Justin Ahinon 6:30 pm on August 7, 2020
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Accessibility improvements to Media component in WordPress 5.5

WordPress 5.5 introduced several improvements in the 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) of the Media component.

Improvements in the accessibility of the status and error messages in the Image Editor

On previous WordPress versions on the Edit Media page, when activating the “Restore Image” button, a message was shown above the image while the Restore button itself disappears.

Since the button would have been focused at the time when activated by keyboard, this causes the keyboard focus position to be lost and reset to the top of the page.

The message itself is also not announced by screen readers, and may not be visible to screen magnification users if it appears outside their current view.

WordPress 5.5 improved the behavior of notices inside the Edit Media page with the followings:

  • Improves the focus management by moving focus to the notices, if any, or to the first “tabbable” element: this avoids a focus loss and helps Braille-only and screen magnification users to be aware of the messages.
  • Adds an ARIA role alert to all the notices.
  • Uses wp.a11y.speak() to announce messages to assistive technologyAssistive technology Assistive technology is an umbrella term that includes assistive, adaptive, and rehabilitative devices for people with disabilities and also includes the process used in selecting, locating, and using them. Assistive technology promotes greater independence by enabling people to perform tasks that they were formerly unable to accomplish, or had great difficulty accomplishing, by providing enhancements to, or changing methods of interacting with, the technology needed to accomplish such tasks. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assistive_technology: this leads to all visual users seeing the messages while assistive technology users will get an audible message.
  • Uses wp.i18n for translatable strings in wp-admin/js/image-edit.js

Related TracTrac An open source project by Edgewall Software that serves as a bug tracker and project management tool for WordPress. ticketticket Created for both bug reports and feature development on the bug tracker.: #47147.

Fix the Image Editor mismatching keyboard focus order and visual reading order

On the Edit Media page, the keyboard focus order and the visual reading
order were presented in a zig-zag pattern.

This was causing some accessibility issues for users who have a cognitive disability as they may be confused by an unexpected or illogical focus order.

WordPress 5.5 fixed that by swaping the DOM order of the two main columns within the adminadmin (and super admin) Image Editor.

See more details in the Trac ticket #47136 and the attached changeset.

Improve the appearance of image editor on small and medium screens

WordPress 5.5 added new CSS rules to improve the appearance of image editor on small and medium screens. The new rules prevent the main area of Edit Media screen from being pushed down too far.

See the related ticket on Trac: #47136.

Props to @afercia for proofreading.

#5-5, #accessibility, #dev-notes, #media

Winstina 6:43 pm on August 6, 2020
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Dev Chat Summary, August 5th, 2020

This post summarizes the weekly devchat meeting from August 5th, 2020 hosted by @whyisjake (Agenda / Slack Archive).

Recent Dev-Notes

The group didn’t discuss these, but @whyisjake added them to the announcements. Have an opinion? Add your thoughts to the comments:

Upcoming Releases

  • jQuery Migrate Status
    • @whyisjake opened the chat with a conversation about the planned changes related to jQuery Migrate in 5.5. @azaozz has published working roadmap document about it.
    • Currently, the plan is to releaseRelease A release is the distribution of the final version of an application. A software release may be either public or private and generally constitutes the initial or new generation of a new or upgraded application. A release is preceded by the distribution of alpha and then beta versions of the software. WordPress 5.5 as is with the first step in the roadmap in place (disabling jQuery Migrate by default for all installs).
    • @clorith has been working on a plugin, now in development, that will re-enable jQuery Migrate and makemake A collection of P2 blogs at make.wordpress.org, which are the home to a number of contributor groups, including core development (make/core, formerly "wpdevel"), the UI working group (make/ui), translators (make/polyglots), the theme reviewers (make/themes), resources for plugin authors (make/plugins), and the accessibility working group (make/accessibility). any notices thrown more visible to site owners so that they can open support tickets with the appropriate 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 theme authors.

Component check-in and status updates

Open Floor

The next CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. dev chat will be held on Wednesday, August 9, 2020 @ 20:00 UTC.

These meetings are held in the #core channel in the Making WordPress Core Slack instance.

Props @marybaum and @desrosj for review.

#5-5, #devchat

annezazu 4:25 pm on August 6, 2020
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Editor chat Summary: 5th August, 2020

This post summarizes the latest weekly Editor meeting (agenda, slack transcript). This meeting was held in the #coreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress.-editor SlackSlack Slack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform https://slack.com/. The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at https://make.wordpress.org/chat/. channel on Wednesday, August 5, 2020, 08:00 AM MDT and was moderated by @annezazu.

WordPress 5.5 RC 2

WordPress 5.5 RC 2 is now available with WordPress 5.5 is slated for releaseRelease A release is the distribution of the final version of an application. A software release may be either public or private and generally constitutes the initial or new generation of a new or upgraded application. A release is preceded by the distribution of alpha and then beta versions of the software. on August 11th, 2020.  Remember to help translate, test, and report bugs — all lovely and helpful ways to contribute. On a related note, you can follow along with WordPress 5.5 “Must Haves” for Gutenberg on this board although there’s not much left.

If you like to look ahead, check out this “What’s on your wishlist?” post for planning 5.6 and share your thoughts by August 20, 2020. 

GutenbergGutenberg The 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/ version 8.7

Gutenberg 8.7.0 was released last week. Update your sites and check out what’s new. Thanks to everyone who helped with this release.

Monthly Plan

Here’s the overarching plan for August. With efforts around 5.5 winding down, this opens up work to return to areas like Global Styles, Editor focused APIs, 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. Screen, Full Site Editing, and continued work on the Navigation screen & 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.. Details are in the post!

Task Coordination

Note: Anyone reading this summary outside of the meeting, please drop a comment in the post summary, if you can/want to help with something.  Remember: don’t just focus on code contributions!

@ntsekouras

  • Fixed block insertion place after clicking Browse All in the inline inserter.
  • Completed some A11yAccessibility 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) fixes (fix block movers overlapping, Add arrow navigation to Warning dropdown menu.)
  • Polishing refactor embed block to be a single block (with block.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.) and block variations.  

@zebulan

  • Working on some enhancements to the InnerBlocks 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. including currently trying to rewrite a PR to use the callback API suggested here. Could definitely use some help getting it to work.
  • Keeping various other PRs up-to-date. Most of them are simply awaiting design/technical reviews.

@paaljoachim

  • Helping triagetriage The act of evaluating and sorting bug reports, in order to decide priority, severity, and other factors. Gutenberg Design issues.
  • Giving feedback to various issues.
  • Attended and recorded @itsjonoq’s very cool Zoom jam session.

@annezazu

  • Shipped the what’s next in Gutenberg post for August.
  • Helped with WordPress 5.5 Q&As.
  • Focused on needs-testing for triage.

@youknowriad

  • Working on 5.5 and Gutenberg fixes, backportbackport A port is when code from one branch (or trunk) is merged into another branch or trunk. Some changes in WordPress point releases are the result of backporting code from trunk to the release branch. releases.
  • Started working a little bit on the Block API supports flags and planning to expand the work to Global Styles.

@andraganescu

@itsjonq

  • Continued experimentation + research in the area of the Editor Interface and component layer. This is in support of Design Tools and the efforts of refreshing the editor experience. It’s materialized into a component library with a focus of design/developer experience (working with or using the parts). There’s also the goal of having core/system level a11y support, including visual considerations (dark mode, high contrast, color blindness, reduced motion).
  • Shared this work with a couple of folks on a hallway hangout Zoom call (more to come!) and wrote a follow-up Github post here. It’s worth noting that this is highly experimental!

Open Floor & Ways to Help

Throughout this core editor chat, there was a theme of people highlighting and wanting help with various issues. As a result, the structure of this summary is being adjusted to fit the content. Remember: teamwork makes the dream work ❤️

Give feedback on this new navigation overview issue. Raised by @andraganescu.

It proposes a path forward for a few things, including:

  • How the blocks in navigation feature will work
  • How backwards compatibility will be handled
  • How rendering of this feature will function

Review PRs on Block toolbar: split switcher from mover and simplify styles issue and Document settings: Split “Status & visibility into multiple sidebar panels. Raised by @zebulan.

Both of these issues address things that the a11y team would really like to see makemake A collection of P2 blogs at make.wordpress.org, which are the home to a number of contributor groups, including core development (make/core, formerly "wpdevel"), the UI working group (make/ui), translators (make/polyglots), the theme reviewers (make/themes), resources for plugin authors (make/plugins), and the accessibility working group (make/accessibility). it into core.

[Completed] Review this PR on setting an error state when there is an upload error. Raised by @kirilzh.

@itsjonq already reviewed this PR and it’s been merged since the meeting took place. Great job, everyone.

Give feedback on the approach taken in this PR on showing sibling inserter on hover. Raised by @kirilzh.

In particular, right now @kirilzh is feeling stuck trying to handle blocks with nested blocks in them. Any guidance anyone can give on general approach would be appreciated to help refine this PR.

Help review this open issue showing different behaviors for default category term with editors. Raised by @enricosorcinelli.

There was some discussion in slack about this particularly on the topic of where the root issue ultimately is: REST APIREST API The REST API is an acronym for the RESTful Application Program Interface (API) that uses HTTP requests to GET, PUT, POST and DELETE data. It is how the front end of an application (think “phone app” or “website”) can communicate with the data store (think “database” or “file system”) https://developer.wordpress.org/rest-api/. or block editor 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.. @timothyblynjacobs chimed in just after the meeting closed to clarify that the actual bug is that the REST API allows emptying that categoryCategory The 'category' taxonomy lets you group posts / content together that share a common bond. Categories are pre-defined and broad ranging. in the first place. This now seems to be a question of general product decision: is it okay to have a post without categories? What’s the historical context here? If you have thoughts to share, please chime in on the thread.

#core-editor-summary

Justin Ahinon 6:05 am on August 6, 2020
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Allow post boxes and metaboxes to be reordered by using the keyboard

Before WordPress 5.5, it was possible to rearrange widgets on the Dashboard and metaboxes on post editing pages (with GutenbergGutenberg The 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/ disabled) using only a pointing device, such as the mouse. This was causing 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) issues, since it was not possible to perform the same actions with the keyboard. It was also challenging to perform these actions on touch screens.

WordPress 5.5 solves this by adding new controls and functionalities to allow reordering the boxes with the keyboard. There are also improvements to facilitate reordering of boxes on touch screens.

Before WordPress 5.5: There were no controls to move and reorder Dashboard widgets
Before WordPress 5.5: There were no controls to move and reorder boxes
WordPress 5.5 adds "up" and "down" controls to reorder boxes easily with mouse, touch screens and keyboard
WordPress 5.5 added “up” and “down” controls to reorder boxes easily with mouse, touch screens and keyboard
Reordering boxes with keyboard in WordPress 5.5

In addition to this, sound messages are sent to the live region of the administration ARIA to inform screen reader users of the result of the rearrangement action.

For 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 developers

If you develop plugins that modify the “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.” of the post boxes, you will need to makemake A collection of P2 blogs at make.wordpress.org, which are the home to a number of contributor groups, including core development (make/core, formerly "wpdevel"), the UI working group (make/ui), translators (make/polyglots), the theme reviewers (make/themes), resources for plugin authors (make/plugins), and the accessibility working group (make/accessibility). sure you adjust your code accordingly.

Here is an example:

In WooCommerce “Edit order” pages, some WooCommerce CSSCSS Cascading Style Sheets. hide the header and the handlediv button of some metaboxes using display: none. No feature is broken and the metaboxMetabox A post metabox is a draggable box shown on the post editing screen. Its purpose is to allow the user to select or enter information in addition to the main post content. This information should be related to the post in some way. is sortable as expected because it lives in an element with the CSS class meta-box-sortables.

Plugins can customize the basic metaboxes in this way, but they should also be prepared to adjust their customizations if necessary.

Related ticketticket Created for both bug reports and feature development on the bug tracker. on TracTrac An open source project by Edgewall Software that serves as a bug tracker and project management tool for WordPress.: #39074.

Props to @afercia for technical review and @audrasjb for proofread.

#5-5, #accessibility, #dev-notes

Lara Schenck 4:21 pm on August 5, 2020
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CSS Chat Agenda: 6th August 2020

This is the agenda for the upcoming CSSCSS Cascading Style Sheets. meeting scheduled for Thursday, August 6, 2020, 5:00 PM EDT.

This meeting will be held in the #core-css channel in the Making WordPress SlackSlack Slack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform https://slack.com/. The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at https://make.wordpress.org/chat/..

If there’s any topic you’d like to discuss, please leave a comment below!

  • Housekeeping
    • How can we help new meeting attendees to get up to speed with #core-css initiatives?
    • A different structure for meeting agendas
  • CSS audit update
  • Color scheming updates
    • Code-base colors compared with colors designers reference
  • CSS Link Share

#agenda

Riad Benguella 12:56 pm on August 5, 2020
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What’s new in Gutenberg (August 5)

WordPress 5.5 is around the corner and GutenbergGutenberg The 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/ contributors have been busy fixing a number of important issues to makemake A collection of P2 blogs at make.wordpress.org, which are the home to a number of contributor groups, including core development (make/core, formerly "wpdevel"), the UI working group (make/ui), translators (make/polyglots), the theme reviewers (make/themes), resources for plugin authors (make/plugins), and the accessibility working group (make/accessibility). sure the editor on 5.5 is as stable as possible. Gutenberg 8.7 changelog reflects that with a number of fixes including important a11yAccessibility 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) ones.

At the same time, contributors are increasing the development pace on the next big projects. Global styles are being worked heavily on with the hope of shipping it by WordPress 5.6.

This releaseRelease A release is the distribution of the final version of an application. A software release may be either public or private and generally constitutes the initial or new generation of a new or upgraded application. A release is preceded by the distribution of alpha and then beta versions of the software. also saw a lot of improvements to the Post 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. suite that constitutes one of the important bricks for the Full Site Editing project.

8.7.0 🇹🇼

Enhancements

  • Make “Attempt Block Recovery” the default option of block invalidation. (24263)
  • Add a block example to the Buttons block. (24249)
  • Make the padding for the nav block inserter content the same for all sides. (24084)
  • Improve margin within the media replace popover. (24309)
  • Move “Convert to regular blocks” button to the reusable block toolbar. (24066)
  • Consistently autosave edits. (23962)
  • Use Post Type label for Document tab in Settings 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.. (17311)
  • Update the Group block description. (24297)
  • Remove bottom margin of components dropdown menu item. (24227)
  • CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. Block Patterns improvements:
    • Adds “Heading and paragraph” pattern. (24143)
    • Updates “Large header and a paragraph” pattern. (24142)
    • Updates the “Large header” pattern. (24141)
    • Updates the “Quote” pattern. (24140)
    • Updates “Two images” pattern. (24139) (23856)
    • Updates “Three columns of text with buttons” pattern. (24138)
    • Updates “Three buttons” pattern. (24137)
    • Updates “Two buttons” pattern. (24136)
    • Updates ‘”wo columns of text” pattern. (24135)
    • Update “Two columns of text with images” pattern. (24134)
    • Update the “Large header and button” block pattern. (24177)
  • Block Directory: Use local assets with automatic asset detection. (24117)

New APIs

  • Add support for delete operations to @wordpress/core-data entities. (21557)
  • Add server-side handling for the block ‘align’ supports flag. (24122)
  • Add isDestructive style to Button. (22921)
  • wordpress/create-block: Enable loading translations for created blocks. (24125)

Bug Fixes

  • Fix htmlHTML HyperText Markup Language. The semantic scripting language primarily used for outputting content in web browsers. mode for non light blocks. (24335)
  • Fix block movers overlapping. (24349)
  • Fix List RichText backward compatibility for multiline root tagtag A 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.). (24324)
  • Block patterns: Fix translatable strings. (24317)
  • Preserve the seconds when editing dates using the TimePicker component. (24305)
  • A11y:
    • Announce block selection changes manually on windows. (24299)
    • Fix arrow navigation in the LinkControl suggestions. (24222)
    • Avoid focus style from being cut on the categories panel. (24197)
    • Avoid focusing the block selection button on each render. (24195)
    • Avoid rendering the clipboard textarea inside the button. (24194)
    • Fix missing focus outline in Add New Tag. (24187)
    • Fix dropdown menu focus loss when using arrow keys with Safari and Voiceover. (24186)
    • Fix the gallery buttons focus style. (24157)
    • Update the editor landmark regions. (24196)
    • Mover control: Remove drag cursor. (23759)
  • Fix block insertion place after clicking Browse All in the inline inserter. (24285)
  • Fix last.fm svg icon alignment. (24278)
  • Cover: Fix padding controls showing null units. (24251)
  • Consistently show the default style variation if none provided. (24217)
  • Fix gradient RGBA/HSLA inputs’ width. (24214)
  • Popover: Fix arrow color to match content border color. (24208)
  • Fix dragging multiple blocks downwards resulted in blocks inserted in wrong position. (24183)
  • Fix Button block colors in the editor. (24153)
  • Fix the save shortcut in the code editor. (24151)
  • Fix PHPPHP The web scripting language in which WordPress is primarily architected. WordPress requires PHP 5.6.20 notices when a block hasn’t declared ‘supports’. (24131)
  • Fix Block Directory icons. (24086)
  • Block Breadcrumb: Fix arrow direction in RTL. (24074)
  • i18Ni18n Internationalization, or the act of writing and preparing code to be fully translatable into other languages. Also see localization. Often written with a lowercase i so it is not confused with a lowercase L or the numeral 1. Often an acquired skill.:
    • Fix missing plural forms for block related strings. (24071)
    • Merge similar translationtranslation The process (or result) of changing text, words, and display formatting to support another language. Also see localization, internationalization. strings in the RSS block. (24159)
    • Merge similar translation strings – tables. (24169)
  • useBlockSync: Fix race condition when onChange callback changes. (24012)
  • Allow enter to insert line breaks even if template is locked. (23330)

Experiments

  • Full Site Editing and Site editor:
    • Add alignment support to post content block. (24014) (24077)
    • Post Title Block: Add style attributes. (24246)
    • Remove more initial PHP state. (23775)
    • Template Part: Improve title editing interactions. (23661)
    • Update the Post author, ExcerptExcerpt An excerpt is the description of the blog post or page that will by default show on the blog archive page, in search results (SERPs), and on social media. With an SEO plugin, the excerpt may also be in that plugin’s metabox. and Comment blocks to use lightBlockWrapper. (24253)
    • Query blocks: Support wide alignments in the editor. (24229)
    • Post Comments Block: add block alignment support. (24226)
    • Post Excerpt block: Added icon and description to Post Excerpt block. (24203)
    • Post Date block: Added Post Date icon and updated block with icon and desc. (24178) (24225)
    • Post Author block: Added a description. (24171)
    • Post Comments Counts: Add style attributes. (24167)
    • Post Comments Form: Add style attributes. (24162)
    • Post Author and Post Excerpt: change editor selector class. (24104)
    • Post Comments block: add style supports for text and background settings. (24080)
    • Post excerpt block: Add color, fontSize, lineHeight, and text alignment. (23945)
    • Add Post Tags block description and icon. (23496)
    • Add a description to the Post Title block. (23494)
    • Update Post Author block to use __experimentalColor and __experimentalLineHeight. (23044)
  • Global styles:
    • Fix link color style property name in global styles. (24296)
    • Fix merge algorithm. (24294)
  • Navigation Block and screen:
    • Fix Navigation Block submenu being overlapped by Cover block overlay. (24062)
  • APIs:
    • Add initial support for themes to control the editor. (24275)
    • Prefix useSimulatedMediaQuery __experimental. (24279)
    • URLInput Customizable control rendering. (24115)

Documentation

  • Update Gutenberg FAQ with more recent information. (24202)
  • Clarify custom link color documentation for themes. (24056)
  • Add a link to the WordPress Data guide. (24327)
  • Document the new block tools theme support and core block patterns. (24265)
  • Replace the demo link of the Gutenberg Storybook in the documentation. (24212)
  • Docs: Update default values for Popover props ‘noArrow’ and ‘position’. (24207)
  • Added missing documentation link for contributor handbook. (24179)
  • Docs: Convert Block Registration RFC to the Block Metadata document. (23832)
  • Typos and tweaks: (23899) (24057) (24033) (24211) (24100)

Code Quality

  • Improve rootClientId comparison in useBlockDropZone. (24307)
  • Clarify wp.blocks.createBlock error message. (24287)
  • Convert blocks to function component with hooksHooks In WordPress theme and development, hooks are functions that can be applied to an action or a Filter in WordPress. Actions are functions performed when a certain event occurs in WordPress. Filters allow you to modify certain functions. Arguments used to hook both filters and actions look the same.:
    • BlockInvalidWarning. (24284)
    • ReusableBlockConvertButton. (24015)
  • Add missing prop to WPBlockVariation type definition. (24110)
  • Remove deprecated blockType.context support. (24155)
  • Wrap LinkControlSearchInput in forwardRef. (24119)

Build Tooling

  • Perf Tests: Set up branchbranch A directory in Subversion. WordPress uses branches to store the latest development code for each major release (3.9, 4.0, etc.). Branches are then updated with code for any minor releases of that branch. Sometimes, a major version of WordPress and its minor versions are collectively referred to as a "branch", such as "the 4.0 branch". only once for all test suites. (24123)
  • Revert “Build: Use .min.js suffix for bundled JavaScriptJavaScript JavaScript or JS is an object-oriented computer programming language commonly used to create interactive effects within web browsers. WordPress makes extensive use of JS for a better user experience. While PHP is executed on the server, JS executes within a user’s browser. https://www.javascript.com/.”. (24239)
  • Add a GitGit Git is a free and open source distributed version control system designed to handle everything from small to very large projects with speed and efficiency. Git is easy to learn and has a tiny footprint with lightning fast performance. Most modern plugin and theme development is being done with this version control system. https://git-scm.com/. Diff to the output of the static checks job on failure. (24154)

Various

  • Fix intermittent Navigation block test failure. (24146)

Performance Benchmark

The following benchmark compares performance for a particularly sizeable post (~36,000 words, ~1,000 blocks) over the last releases. Such a large post isn’t representative of the average editing experience but is adequate for spotting variations in performance.

Version Loading Time KeyPress Event (typing)
Gutenberg 8.7 6.97 s 26.63 ms
Gutenberg 8.6 6.84 s 27.15 ms
WordPress 5.4 9.55 s 43.81 ms

Kudos for all the contributors that helped with the release. 👏

#core-editor, #editor, #gutenberg-new

Ajit Bohra 11:35 am on August 5, 2020
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Editor chat summary: Wednesday, 29 July 2020

This post summarizes the latest weekly Editor meeting (agenda, slack transcript), held in the #core-editor SlackSlack Slack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform https://slack.com/. The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at https://make.wordpress.org/chat/. channel, on Wednesday, July 29, 2020, 14:00 UTC.

WordPress 5.5 RC 1

The first release candidate for WordPress 5.5 is now available. This is an important milestone in the community’s progress toward the final releaseRelease A release is the distribution of the final version of an application. A software release may be either public or private and generally constitutes the initial or new generation of a new or upgraded application. A release is preceded by the distribution of alpha and then beta versions of the software. of WordPress.

Thank you to all of the contributors who tested the 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. releases and gave feedback. Testing for bugs is a critical part of polishing every release and a great way to contribute to WordPress.

Project Board For WordPress 5.5

The remaining issues are located in the Project board.

GutenbergGutenberg The 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/ 8.6

Gutenberg 8.6 was relased on 22nd July.

Monthly Plan

What is next in Gutenberg for July.

Task Coordination

Note: Anyone reading this summary outside of the meeting, please drop a comment in the post summary, if you can/want to help with something.

@annezazu

@ntsekouras

Refactor embed 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. to be a single block ( with block.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. ) and block variations. (https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/24090)

@sageshilling

Working on coreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. media block editor proposal

@shaunandrews

Design work continues for the new editor sidebar

@mapk

@itsjusteileen

Testing in FSE. Moving to a new machine and will need to give @paaljoachim, @mkaz, and @Noah Allen dev environment tutorial a run on setting up from scratch for testing Gutenberg.

@nrqsnchz

  • Merged the last remaining PRs for Block Patterns and tested across Core default themes.
  • Been helping with testing and feedback on various a11yAccessibility 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)-related issues

@mcsf

  • WP5.5: Review fix/backportbackport A port is when code from one branch (or trunk) is merged into another branch or trunk. Some changes in WordPress point releases are the result of backporting code from trunk to the release branch. PRs, review/help with dev notesdev note Each important change in WordPress Core is documented in a developers note, (usually called dev note). Good dev notes generally include: a description of the change; the decision that led to this change a description of how developers are supposed to work with that change. Dev notes are published on Make/Core blog during the beta phase of WordPress release cycle. Publishing dev notes is particularly important when plugin/theme authors and WordPress developers need to be aware of those changes.In general, all dev notes are compiled into a Field Guide at the beginning of the release candidate phase.
  • Review many PRs or comment in issues
  • Try to improve Docker performance on macOS (24001)
  • Support some other contributors at an individual level

@andraganescu

@michael-arestad

I’m working on a flow for creating a template from scratch – Currently, I’m  exploring “designing” a layout via document-level grid. I’m also planning a jam session or two next week. 

@zieladam

  • Focused on in-toolbar link editing (#24021)
  • Investigating the way forward for the widgets editor
  • Working on fixing e2e tests on the AutosaveMonitor fix in #23962

@itsjonq

  • Continuing with Design Tools Efforts (in general)
  • Focus lately has been advancing @wordpress/components in the spirit of the new “G2” designs. Approaching it systematically from foundations (much needed IMO) rather than applying tweaks on top.

@zeb

  • Got a PR merged that moves the reusable block’s “Convert to regular blocks” button to the block toolbar! https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/24066
  • A few days ago I created a PR to implement an `itemWrapper` prop for `InnerBlocks` that allows child blocks to each be wrapped with a given element. It’s a rather significant change and there may be better ways of implementing it, so any technical feedback and ideas are much appreciated! https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/24232

@isabel_brison

  • I’m working on adding labels to the editor icon buttons (10524 and 15311). I’ve done an initial PR to add an option to show labels, but it only affects the post editor for now. I think we’re going to need this functionality in the site editor too, and am wondering what would be the best way of having a setting that works across both editors. Thoughts welcome!

Open Floor

Patterns and WordPress 5.5

@joyously asked about the pattern, are they part of GB or part of WP? The reason is that the images are stored on .org, and the text goes through .org translations. @youknowriad clarified that Patterns live in Core codebase and the images are hosted in wp.org like the block examples.

Cherry picking from Gutenberg 8.7 for WordPress 5.5

@jeffpaul asked are there any 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. fixes and performance improvements that are planned to be cherry-picked from Gutenberg 8.7 to merge into WordPress 5.5? To prepare WordPress 5.5 Field GuideField guide The field guide is a type of blogpost published on Make/Core during the release candidate phase of the WordPress release cycle. The field guide generally lists all the dev notes published during the beta cycle. This guide is linked in the about page of the corresponding version of WordPress, in the release post and in the HelpHub version page.. @youknowriad mentioned that the potential addition fixes might not be worth mentioning.

Documentation “Keeping up with gutenberg” Index

@annezazu shared about a new page in the core handbook called “Keeping up with Gutenberg”. It’s an index of Gutenberg related posts from various Makemake A collection of P2 blogs at make.wordpress.org, which are the home to a number of contributor groups, including core development (make/core, formerly "wpdevel"), the UI working group (make/ui), translators (make/polyglots), the theme reviewers (make/themes), resources for plugin authors (make/plugins), and the accessibility working group (make/accessibility). blogs to make it easier to follow development. Feedback is very welcome to improve it. Props to @bph and @williampatton who led these efforts. @swissspidy raised if there is a way we can somehow automate that list of posts? as currently its manually curated and seems tedious to maintain.

Galleries as composed image block

@andraganescu raised @Zeb added https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/24232 and @noisysocks raised the PR for discussion here as it affects some implementations that count on InnerBlocks including the blocks in navigation feature and the implementation of galleries as composed image blocks

Some discussion around wrapper for the inner block but no decision. Further discussion to continue on the PR for introducing prop to specify the wrapper

Missing post update action

@paaljoachim highlighted the issue of missing “Update post” action when there’s an autosave.

#meeting-notes, #core-editor, #editor, #gutenberg

Justin Ahinon 8:50 am on August 5, 2020
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More support for JavaScript i18n in WordPress 5.5

In WordPress 5.5, several legacy JavaScriptJavaScript JavaScript or JS is an object-oriented computer programming language commonly used to create interactive effects within web browsers. WordPress makes extensive use of JS for a better user experience. While PHP is executed on the server, JS executes within a user’s browser. https://www.javascript.com/. localization variables have been removed in wp-admin in favor of using the modern form wp.i18n.__().

The i18n package was introduced with WordPress 5.0 to facilitate JavaScript and dynamic UIs translationtranslation The process (or result) of changing text, words, and display formatting to support another language. Also see localization, internationalization.. It was therefore possible to use it instead of other functions used for localization as wp_localize_script().

Several interfaces in wp-adminadmin (and super admin) already use the functions and utilities provided by i18ni18n Internationalization, or the act of writing and preparing code to be fully translatable into other languages. Also see localization. Often written with a lowercase i so it is not confused with a lowercase L or the numeral 1. Often an acquired skill. for translatable strings. With WordPress 5.5, many others are now adopting this new approach.

Here are the related tickets for these changes on TracTrac An open source project by Edgewall Software that serves as a bug tracker and project management tool for WordPress.: #50235, #50525, #50526, #50527, #50535, #50553, #50576, #50577, #50578, #50579, #50596, #50597, #50599, #50601, #50602, #50603, #50604, #50605.

For developers

If you develop WordPress themes or extensions some previously globally accessible localization variables could stop working and cause breaks in your code.

You can see how to use the functions and utilities of i18n package in this p2 post.

Props to @loicblascos for raising this note topic and @francina and @johnbillion for review.

#5-5, #dev-notes, #i18n

Jake Spurlock 5:32 am on August 5, 2020  

Dev Chat Agenda for August 5th, 2020

Here is the agenda for the weekly meeting happening August 5th, 2020 13:00 PDT.

Highlighted/Need Feedback Blogblog (versus network, site) Posts

Discussion

  • jQuery Migrate and WordPress 5.5
  • Upcoming ReleaseRelease A release is the distribution of the final version of an application. A software release may be either public or private and generally constitutes the initial or new generation of a new or upgraded application. A release is preceded by the distribution of alpha and then beta versions of the software.

Components check-in and status updates

  • News from components
  • Components that need help/Orphaned components
  • Cross-component collaboration

Open Floor

Got something to propose for the agenda, or a specific item relevant to our standard list above?

Please leave a comment, and say whether or not you’ll be in the chat, so the group can either give you the floor or bring up your topic for you, accordingly.

This meeting happens in the #core channel. To join the meeting, you’ll need an account on the Making WordPress Slack.

tellthemachines 11:39 pm on August 4, 2020
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New editor preview options

You can now preview editor content in different screen sizes. Replacing the old preview button there is now a dropdown with “Desktop”, “Tablet” and “Mobile” sizes, as well as the previous front end preview option.

The new preview options currently only work on medium to large screens (>= 600px). In the future, there may be a way to preview large screens on a phone.

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. developers

If you’re a block developer and would like to have responsive styles for your blocks in the editor, use the #start-resizable-editor-section and#end-resizable-editor-section markers to define responsive styles. Styles between these markers will be picked up by the editor and render correctly when it is resized. As an example, this is what your styles would look like:

#start-resizable-editor-section {
    display: none;
}

/* add all responsive styles here */

#end-resizable-editor-section {
    display: none;
}

Currently, we aren’t able to manipulate theme editor styles because they are loaded inline in a <style> tagtag A 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.), instead of a separate stylesheet.

Related pull request on GitHubGitHub GitHub is a website that offers online implementation of git repositories that can 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/ for this feature: https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/19082.

#5-5, #dev-notes, #editor, #gutenberg