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Jorge Costa 3:49 pm on September 28, 2021
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Editor chat summary: Wednesday, 22 September 2021

This post summarizes the weekly editor chat meeting on Wednesday, 22 September 2021, 14:00 UTC held in Slack.

What’s next in 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/? (Mid-September 2021)

@jorgefilipecosta said the post with the goals for the Gutenberg project in September is published and referred that the priorities are the template Editor, Patterns, Global Styles theme.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., the design tools., and the Navigation 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./navigation editor work.

As a follow-up @ntsekouras brought attention to an experiment to trigger some discussions – a Patterns explorer, asking people to share their thoughts.

Project Updates

Mobile Application

Shipped

  • Improve error handling for embed block
  • Improve Reusable Blocks inserter UIUI User interface

Fixes

  • Fix image block height and border regressionregression A 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.
  • Fix back icon color in dark mode

In Progress

  • Additional Embed block improvements
  • GSS Font size, line height, colors

Components package

Shipping

  • Completed a migrationMigration Moving the code, database and media files for a website site from one server to another. Most typically done when changing hosting companies. away from the createComponent function. This simplifies the process of adding new components to the library, using the more straightforward View component.
  • Following up on the recently expanded contributor guidelines, we simplified the structure of the guidelines and added a table of contents.

In Progress

  • @youknowriad merged a PR that introduces a navigation component to the Global Styles 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., which moves us closer to the updated designs. We’re experimenting now with a revised Navigator component that may provide greater flexibility for the design.

Navigation Editor

Lots of work happening on priority items. Thanks to everyone who is contributing so much work.

• 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/. interactions have been improved and more issues identified.
• Started looking at ways to add links in Bulk.
• Using Theme JSON to control the block in the editor has been ruled out.
• Another Hallway Hangout is on the cards – dates/times to be confirmed.

Task Coordination

@annezazu

Hallway hangout for adoption pathways for FSE with Marcus & Dave, continue amplifying the current block theme switching exploration (please check it out!), did some light triagetriage The act of evaluating and sorting bug reports, in order to decide priority, severity, and other factors., and shared a coreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. editor improvement post on the new Widgets Group block!

@ntsekouras

  • Query Pagination with `flex` layout(#34876, #34897).
  • Pass the search value to inserter, when clicking Browse All(#34912).
  • Delayed loading state of SSR component(#35033).
  • Pattern Explorer experiment(#35006).

@jorgefilipecosta

For the next week, the plan is to continue iterating on the design and address the remaining follow-ups we have thinks like changing the border of the input field from a gray to slightly different gray changing the dimension of inputs from 30px to 40px, changing the focus look on the range control.

@mciampini

Will keep supporting @jorgefilipecosta and other folks working on the @wordpress/components package, including most of the work that is being done on the new Global Styles sidebar.

Open floor

Responsiveness

Roman Axelrod asked the following:

It was mentioned earlier, but… At time moment, core editor doesn’t provide options of setting different styling rules for each device / breakpoint (Preview modes: Desktop, Tablet, Mobile).

Right now, the rules are global. For example if I set padding: 60px to Group block from the right sidebar of the editor, this rule is going to appear on Desktop and Mobile.I curious if we are going to have the same functionality that all popular page builders have? Usually they provide a list of breakpoints and ability to “overwrite” styling rules of previous breakpoint. It gives ability of adapting the design by requirements.Is this something that we can expect soon? Are we going to have something like this in 2021?

@jorgefilipecosta said he thinks that is not something on the roadmap for 5.9, but allowing to control how things look depending on the dimensions of the place where they are rendered is something that will end up existing.

Custom Fields

Roman Axelrod asked the following:

Are there any plans or ideas of using Custom Fields in core blocks?
For example, imagine the situation where I have 20 pages. All pages have a “Hero” section that contains title, text, button on the left and image on the right.
The design is the same but the content is different and unique for each page (kind of a template).Now let’s say, after I built these 20 pages, we realized that the Heading block should be 5px bigger.
How should I fix that? It might be annoying to go page by page and update the font-size of each heading.As a reference, Elementor page builder provides this kind of option – they call it “Dynamic Content”.
I thought that the block-template-parts of FSE will solve this case. But this is still not there. Are there any thoughts/discussions about similar cases?

@jorgefilipecosta answered the following:

Hi Roman, maybe the solution to your issue is to define a CSSCSS Cascading Style Sheets. variable that represents the size. Theme.json provides a mechanism for declaring the css variables, and then instead of using 5px as value you use the css variable as the value. Changing the variable will then change the size in every place.

Roman followed up asking about how non-developers would be able to change those values. @jorgefilipecosta said that If one wants to allow a user to change a CSS variable, one could do it by registering a custom sidebar to change the variable. Maybe one day core offers something that automatically renders a UI where users could change variables registered using theme.json, but it is not part of the road map for now.

Developer Hours online

@bph made a big announcement during the core editor chat:

There will be a make core post with more info, this is just a heads-up, about a trial initiative to hold “Developer Hours online” every other week, with a group of Gutenberg developers, a short topic and then answering attendee’s Block and Theme building questions, with screen sharing of code and follow-up post. Depending how the trial goes, we might expand it. If you want to be part of that initiative let me know or comment on the post.

#block-editor, #chats, #core-editor, #core-editor-summary, #gutenberg, #meeting-notes

Ajit Bohra 6:56 pm on September 20, 2021
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Editor chat summary: Wednesday, 15 September 2021

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, September 15, 2021, 14:00 UTC.

WordPress 5.9

Preliminary Roadmap, a quick overview of the main areas and features currently underway for 5.9 in 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/.

Gutenberg 11.5.0

Gutenberg 11.5.0 was released on 16th September, this update includes 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. Gap support, improved support for Flex Layouts, performance improvements, and additional design tools. Check out the release post for a complete list of features and enhancements:

Monthly Plan

The monthly update containing the high-level items that Gutenberg contributors are focusing on for June are:

  • Template Editor
  • Patterns
  • Global Styles and theme.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. UIUI User interface
  • Design Tools
  • Navigation Block
  • Navigation Editor

For a detailed plan check out monthly priorities post.

Updates on the key projects

Nav Editor:

@get_dave

Rest API:

@zieladam

  • For the REST API changes, saving menu items using rest API.
  • As a nice side-effect, we might get a simple 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 saving changes in any editor that acts on entities through blocks (e.g. the widgets editor).

Mobile: 

@hypest

Shipped

  • Inline preview support for Instagram, Vimeo. Now supporting all  5 most-used providers (YouTube, Twitter, WordPress, Instagram, Vimeo).

Fixes

  • Refresh embed preview when switching light/dark mode
  • Use device’s localeLocale A locale is a combination of language and regional dialect. Usually locales correspond to countries, as is the case with Portuguese (Portugal) and Portuguese (Brazil). Other examples of locales include Canadian English and U.S. English. in embed previews
  • Ensure inserter button is in view when RTL
  • Translate column block’s control labels

In Progress

  • Embed block.
  • GSS Font size, line height, colors.

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.

@mamaduka

@ntsekouras

In progress:

@jorgefilipecosta

  • Worked on the task to replace the color picker component namely enhance its design and started working on replacing tinycolor with colord.
  • Need some reviews on tinycolor to colord replacements:
  • Simple PR’s to get the ball rolling as long as one is approved I guess we can merge multiple similar ones.
  • Worked on implement the new custom gradient picker design.
  • Currently working on the new color palette editor.
  • For the next week I will continue with improving the global styles related components.
  • Will see how can I best help the effort of implementing the new 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. with its navigation system.
  • Will try to dedicate attention to old PR’s I have that are mostly ready.
  • Mosaic view and block awareness of global styles I hope to merge them so my head becomes free for other challenges and we can submit follow ups on them.

@zieladam

@mciampini

An update from the folks working on the components package

Shipping:

In Progress:

@oandregal

@annezazu

  • Mainly have been doing some light triagetriage The act of evaluating and sorting bug reports, in order to decide priority, severity, and other factors., amplifying the current block theme switching exploration.
  • Working on updating the Gutenberg 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 description (PR coming).
  • Ran a hallway hangout for FSE items.
  • Hoping to ship an additional coreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. editor improvement post too in the next week.

@get_dave

This week, I’ve have been mostly workin’ on:

  • Adding Global Inserter to Navigation Editor screen.
  • Experimenting with Theme JSON as means to control many aspect of Navigation block.
  • Fixes from the High priority section of Nav Editor tracking issue.
  • Various Link UI issues.
  • Added “help” descriptions for the various HTMLHTML HyperText Markup Language. The semantic scripting language primarily used for outputting content in web browsers. element options on the Group block.

@mkaz

Open Floor

@get_dave

  • Could whoever is running the Gutenberg Plugin release please let me know how they found the automated changelog feature grouping? I worked on a couple of PRs on that and I’m curious to know whether anything could
  • Working on how to make the Nav Editor more resilient to changes in the Navigation block. Currently it’s very difficult and not at all resilient.
    • One route I’m exploring is using Theme JSON to control the features of the Nav block. My proposal does two things that I’d like some input on:1. opens up `theme.json` for extensibility by developers via 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./filters.
    • Allows `theme.json` to control features that are unique to particular blocks (as opposed to things that are common across all blocks such as spacing).
    • I’d really like to understand whether this is within the intended scope for Theme JSON.
    • This has large utility outside Nav Editor because I imagine Themers wanting to be able to control multiple facets of blocks (and not just common things such as padding/margin…etc) without having to use complex hooks/filters
    • some dicussion but no conclusion read complete discussion.

@paaljoachim

  • The following comment made by @a4jpcom was posted to last weeks Core Editor Chat agenda after the chat was held.
    • The inserter (add block – the line with plus mark) is missing above the top inserted block.
    • Toggle block inserter doesn’t help here either.
    • Related issues.
    • You currently have to add a block under the top inserted block then move it above the top block each time. It would be nice to get this fixed.
    • If the line that said add block were above the first block added it would just take one click to add new blocks, which is very nice.
  • I would like to bring up one more thing that would be nice to get some eyes on again. 
    • Moving the post/page title to the top bar, so that users can choose to have the title in the layout.
      Here is a PR which has stalled.

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Mike Schroder 7:56 pm on September 17, 2021
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What’s new in Gutenberg 11.5? (16 September)

It’s been two weeks since 11.4, so it’s time for another 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/ release, 11.5!

This update includes 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. Gap support, improved support for Flex Layouts, performance improvements, and additional design tools.

Theme / Block Gap Support

Block Gap support adds the ability for blocks to opt-in to a control that allows users to choose the distance between items within a block.

The groundwork for this feature was introduced in 11.4, and was initially opt-out for themes. Following feedback, this feature is now opt-in. Thanks so much for the testing and feedback!

With Block Gap support in place, it has also been added to the Columns, Title, and Navigation blocks.

Buttons in the the Buttons Block move closer together or farther apart as the Block Gap is changed.

Flex Layout Highlights

Following the introduction of Flex Layout in 11.2.0, now Flex Layouts are supported within the Social Links and Group blocks! The Social Links block now has a ‘flex’ justification option, for automatic best-fit. 

There is also a new variation of the Group block that allows for flex layout. You can try it out by choosing “Row” from the block inserter.

Social Icons change flow when flex justification is selected.

Site Title and Logo Inside Navigation Block

It’s now possible to build your site logo or title directly into menus, enabling new design possibilities! Insert, and modify the title or logo that you prefer, using design tools, then re-order for your ideal look.

A Site Logo is added to a Navigation Block, then resized and placed.

Global Styles 

Global styles are now available to themes by default, allowing block, theme, and patterns to have a reliable set of styles provided by coreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress..

Themes are now able to selectively disable text and background colors. This allows theme authors to provide exactly the experience they’d like to provide users, whether allowing custom colors, gradients, or only their curated selections.

Other Notable Highlights

The Heading Levels menu has been redesigned, and is now vertical, making it easier to visualize the hierarchy.

There is a new setting to customize the Next and Previous Page indicators in the Query Pagination block, allowing the addition of an arrow or a chevron to your designs.

New vertical Heading Levels menu, with H2 selected.

11.5.0

Features

Design Tools

  • Block Support: Add gap block support feature. (33991)

Enhancements

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)

  • Font weight screen reader description. (34312)

Block Editor

  • Media Placeholder: Change media URLURL A specific web address of a website or web page on the Internet, such as a website’s URL www.wordpress.org input type to allow a local URL path. (29138)

Block Library

  • Columns Block: Use blockGap between Columns blocks. (34456)
  • Group Block: Add a row variation. (34535)
  • Heading Block: Vertical heading levels menu. (32926)
  • Navigation Block: Allow Site Title and Logo inside Navigation block. (33316)
  • Navigation Block, List View: Do not show appender and avoid closing the modal on block select. (34337)
  • Navigation Block: Remove horizontal and vertical navigation block variations from inserter. (34614)
  • Navigation Block: Use gap instead of margin. (32367)
  • Post Author Block: Add duotone suport. (34408)
  • Query Pagination Next/Previous: Add an arrow attribute and sync next/previous block’s arrow. (33656)
  • Site Logo Block: Update block description to be concise. (34471)
  • Site Title Block: Update block description to be concise. (34475)
  • Social Links Block: Use the new flex layout. (34493)
  • Video Block: Use existing video poster image on insert. (34415)

Components

  • MenuItem: Add right padding for unchecked radio and checkbox items. (34406)
  • ToggleGroupControl: Update stories to use knobs. (34497)

Core Data

  • Add isRawAttribute to entity configuration. (34388)

Design Tools

  • Add wide alignment control only if theme provides layout.wideSize. (34586)
  • Update justification control in flex layout. (34651)
  • ToolsPanel: Change icon from horizontal to vertical ellipsis. (34369)

Full Site Editing

  • Limit FSE adminadmin (and super admin) notices to the Themes screen. (34353)

Global Styles

  • Allow disabling text and background color via theme.json. (34420)
  • Make global styles available to all themes. (34334)

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.

  • Add context to ‘none’ strings for better translations. (34341)
  • Make permalinks documentation URL translatable. (34282)

Post Editor

  • Expose ThemeSupportCheck component. (20506)
  • Title block gap. (34570)

Themes

  • Add default editor styles applied to themes without theme.json and without editor styles. (34439)

Widgets Editor

  • Add ‘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. Group’ block to widgets screens. (34484)
  • Legacy widget rendering endpoint. (34230)

New APIs

Design Tools

  • Allow themes with theme.json to opt-out of block gap styles. (34491)

Bug Fixes

Accessibility

  • Fix button block focus trap after a URL has been added. (34314)

Block Editor

  • Fix menu item padding regressionregression A 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.. (34435)
  • Fix text-menu min widths. (34532)
  • Keep id on paste if internal link points to it. (31107)
  • Fix caret position on block merging. (34169)

Block Library

  • Heading Block, Paragraph Block: Fix long strings of text without spaces overflow the block. (34222)
  • Gallery Block: Fix 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. with stalled upload when image size too large. (34371)
  • Gallery Block: Fix media placeholder height in site editor. (34629)
  • Gallery Block: Fix problem with overflowing captions on new gallery block format. (34402)
  • Latest Posts: Fix various ReactReact React is a JavaScript library that makes it easy to reason about, construct, and maintain stateless and stateful user interfaces. https://reactjs.org/. warnings in development log. (34428)
  • Navigation: Fix navigation block classname issues. (34344)
  • Navigation: Fix Page List styles inside responsive Navigation. (34517)
  • Navigation: Fix responsive menu height regression. (34488)
  • Navigation: Fix submenu layout in navigation page list. (34342)
  • Navigation: Fix submenus to only take up space when visible. (34382)
  • Navigation: Fix undo/redo ‘trap’ in navigation link block. (34565)
  • Site Title: Allow empty title in edit mode. (34274)
  • Social Links Block: Fix deprecation. (34639)
  • Video Block: Fix TypeError when removing poster. (34411)

Components

  • Align labels on focal point picker position controls above the inputs. (34209)
  • Check if in browser env before calling CSS.supports. (34572)
  • Combobox Component: Only force expanded state if the input has focus. (34090)
  • CustomSelectControl: Add describedBy fallback. (34385)
  • DateTime Component: Fix sizing of help info. (34370)
  • Fix ToggleGroupControlBackdrop not updating size when isAdaptiveWidth prop changes. (34595)
  • Fix selected value computation in CustomSelectControl when no initial value is set. (34490)
  • Fix subheadings from wrapping. (34319)

Design Tools

  • Border Controls: Display color indicator and check selected color. (34467)
  • Border Support: Fix check for displaying border support panel. (34516)
  • Gap block support: Force gap change to cause the block to re-render (fix Safari issue). (34567)
  • Letter Spacing: Group letter spacing correctly under typography supports. (34515)

Global Styles

  • Fix block-level global styles color panels. (34293)
  • Font Appearance Control: Fix error in global styles for Site Title in TT1-Blocks. (34520)

MetaMeta Meta is a term that refers to the inside workings of a group. For us, this is the team that works on internal WordPress sites like WordCamp Central and Make WordPress. Boxes

  • Change default value of enableCustomFields to undefined. (33931)
  • Fix 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. reordering. (30617)

Packages

  • Blocks: Register block when 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. value provided for the icon. (34350)
  • Core Data: Add ‘include’ to the query key. (34583)
  • Core Data: Use resolveSelect instead of select in saveEntityRecord. (34584)
  • Interface: Block Toolbar & Popover component – Prevent sticky position from causing permanently obscured areas of the selected block. (33981)
  • Scripts: Only use svgr/webpack in js files. (34394)
  • Scripts: Convert legacy entry point arguments for compatibility with webpack 5. (34264)

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/.

  • Default batch processor: Respect the batch endpoint’s maxItems. (34280)

Widgets Editor

  • Fix Block 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. unexpectedly collapsing. (34543)
  • Legacy widget’s preview functionality is broken when the page is moved. (34384)
  • Prevent focus trap in Legacy Widget block’s preview 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.. (33614)

Performance

Block Editor

  • Improve the getBlock and getBlocks performance. (34241)
  • Remove duplicated useValidAlignment hook. (34593)

Core Data

  • Move locks state from store to local variable. (34374)

Global Styles

  • Remove colors classes from the packages that are already provided by global styles. (34510)

Experiments

Navigation Editor

  • Add undo redo buttons in navigation editor. (34533)
  • Decode entities in the menu names. (34263)
  • Disable “block-nav-menus” feature for the purposes of removing the “experimental” status on the Navigation Editor. (34444)
  • Preload menu REST API requests on new navigation editor. (34364)
  • Update navigation editor placeholder. (34568)

Documentation

Handbook

  • Replace withSelect references with useSelect. (34549)
  • Updated Template Section copy. (34383)
  • Update block variations documentation about block scope. (34455)

Packages

  • Blocks: Correct typo in Blocks Documentation. (34396)
  • Componentes: Fix/update documentation alignment matrix control. (34624)
  • Componentes: Update DuotonePicker documentation for accuracy. (34494)
  • Eslint: Add no-unsafe-wp-apis to rules list in the documentation. (34416)
  • Prettier: Correct syntax in README.md for prettier-config. (34600)

Code Quality

Block Editor

  • Code cleanup to the getBlock refactoring. (34326)
  • Ensure that blockType is defined when accessing apiVersion. (34346)
  • Migrate lightBlockWrapper support to apiVersion for blocks. (34459)
  • Fix Animated warning log. (34197)
  • Rich Text: Replace global event handlers with local ones. (34492)
  • Rich text (core): OnFocus method can be replaced with HTMLElement.focus. (32054)
  • Use Setting: Consolidate the PATHS_WITH_MERGE constant to one instance. (34407)

Block Library

  • Gallery Block: Add docblockdocblock (phpdoc, xref, inline docs) comments to the new gallery 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.. (34562)
  • Gallery Block: Remove IE specific CSSCSS Cascading Style Sheets. hacks. (34372)
  • Button Block: Replace global shortcut event handlers with local ones. (34498)
  • Navigation Block: Refactor to use generic classnames. (34171)
  • Navigation Link Block: Replace global shortcut event handlers with local ones. (34500)
  • Gallery Block: Remove redundant css selector. (34277)

Components

  • CustomGradientBar: Replace global shortcut event handlers with local ones. (34505)
  • Guide: Replace global shortcut event handlers with local ones. (34503)
  • Navigate regions: Use React events for shortcuts (portal bubbles & contextual). (33633)
  • Rename PolymorphicComponent* types to WordPressComponent*. (34330)
  • Simplify Modal with hooks. (34412)
  • Simplify & polish heading levels. (34378)

Core Data

  • Fix linting errors. (34596)
  • Fix linting error in trunktrunk A directory in Subversion containing the latest development code in preparation for the next major release cycle. If you are running "trunk", then you are on the latest revision.. (34464)
  • Migrate canUser resolver to thunks. (34580)
  • Migrate entities.js to thunks. (34582)
  • Migrate getAutosaves resolver to thunks. (34581)
  • Migrate getEntityRecord resolver to thunks. (34576)
  • Migrate getEntityRecords resolver to thunks. (34578)
  • Migrate resolvers to thunks: GetAuthors, _getCurrentUser, __getCurrentTheme, __getThemeSupports. (34579)
  • Refactor deleteEntityRecord to use thunks instead of generators. (34386)
  • Refactor editEntityRecord, undo, and redo to be thunks instead of generators. (34387)
  • Remove the PROCESS_PENDING_LOCK_REQUESTS action. (34343)
  • Refactor saveEntityRecord from redux-rungen to async thunks. (33201)
  • Remove extraction of raw values in saveEntityRecords. (34502)

Other Packages

  • Compose, useDropZone: Ensure drag event targets HTMLElement. (34272)
  • Editor: Replace hardcoded store key. (34296)
  • Env: Clarify config error within parse-config.js. (34322)
  • Post Editor: Fix gray W menu color. (34318)
  • URL: Add getFilename method to the URL package. (34313)

Tools

Build Tooling

  • ESLint: Add useSelect to direct function calls list. (34301)
  • ESLint: Update error message for @emotion/css with info about the useCx hook. (34418)
  • Fix build hang on Windows 10. (23589)
  • Linting: Remove global event listener warning. (34528)
  • More work on the stability of the performance metrics. (34229)

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

  • Added janw-me to the Codeowners for the PHPPHP The web scripting language in which WordPress is primarily architected. WordPress requires PHP 5.6.20 or higher FSE folder. (32990)
  • Fix title missing in bug report form. (34504)
  • Update bug form to use drop downs. (34458)
  • Update the minimum supported WordPress version to 5.7. (34536)

Testing

  • Add unit tests for edit site editor utils. (34401)
  • Debug e2e-tests in vscode. (29788)
  • Jest Preset: Restore the default setting for the verbose option. (34327)
  • Make Test_Widget compatible with WP_Widget. (34355)

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.

VersionLoading TimeKeyPress Event (typing)
Gutenberg 11.56.71s40.42ms
Gutenberg 11.46.80s44.79ms
WordPress 5.87.53s50.72ms

Kudos to all the contributors that helped with the release! 👏

Thanks to @beafialho and @joen for the release post assets, @priethor for coordination and review, @youknowriad for release and tools wrangling, @mamaduka for answers and help throughout, and @talldanwp for inviting me to shadow a release in preparation.

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

Héctor Prieto 7:52 pm on September 17, 2021
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What’s next in Gutenberg? (Mid-September 2021)

This status update contains the high-level items that 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 are focusing on in preparation for the WordPress 5.9 Go/No Go that builds on the focus areas for 5.9 and the current Site Editing Scope. Please join us in our efforts and let us know in the comments if anything is blocking you from doing so.

How to follow along with Gutenberg:

Here’s an overview of different ways to keep up with Gutenberg and the Full Site Editing project. There is also an index page of Gutenberg development-related posts.

Template Editor

The Template Editor is the editing mode that allows you to create, assign, and edit 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. templates to posts and pages. There are different editors that leverage this editing mode, such as the Template Editor inside the Post Editor or the Site Editor available in the Gutenberg 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. Current focuses include:

Follow along:

Patterns

With the initial rollout of the new directory in WordPress 5.8, there’s a growing need to expand the inserter integration to accommodate broader categories of patterns and the experience of browsing them:

Follow along:

Global Styles and theme.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. UIUI User interface

WordPress 5.8 introduced the scaffolding necessary for themes to control how various aspects of blocks render and how the interface is controlled. The natural next step ahead is to develop the user interface that will allow themers to build with these style properties directly in the editor and when allowed, users to interact with these style properties.

Follow along:

Design Tools

Design tools encompass all tools related to the appearance of blocks and it ranges from colors, typography, alignments, and positioning, to filters like duotone, cropping, and background media creation of shared tools and its consistent application across blocks:

Follow along:

Navigation Block

With the help of the Navigation block, editing a site’s navigation menuNavigation Menu A theme feature introduced with Version 3.0. WordPress includes an easy to use mechanism for giving various control options to get users to click from one place to another on a site. will be possible with a block interface and within a stand-alone block editor. This will allow users to edit not only the menu’s structure but also its design directly in context and without the need for previewing. The main current focuses in this project are:

Follow along:

Navigation Editor

The Navigation Editor aims to help expand what’s possible with menus while bringing block functionality to yet another part of WordPress while offering a more modern experience. Current efforts include:

Follow along:

Other Projects

Apart from these bigger projects, there are a wide arrange of focuses where contributors can help improve Gutenberg, including:

Follow along:

Areas to be aware of

WordCampWordCamp WordCamps are casual, locally-organized conferences covering everything related to WordPress. They're one of the places where the WordPress community comes together to teach one another what they’ve learned throughout the year and share the joy. Learn more. US 2021:

  • WordCamp US 2021 is scheduled for October 1st, 2021 as an online event. Tickets are free and available here!

FSE Outreach Program:

Hallway Hangouts:

Design:

  • If you would like to see a design exploration on the Inspector 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., take a look at this post exploring ways to improve the Document Status and Visibility sections.

Ways to Get Involved

While the above items are our focuses, don’t forget that you can always help with triage, testing issues, good first issues, and reviewing PRs. In particular, if you’re interested in helping with triagetriage The act of evaluating and sorting bug reports, in order to decide priority, severity, and other factors. but don’t know where to start, there’s a course on Learn WordPress for how to do triage in GitHub! Check it out and join us.

If there’s anything we can do to make contributing easier, let us know in the comments or in #core-editor chats. While we can’t promise to fix everything, we’d appreciate being aware of any blockers.

Meetings to join:

While you can view all meetings here, here are specific meetings to join depending on your interest. Remember that you need a WordPress.org slack account to participate:

  • CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. Editor weekly Wednesdays @ 14:00 UTC in #core-editor focused on all things Gutenberg.
  • Block Themes meeting twice monthly on Wednesday @ 16:00 UTC in #themereview focused on preparing for Full Site Editing.

Thanks to @annezazu and @cbringmann for reviewing this post.

#core-editor #gutenberg-next #gutenberg

ramonopoly 8:08 pm on September 1, 2021
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What’s new in Gutenberg 11.4? (1 September)

Depending on where you live, it’s the first day of Spring. Or Autumn. Or, if you live on Venus, just another season of sulphuric acid showers.

No matter where you are, 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/ 11.4 has been released with new features to brighten your mood including the refactored Gallery 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., duotone filters for featured images, and more block design tools!

Gallery Block now uses Image Blocks

The Gallery Block now acts as a wrapper for coreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. Image Blocks.

Individual gallery images will therefore feature all existing and future functionality of not only Image Blocks – for example, the ability to add custom links, filters, and styles – but also standard block behavior such as move, drag and drop, copy, and keyboard navigation.

For now, the new Gallery Block can be enabled on the Gutenberg Experiment page, but the plan is for the Gallery Block to ship with WordPress 5.9.

Theme and 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 authors can get wise about backward compatibility recommendations over in the Gallery Block Refactor Dev Note.

Duotone filters for featured images

Duotone filters were introduced to image and cover blocks in 10.6. By extending duotone filters to Post Featured ImageFeatured image A 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. blocks, 11.4 enables us to set consistent effects across post and page templates, recent posts lists, and Query Block content.

Padding support for Button Blocks

As of 11.4, we can define padding for Button Blocks with the further option of linking padding values to vertical and horizontal axial sides.

The aim is to provide greater control as well as uniformity in the way we display button elements. We can still set a single padding value for all sides – adding extra vertical or horizontal padding just gives us that extra flexibility to create variations on our design patterns.

Support for block gap spacing

Having a consistent way to tweak the margin/gap between blocks has been a long-standing feature requestfeature request A feature request should generally begin the process in the ideas forum, on a mailing list, as a plugin, or brought to the attention of the core team, such as through scope meetings held for each major release. Unsolicited tickets of this variety are typically, therefore, discouraged.. 11.4 introduces the groundwork for adding gap spacing control to blocks such as Buttons, Images, and Columns, opening up the possibility of more powerful and precise layout tools.

There’s work in progress to bring this to the editor so stay tuned for updates in upcoming releases!

Other notable highlights

Font weight support is now available for the Post Date and Post Terms Blocks.

An “early 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.” feature has also made it into 11.4: the ability to expose a parent block’s toolbar controls to its child blocks. A use case would be changing the alignment of Buttons when editing a single Button. Keep an eye out for a request for feedback on this developing feature soon.

11.4.0

Enhancements

  • 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)
    • Cover Block: Allow alt text in Cover blocks. (33226)
    • Add aria-describedby to custom select control component to describe currently-selected font size. (33941)
  • Block Editor
    • Block Lists: improve 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. block, pattern and template previews. (28165)
  • Block Library
    • Query LoopLoop The 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.: update Post Template sub-block icon. (34204)
    • Convert Gallery block to use Image blocks. (25940)
    • Post Featured Image: add duotone block supports. (34113)
    • Post Featured Image: add contextual help text to the scaleproperty. (34158)
    • File block: update transform from image to use image filename if caption is empty. (34256)
    • Post date Block: add font weight support to the block. (34070)
    • Post terms: add font weight support to the block. (34142)
    • Site Tagline: add font weight support. (33983)
    • Button: update spacing support to use axial padding. (33859)
  • Components
    • Add deprecated props adapter for ColorPicker. (34014)
    • Wrap SegmentedControl in a BaseControl with an added help property. (34017)
    • Combobox: update the current selection if the list of suggestions is filtered. (33928)
    • Post Title: use rich text hook and updating 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.) to h1 (31569)
  • Design Tools
    • Add layout default value support for blocks. (34194)
    • Dimensions Panel: add padding tool as default for blocks where this is a common setting. (34026)
  • Navigation Screen
    • Update navigation screen topbar. (34166)
  • Packages
    • Updates the “settings” icon, which toggles the display of additional controls in an interface. (34165)
  • Post Editor
    • Migrate post editor feature preferences to the interface package. (34154)
  • Widgets Editor
    • Migrate customize widgets feature preferences to interface package. (34135)
    • Refactor editor ‘feature’ preferences to interface package. (33774)

Bug Fixes

  • 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.
    • Spacing/Dimensions Supports: separate spacing from dimensions for compatibility purposes. (34059)
  • Block Editor
    • Font-size adjustment for tablet and mobile device previews. (33342)
    • Fix single block selection by holding shift key. (34137)
    • Fix unwanted additional spaces added around pasted text on Windows. (33607)
    • Inserter: prevent non-deterministic order of inserter items. (34078)
    • Try: Fix multiselect toolbar indent and reformat BlockContextualToolbar(). (34038) (34173)
  • Block Library
    • Latest Comments: use site localeLocale A locale is a combination of language and regional dialect. Usually locales correspond to countries, as is the case with Portuguese (Portugal) and Portuguese (Brazil). Other examples of locales include Canadian English and U.S. English. in the editor. (33944)
    • Navigation: fix vertical layout on the frontend. (34226)
    • Navigation: add z-index value to responsive menu overlay. (34228)
    • Navigation: enable flex on container to fix space between. (34258)
    • Navigation: fix submenu icon positioning. (34168)
    • Navigation block: add missing </ul> closing tag. (34077)
    • Post 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.: remove interactive formatting. (34083)
    • RichText: fix space key for button and summary elements. (30244)
    • Search Block: add space between generated border class names. (34025)
  • Build Tooling
    • Webpack: Fix watch on .json and .php files. (34024)
    • Pin TypeScript dependency to a specific version to avoid pulling in breaking changes. (34422)
  • Components
    • Fix RTL on Flex component. (33729)
    • NavigationSidebar: fix template content for content-navigation-item preview. (34203)
    • Remove deprecated import style for storybook/addon-docs. (34095)
    • ToolsPanel: add tools panel item deregistration. (34085)
    • Post Title: remove wrapper div and fix border style. (34167)
  • Core Data
    • GetEntityRecords returns items even if some included IDs don’t exist. (34034)
  • Design Tools
    • Allow zero values for theme.json styles. (34251)
  • Global Styles
    • Site editor: fix for how CSSCSS Cascading Style Sheets. custom properties are generated. (33932)
  • Packages
    • Rich Text: add check to toTree() in replacements before accessing its type. (34020)
  • Post Editor
    • Fix selector params in isPluginItemPinned() selector. (34155)

Performance

  • Data Layer
    • Data: Add a batch function to the data module to batch actions. (34046)

Experiments

  • Block API
    • Block Editor: absorb parent block toolbar controls. (33955)
    • Block Editor: use groups for InspectorControls. (34069)
  • Block Library
    • Add generic classnames to children of Navigation. (33918)
  • Global Styles
    • Add slashes back to the Theme 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.. (33919)
    • Add block spacing gap configuration to theme.json and add support for this CSS variable to the “flow/default” layout. (33812)

Documentation

  • Handbook
    • Alphabetize glossary entries. (34058)
    • Correct minor typos in wp-plugin.md (34185)
    • Remove extraneous params from block_type_metadata hook. (34151)
    • Update incorrect settings examples in “Global Settings & Styles”. (34084)
    • Use block.json to add attributes in create block tutorial. (33978)
    • Fix typo in block gap documentation in theme-json.md. (34231)
    • Fix broken mobile testing documentation link in testing-overview.md. (34187)
    • Fix typo in legacy-widget-block.md. (34103)
    • Update spelling and fontSize examples in create-block-theme.md. (34152)
  • Library
    • Bump mobile version in experiments page for Gallery. (34220)
  • Packages
    • Add documentation for mobile components directory. (33872)

Code Quality

  • Block Editor
    • Render head and body with single portal for block previews. (34208)
    • BlockList: refactor element context for style/svg appending. (34183)
    • BlockList: use InnerBlocks internally. (29895)
  • Components
    • Unit Control: add unit tests for getValidParsedUnit utility method. (34029)
    • Rename SegmentedControl to ToggleGroupControl. (34111)
    • Dropdown Menu: remove min-width from the dropdown component and add whitespace rule to avoid wrapping (33995)
  • Core Data
    • Allow passing store definitions to controls. (34170)
  • Site Editor
    • Remove extra DOM element used for template part overlay. (34012)

Tools

  • Build Tooling
    • Automated Changelog: force group all documentation tasks under Documentation. (34042)
    • Automated Changelog: rename “Editor” grouping to “Post Editor” to avoid ambiguity with other editors. (34093)
    • Automated Changelog: sort feature groups by issue name. (34071)
    • Automated Changelog: use nested headings for feature groups instead of indenting lists. (34040)
    • Automated Changelog: remove Uncategorized 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. in output and place items at top. (34037)
    • Add Typescript extensions to watched files. (34094)
    • Remove obsolete step that pushes tags in NPM publishing flow. (34114)
    • Release workflow: only commit modified changelogs. (34211)
  • ESLint
    • Eslint plugin: use @typescript-eslint/no-duplicate-imports in TS projects. (34055)
  • 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/ Contributor Templates
    • Issue Forms: simplify the 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. report form template. (34007)
  • Logs
    • Hide deprecation logs under a console group. (34163)
  • Testing
    • Emulate reduced-motion in end-to-end tests. (34132)
    • Re-enable Android end-to-end tests. (34243)
    • Remove extra props from Cover deprecations. (34066)
    • Remove the ENVIRONMENT_DIRECTORY env variable that was added to the performance jobs. (34086)
    • Add snapshot test for changelog formatting. (34049)
    • Experiment with using 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/. in end-to-end tests to build up states. (33414)

Performance benchmark

VersionLoading TimeKeyPress Event (typing)
Gutenberg 11.46.35s36.87ms
Gutenberg 11.36.29s36.97ms
WordPress 5.86.91s35.48ms

Thanks to @critterverse for our release preview assets, @priethor for guiding the release, @noisysocks, @talldanwp, and @andrewserong for their help with the release build and deployDeploy Launching code from a local development environment to the production web server, so that it's available to visitors., and to all who contributed to this release. Thank you for your splendid work!

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

Paal Joachim Romdahl 2:55 pm on August 26, 2021
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Editor chat summary: 25 August, 2021

This post summarizes the weekly editor chat meeting (agenda here) held on Wednesday, August 25, 2021, 04:00 PM GMT+1 in Slack. Moderated by @paaljoachim.

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/ 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 releases

Gutenberg 11.3.0 release notes. Thanks to @vcanales for writing the notes and tackling the release!

New feature highlights:

  • New Dimensions Panel
  • 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. inserter performance improvements
  • Dimension controls for Featured ImageFeatured image A 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
  • New icons for Reusable Blocks and Template Parts

Gutenberg 11.4 RC is available for testing.

Whats next in Gutenberg: July and August

July and August monthly priorities.

Key project updates

Based on the scope for Site Editing projects.

Template Editor

Check out the – Site Editor Template mosaic view

Global Styling

  • A proposal of an API to make blocks aware of their global styles. This 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. will allow the UIUI User interface of a block to show their true styles by default.

Navigation Block & Navigation Editor

  • The team have been focused on reforming the project around the goal of removing the “experimental” status of the feature within the Gutenberg Plugin (only).
  • Held a Hallway Hangout on Tuesday to compare and contrast Navigation screens and determine next steps.
    A summary of the meeting and decisions made is available.
  • Tracking issue is being updated to focus on the tasks required to remove “experimental”.
  • Work is continuing on exploring wider architectural issues such as how to best make use of the Navigation block whilst retaining stability.
  • We’ve continued with small UI/UXUX User experience fixes.

Mobile

  • Help menu option that teaches users about the block editor
  • Typography controls to manipulate the font size and line height and improved color settings

In progress:

  • Finalizing Block Picker Search
  • Embed block
  • Editor onboarding help section
  • GSS Font size, line height, colors

Components squad

At the time of the meeting there were no updates on the Pattern project.

Refactored Gallery block

The refactored Gallery block main PR from October 2020 has now finally been merged, and will be included as part of Gutenberg plugin 11.4. There is also a dev note on make core.

Task Coordination

@joen

@annezazu

  • Responding to Full Site Editing (FSE) feedback, testing FSE items, and helping amplify various efforts.
  • Working on a coreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. editor improvement post about featured image block improvements.

@get_dave

Open Floor

@get_dave

Friendly reminder from Dave to add the most appropriate labels to PRs in 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/, whether you’re submitting PRs or helping with triagetriage The act of evaluating and sorting bug reports, in order to decide priority, severity, and other factors.. All efforts there make work easier for the release leadRelease Lead The community member ultimately responsible for the Release..

@paaljoachim

It would be very helpful for us who run the Core Editor Meetings to have tracking issues that are updated once a week, so we can share the project updates during the meeting. As it will also give a nice overview and it would make it easier for anyone to follow along to see the progress over time.

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

glendaviesnz 12:45 am on August 20, 2021
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Gallery Block Refactor Dev Note

The problem

If you have ever added a custom link to an 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. and then tried to do the same on a Gallery image, you will understand the frustration and confusion of not having consistency between different types of image blocks. This inconsistency is because the coreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. Gallery block stores the details of the included images as nested <img> elements within the block content. Therefore, the images within a gallery look and behave different from images within an individual image block. There are some long-standing open issues related to this:

The only way to fix this with the Gallery block in its current state is to try and replicate the additional functionality that the Image block has in the Gallery block, and vice versa. While this would be possible, it would lead to an additional maintenance overhead to keep the UIUI User interface and underlying code in sync between the two blocks.

Changes made

To make the behavior of images consistent between the Image Block and Gallery, while avoiding code duplication, the core Gallery block has been refactored to save the individual images as nested core Image blocks using the standard core innerBlocks APIs. To make this work with 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., the gallery structure also had to change from an ordered list to a collection of figure elements within a figure. This structure change also brings the core Gallery block into line with the W3C WAI guidelines on the grouping of images.

The structure change means that Gallery images now have the ability to add custom links, or custom styles, for each image. An example of the flexible Gallery layouts this opens up can be seen below.

Gallery images will also automatically inherit new functionality that is added to the Image block, including those added by plugins. Below is an example of a Gallery block making us of the Image wave style and vintage filterFilter Filters are one of the two types of Hooks https://codex.wordpress.org/Plugin_API/Hooks. They provide a way for functions to modify data of other functions. They are the counterpart to Actions. Unlike Actions, filters are meant to work in an isolated manner, and should never have side effects such as affecting global variables and output. option added by the CoBlocks 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.

Other benefits include being able to use the standard move, drag and drop, copy, duplicate, and remove block functionalities. Keyboard navigation also benefits from the adoption of the standard block model by the Gallery block.

What theme and plugin authors need to do before 5.9

To support the new Gallery block format, plugin and theme authors should aim to do the following before the December release of this change in WordPress 5.9.

  • Any gallery related CSSCSS Cascading Style Sheets. should have additional selectors added to target images in the following structure in both the editor and front end (existing selectors must remain to support the existing gallery block content). The new structure can be seen below. See this issue for an example of the type of additional selectors that may need to be added.
<figure class="wp-block-gallery blocks-gallery-grid has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped">
	<figure class="wp-block-image size-large">
		<img
			src="http://localhost/image1"
			alt="Image gallery image"
			class="wp-image-71"
		/>
	</figure>
	<figure class="wp-block-image size-large">
		<img
			src="http://localhost/image2"
			alt="Image gallery image"
			class="wp-image-70"
		/>
	</figure>
</figure>
  • For custom blocks with options to transform->from and transform->to the core Gallery block the plugin should be tested with the 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/ plugin to ensure that these transformations work correctly with both existing gallery content and the new gallery block format

In the future, when the new Gallery format is stable in a core release, the transformation filters will be deprecated, and plugin authors will need to update their transformations to handle both Gallery formats. Notice will be given ahead of this change being made.

It is also expected that existing gallery content will be automatically migrated to the new format. This will allow the old gallery version’s code to be removed from the codebase. There is currently no time frame set for this to occur.

Additional context and considerations

Other existing solutions

Third-party block developers are currently solving some of the problems caused by the limitations of the core Gallery block by implementing their custom Gallery blocks. These include some of the missing functionality, like the ability to add custom links to individual images. This can be problematic for site owners and content editors due to a large number of Gallery blocks that offer very similar functionality, but none of which appear to provide a close match to the functionality available with individual core Image blocks.

There do not appear to be any examples of plugins that already solve this problem in a way that utilizes Image blocks as inner blocks.

Backwards compatibility considerations

This is a breaking change due to the fundamental change in the underlying Gallery structure. Due to the large number of Gallery blocks already in use, along with themes and plugins that may rely on the existing structure, the following steps have been taken to mitigate the impact of this change on theme and plugin developers as much as possible:

  • Initially, there will be no automatic migrationMigration Moving the code, database and media files for a website site from one server to another. Most typically done when changing hosting companies. of existing gallery content. This means that all existing gallery content will behave the same in the editor and front end as it does now, so will be compatible with existing plugins and themes. Only new gallery blocks added after this change will have the new structure in the editor and the front-end.
  • Two temporary transformation filters have been added that will handle the transformation of 3rd party blocks to and from the core gallery block

Possible edge cases

The refactored Gallery format has been tested against the following sample block libraries that have existing transforms to and from the core Gallery block:

The following themes have also been tested to make sure that both the existing gallery content and the new format galleries display correctly:

  • TwentyNineteen
  • TwentyTwenty
  • TwentyTwentyOne
  • Astra
  • Arbutus

While the refactored gallery works effectively with these plugins and themes, there may be edge cases in other plugins and themes that have not been accounted for. Themes that heavily modify the gallery CSS based on the existing <ul><li></li></ul> will definitely need to be updated if the same style changes need to be applied to the new gallery format.  Therefore, it is recommended that theme and plugin authors test the changed gallery block well in advance of the 5.9 release.

Additional details about this change 

Previous discussions about this change can be found on the main pull request or call for testing.

#5-9, #core-editor, #dev-notes, #gallery, #gutenberg

Daniel Richards 8:58 am on August 19, 2021
Tags: , , gutenberg,   

Navigation Editor Hallway Hangout: compare/contrast the old and new screens

Date: August 24, 2021, at 09:00 UTC

Format: Zoom (recorded). A link will be shared in the #feature-navigation-block-editor slack channel shortly before the meeting is due to commence.

Length: 45 – 60mins. No more.

Topic: comparing and contrasting the classic menu screen with the experimental 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.-based navigation screen.

Goal: derive a list of tasks that are required in order for the two screens to have feature parity (from both UXUX User experience and UIUI User interface perspectives).

Facilitator(s): 

Intended Audience: past and future contributors to the navigation editor and block. Contributors to other related parts of WordPress.

Note Taker: any volunteers to be the official note keeper?

Preparation:

Please could participants test drive the old and new screens. Try creating the same menus on both screens.

Then come prepared with features they feel are missing from the block-based Navigation screen that are present in the classic Menu screen, or any bugs encountered.

Image showing both the new and current navigation experiences with text saying "A new navigation editing experience is coming...".

Agenda

Introduction

  • Facilitator introductions.
  • Welcome to attendees.
  • Recap hangout topic and goal.
  • Terminology – block-based vs classic Navigation screens.

Format

  • Explain the format.
  • Facilitator will share screen to demonstrate which parts of the experience are being discussed.
  • Questions to consider about the new screen:
    • Where is it lacking polish?
    • What bugs are in evidence?
    • What steps are harder to achieve?
    • What steps are not possible to achieve?
    • What steps are easier to achieve?
    • What features are entirely missing?

Summary

  • Brief summary of key discussion points from notetaker.
  • Summary of action points including Issues to be created or further explorations required.
  • Next steps.
  • Thanks.

#block-editor, #feature-navigation-block-editor, #gutenberg, #menus

Vicente Canales 7:51 pm on August 18, 2021
Tags: , , gutenberg,   

What’s new in Gutenberg 11.3? (18 August)

Two weeks have passed since 11.2, so here we are again for a new 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/ release, 11.3.0. This update includes inserter performance improvements, new controls for 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. Dimensions, and some enhancements around how we handle Featured Post Images.

New Dimensions Panel

Replacing the Spacing Panel, this new Dimensions Panel gives us a deeper control over supported spacing, size, and other related style options. It also offers the ability to customize what you’d like to have shown. This is a great addition that builds on the overall dimension controls work across blocks.

Block inserter performance improvements

The block inserter is getting a big performance boost! Enjoy searching and inserting blocks with speed and ease.

Dimension controls for Featured ImageFeatured image A 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

There are now new height, width, and scale controls for the featured image block, bringing it into greater parity with the Image block. This change impacts the Query LoopLoop The 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. block in a big way by allowing even more layout options.

New icons for Reusable Blocks and Template Parts

New icons are now available for Reusable Block and Template Parts to make them each more recognizable and more intuitive to interact with.

11.3.0

Enhancements

  • Block Library
    • Button: Add padding block support. (31774)
    • Post Featured Image: Add basic dimension controls. (31634)
    • Template Part: Try new icons for reusable blocks and template parts. (34002)
  • Block Patterns
    • Add translationtranslation The process (or result) of changing text, words, and display formatting to support another language. Also see localization, internationalization. context on titles. (33734)
  • Block Editor
    • Enable rich previews for internal links. (33086)
  • Components
    • Add new ColorPicker. (33714)
    • Promote ItemGroup. (33701)
    • Polish the focus style for the segmented control. (33842)
    • Tune appender margin. (33866)
    • Update snackbar to use framer motion instead of reactReact React is a JavaScript library that makes it easy to reason about, construct, and maintain stateless and stateful user interfaces. https://reactjs.org/. spring. (33717)
    • Use updated range styles. (33824)
  • CSSCSS Cascading Style Sheets. & Styling
    • Reduce specificity of reset & classic styles. (32659)
  • Document Settings
    • Disable spellcheck and autocomplete in permalink slug field. (33708)
  • Global Styles
    • Dimensions Panel: Add new ToolsPanel component and update spacing supports. (32392)
  • 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/.
    • Improve the likelihood of getting rich link previews by modifying UA string for URLURL A specific web address of a website or web page on the Internet, such as a website’s URL www.wordpress.org Details REST API endpoint. (33747)
  • Site Editor
    • Add error boundary. (33921)
  • Template Editor
    • Template Mode: Add busy state to template creation modal. (33076)
  • Widgets Editor
    • Add error boundaries to 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. screens. (33771)

Bug Fixes

  • 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)
    • Fix some JAWS bugs. (33627)
  • Block Library
    • Button: Fix justification for button block when selected. (33739)
    • Image: Fix issue with canInsertCover not being set to false for empty arrays. (33863)
    • Query Pagination Numbers: Fix first page’s link. (33629)
  • 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.
    • Dimensions Support: Switch dimensions block support back to using spacing key. (34030)
  • Block Editor
    • Closing the block inserter decrements block type impressions. (33906)
    • Fix block appender position in classic themes. (33895)
    • Fix positioning discrepancy with draggable chip. (33893)
    • Force link text to wrap in the Link UIUI User interface when encountering extra long link text. (33753)
    • Improve display of LinkURL menu and fix spacing. (33652)
    • Only show rich preview for image and description if data is available. (33660)
    • URL Details: Avoid PHPPHP The web scripting language in which WordPress is primarily architected. WordPress requires PHP 5.6.20 or higher notice when parsing protocol-relative icon URLs. (33779)
  • Components
    • useBreakpointIndex: Attach resize event listener to window instead of document. (33902)
    • Components: Fix RTL on custom gradient picker. (33831)
    • FontSizePicker: Use number values when the initial value is a number. (33679)
    • FormTokenField: Avoid error when maxLength value is hit. (33623)
  • CSS & Styling
    • Fix navigation block placeholder preview markup. (33963)
  • Global Styles
    • Avoid rendering duplicate elements stylesheet. (33680)
    • Fix presets for blocks with multiple selectors. (33951)
    • Fix Global Styles transient key clash. (33844)
  • MetaMeta Meta is a term that refers to the inside workings of a group. For us, this is the team that works on internal WordPress sites like WordCamp Central and Make WordPress. Boxes
    • Fix Safari 13 metaboxes from overlapping the content. (33817)
  • Navigation Editor
    • Avoid React warning when creating a new menu. (33843)
    • Fix regressed menu selection dropdown placeholder value for Nav Editor menu locations UI. (33748)
  • Site Editor
    • Fix the site editor breaking in firefox. (33896)
  • Post Editor
    • Editor: Safer isPreviewingPost check. (33840)
  • Template Editor
    • Only show post template actions to users with correct capabilities. (33392)

Performance

  • Block Library
    • Improve the rendering/update performance of the image block. (33974)
    • Do not add to the block-library CSS bundle the colors that come from theme.json. (33924)
  • Block Editor
    • Lazy render the inserter search results. (33868)
    • Lazy render block types in the inserter. (33749)
  • Parsing
    • Improve the performance of the parser by removing the automatic custom classnames handling. (33903)
  • Post Editor
    • Refactor the HierarchicalTermSelector so that it does not cause unnecessary loading of terms. (33418)
  • Template Editor
    • Template Mode: Remove ‘per_page’ argument from the template data selector. (33742)

Experiments

  • Full Site Editing
    • Site Editor: Implement a settings object filterFilter Filters are one of the two types of Hooks https://codex.wordpress.org/Plugin_API/Hooks. They provide a way for functions to modify data of other functions. They are the counterpart to Actions. Unlike Actions, filters are meant to work in an isolated manner, and should never have side effects such as affecting global variables and output.. (33737)
    • Template part selection popover – minor style updates for visiblity. (33733)
    • Template Part placeholder – Add title step to creation flow. (33703)
  • Navigation Block
    • Navigation: Fix navigation block appender 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. htmlHTML HyperText Markup Language. The semantic scripting language primarily used for outputting content in web browsers.. (33964)
    • Enable the ability to remove a link from the Nav Link block in the Nav Block. (33777)
    • Fix navigation margin collapsing. (33021)

Documentation

  • Handbook
    • Add documentation to disable remote calls for block patterns. (33930)
    • Add missing comma. (33764)
    • Add more details about block attributes. (33880)
    • Add spaces in add_theme_support documentation code. (33796)
    • Correct spelling and grammar in documentation. (33860)
    • fix: supports.color.gradients is plural. (33781)
    • fix: Broken link in documentation to block support mechanism. (33780)
    • Update documentation to reflect new automated process for feature grouping. (33573)
    • link fix: Block editor 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. Tutorial. (33308)
  • Library
    • Fix gutenberg_resolve_template() return documentation. (33800)
    • Fix misspelling of “queries” in filter documentation. (33799)
  • Packages
    • Example for rest_endpoints filter in PHP. (33738)

Code Quality

  • Block Library
    • Site Logo: Use getMedia shorthand. (33992)
    • Featured Image: Use getMedia shorthand. (33943)
    • Search Block: Removed components class from icon button and polished css. (33961)
  • Components
    • Components utils: rtl() return type, rtl.watch() utility. (33882)
    • InputControl to TypeScript. (33696)
    • Use the __unsafe_useEmotionCache in the useCx hook. (33982)
  • CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. Data
    • Deprecate getAuthors in favor of getUsers. (33725)
  • Global Styles
    • No longer read from experimental-theme.json. (33904)
    • Remove the experimental prefix and rename theme.json files. (33925)
  • Post Editor
    • Refactor MetaBoxesArea to to functional components using 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.. (30542)
  • Scripts
    • Fix typo in format change message. (33945)

Tools

  • Testing
    • Add search performance measures and make other measures more stable. (33848)
    • Avoid double parsing the content when loading the editor. (33727)
    • Block Hierarchy Navigation waits for the column to be highlighted. (33721)
    • Widgets Editor: Try to fix flaky customizerCustomizer Tool built into WordPress core that hooks into most modern themes. You can use it to preview and modify many of your site’s appearance settings. inspector test. (33890, 33965)
  • Build Tooling
    • Readable JSJS JavaScript, a web scripting language typically executed in the browser. Often used for advanced user interfaces and behaviors. assets 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: Fix webpack 5 support. (33785)
    • Scripts: Use cssnano to minimize CSS files with build. (33750)
    • Scripts: Webpack configuration update to minimize CSS. (33676)
    • Scripts: Update webpack to v5 (try 2). (33818)
    • Scripts: Add missing fallback for target in webpack 5 configuration. (34112)
  • ESLint
    • Include .jsx extenstion when linting import statements. (33746)
  • 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/ Contributor Templates
    • Update 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. issue template to use forms. (33713, 33786, 33761)
  • Plugin
    • Plugin: Fix jsdoc/check-line-alignment ESLint warnings. (33901)
    • Correct function_exists() check typo introduced in #33331. (33513)

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.

VersionLoading TimeKeyPress Event (typing)
Gutenberg 11.37.23s38.57ms
Gutenberg 11.27.82s37.89ms
WordPress 5.87.99s41.44ms

Kudos to all the contributors that helped with the release! 👏

Thanks to @javiarce for our preview assets, @cbringmann and @mkaz for proof reading this post, @annezazu‘s great copy edits, @priethor for shepherding the process along so helpfully, @youknowriad for helping 🧑‍🚒 with the release, and everybody else who contributed to this release for your wonderful work!

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

Matias Ventura 4:50 pm on August 13, 2021
Tags: , gutenberg   

Preliminary Road to 5.9

This is a quick overview of the main areas and features currently underway for 5.9 in 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/. Some are in more advanced stages than others, but together they paint a picture of what we are looking forwards to.

To dive deeper into concrete tasks and areas of work, this tracking issue is the best place to follow.

Blocks + intrinsic web design

Collection of various patterns displayed at mobile resolutions.
  • One of the biggest points of friction for pattern and theme builders are the lack of responsive tools available at 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. level. This needs to be solved in a way that doesn’t disproportionally increase interface complexity.
  • The block model is a good case to apply some intrinsic design principles, since a block can occupy a place in many different layouts and containers, for which prescriptive media queries that don’t take context into account are inflexible.
  • Each block area should be intrinsically responsive allowing blocks to compose together, wrap, stack, and organize themselves to fit the different spaces and screens. For this to work well, container blocks need to absorb more layout controls. (Container queries might help expand this further in the future.)
  • Typography tools need to become more fluid and internally support algorithmic clamping. Whenever possible, patterns should just work and accommodate themselves.

Patterns

Mosaic galleries showing different design patterns.
  • With the initial rollout of the new directory there’s a growing need to expand the inserter integration to accommodate broader categories of patterns and the experience of browsing them.
  • There’s more work to be done within the setup flow of single and multi-block selections. This also includes improving the mechanisms for transforming to and from patterns, which are still nascent.
  • Creation flows with patterns also need expanding from template parts and blocks to pages and templates.

Navigation Menus

  • The navigation block and navigation screen projects have been underway for quite some time and are a main target for 5.9. With the principal tracking issue about to be completed, a large part of the remaining work is to improve the user experience, reduce complexity, and test as much as possible on themes.

An interface for theme.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..

Global Styles panel showing the main area and the background color section.
  • 5.8 introduced the scaffolding necessary for themes to take the reins over how various aspects of blocks render and how the interface is controlled. The natural next step ahead is to develop the user interface that will allow users to interact with these style properties. This goes by the project name “global styles” and an updated design is currently in prototype stage.
  • It should be appreciated how important it is to leverage the global reach of CSSCSS Cascading Style Sheets. rules as we combine it with the power of blocks. The current structure deals with two large groups of design targets: blocks and elements. Elements represent things that can be styled globally and across blocks (such as “text”, “links”, “captions”, etc).

Design Tools: Colors, Typography, Spacing, Layout

Series of panels showing different configurations of the typography tools.
  • The effort to bring better and more consistent design tools continues to progress. These tools need to integrate smoothly with both 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. (through the “supports” mechanism) and theme.json. One of the main goals is consistent access to similar tools across blocks, including third-party ones.
  • Running parallel to this effort comes the work on the WordPress components system, refinements to color tools, interactivity, 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), etc.

Formalize editing flows for block themes

Displays templates as small cards in a mosaic, connecting diagrams with the different flows.
  • A large percentage of the infrastructure and features needed to build block themes are established. The UXUX User experience and design needs the most attention, though, starting by mapping into a clearer information architecture all the possible flows that are to be supported (editing templates, parts, styles, pages, etc).
  • Continue to process and take into the design process all the feedback gathered from users and theme builders.
  • Begin defining transition flows from 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. areas to block areas when appropriate, and explore the various aspects of theme switching.
  • Finalize and commit all remaining blocks under the “theme” categoryCategory The 'category' taxonomy lets you group posts / content together that share a common bond. Categories are pre-defined and broad ranging..

#5-9, #gutenberg