop.: Don’t overwrite the ‘query.inherit’ attribute value. (69698)
Query Loop: Fix ‘undo trap’ and improve debouncing for ‘Keyword’ control. (69845)
ToC: Fix condition for ‘Limit heading levels’. (69811)
ToC: Fix related block attribute persistence. (69734)
Block Editor
Block Tools: Prevent showing block toolbar when block interface is hidden. (69795)
Block drag & drop: Enable mouse click on input/textarea elements in Firefox. (69781)
Fix: Restore static properties on deprecated __experimentalLinkControl. (69860)
Fix: Space visualizer showing previous value. (69747)
Post Editor
Fix: Save custom template with non-latin slug. (69732)
IframeiframeiFrame 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.: Don’t enable for block themes in coreCoreCore is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. if v2 blocks exist. (69778)
Document Settings
PostPublishPanel: Fix post title overflow. (69804)
Patterns
Editor: Enable starter pattern modal for all post types. (69753)
Components
UI Components: Add theme support for FormTokenField and ComboboxControl. (69638)
Accessibility
DataViews: Always show primary action for list layout if hover isn’t supported. (69876)
Block Library
Navigation Link, Navigation Submenu: Remove the title attribute controls. (69689)
Create Block: Improve support for blocks manifest and relevant Core APIs. (69767)
Docs: Improve document and parameters in render_block_core_* function. (69856)
Fix: Incorrect Type of wp_widget_factory in render_block_core_legacy_widget Doc Block. (69775)
Fix: Expose TypeScript types for subcomponents. (69619)
Latest Posts block: Add missing @globalPHPPHPThe web scripting language in which WordPress is primarily architected. WordPress requires PHP 7.4 or higher documentation. (69763)
Code Quality
Block Parser: Remove description for singular since tag. (69799)
Fix Documentation inconsistencies in Block Parser classes. (69785)
Stylelint-config: Add stylelint-scss as a peer dependency. (69685)
Update metadata fields requested from server. (69801)
Components
Update gradient-parser dependency from 0.1.5 to 1.0.2. (69783)
Tools
Testing
Automated Testing: Add GitHubGitHubGitHub is a website that offers online implementation of git repositories that can easily be shared, copied and modified by other developers. Public repositories are free to host, private repositories require a paid subscription. GitHub introduced the concept of the ‘pull request’ where code changes done in branches by contributors can be reviewed and discussed before being merged be the repository owner. https://github.com/ Actions workflow for Storybook smoke testing. (69679)
E2E: Split list view keyboard shortcuts into multiple tests. (69231)
Workflows: Ignore ‘widgets’ for manual backports. (69792)
Build Tooling
Workflows: Ignore ‘block-serialization-default-parser’ for manual backports. (69791)
First-time contributors
The following PRs were merged by first-time contributors:
@Debarghya-Banerjee: Fix: Incorrect Type of wp_widget_factory in render_block_core_legacy_widget Doc Block. (69775)
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