19.5.0 RC1
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Changelog
Enhancements
- Remove the verb Toggle from the Block Inserter button. (65983)
- Update jsdom to 25.0.1. (65879)
- Write/Design tool: Persist as a user preference. (65945)
Zoom Out
- Make zoom transition smoother. (66017)
- Try zooming out when selecting the patterns tab in the inserter. (65785)
- Update/replace edit button with enter on selection. (65760)
Block Editor
- Cleanup
AutoBlockPreview
render memoization ofBlockList
. (66060) - Use shallow memo for prioritized inserter blocks. (65737)
Components
Icons
- Update "hidden" icon to be clearer, and invert logic as used in Data Views. (65914)
- Update cloud upload and add cloud download icon. (65906)
Global Styles
- Improve navigation logic for revisions screen. (65946)
Block bindings
- Register bindings sources in widgets screens. (65937)
Block Library
- Cover Block: Refactor setting panel. (65432)
Bug Fixes
- Add argument with post ID to the editor.savePost hook. (66165)
- Backport from WordPress Core: improve performance of WP_Theme_JSON::Merge when merging background styles. (66002)
- BlockCanvas: Fix the height prop and width of the block editor. (65977)
- Correct capability for the Experiments page. (66118)
- Fix rich text toolbar corners. (66163)
- Fix: Add missing
post.slug
dependency touseMemo
. (66125) - Fix: Return result from wp_register_block_template function. (66102)
- List all active fonts in the typography section. (65806)
Zoom Out
- Exit zoom out when mode is changed. (65975)
- Fix scaling issues. (65998)
- Fix zoom reflow by replacing border with padding. (66012)
- Focus first section root block if no selected block and tabbing to zoom out canvas. (65843)
- Make zoom out vertical toolbar consistent. (65627)
- Polish zoom out inserter. (66110)
- Position scaled html within available container space. (66034)
- Restores setting zoom out mode to useZoomOut hook. (65999)
- Use consistent canvas frame spacing on device preview and zoom out. (66018)
- Zoom layout shift: Second alternate fix. (66041)
Block Library
- Code block: Set LTR direction for RTL languages. (65891)
- Fix duotone on parallax/repeated featured image cover blocks. (65929)
- Fix: Embed Block: Match HTML in the editor and frontend. (65478)
- Hide grid visualizer when grid is template locked or block editing mode is not default. (66065)
- Post Content Block: Fix conflict between clearFix and focus ring in the editor. (65364)
- Post Content: Fix display of block support styles. (66003)
- Post Terms: Fix fatal error when 'get_the_term_list' returns 'WP_Error'. (65848)
- Query Loop: Fix isControlAllowed and isTemplate combined logic. (65984)
- Query Loop: Fix query type indicator. (65877)
- Revert "Update z-index hierarchy". (66074)
Block bindings
- Accept client ID as parameter for
useBlockBindingsUtils
. (65818) - Allow label override when it is defined in client registration. (66160)
- Bootstrap server sources earlier. (66058)
- Fix: Don't render image when
src
attribute is empty. (66004)
Global Styles
- Always preview style variations using desktop device type. (66023)
- Improve Navigator usage in typography panel. (65942)
- Leave screen if current shadow entry gets deleted. (65935)
PaletteEdit
: Dedupe palette element slugs. (65772)
Block Editor
- Fix DropZone class names on drop. (65798)
- Fix padding appender hook. (66143)
- Memoize pattern objects returned from getAllowedPatterns. (66159)
Components
- Fix : Secondary Button Transition. (66045)
- Global Styles: Fix overflow caused by RangeControl tooltip. (65875)
- ToggleGroupControl: Don't set value on focus after a reset. (66151)
Interactivity API
- Allow "default" suffix values. (65815)
- Correctly handle lazily added, deeply nested properties with
deepMerge()
. (65465) - Improvements to the experimental full-page navigation. (64067)
Site Editor
- Fix site editor back button visual regressions. (66166)
- Zoom Out: When double clicking a template while zoomed out , reset zoom level instead of showing dialog. (65963)
CSS & Styling
- Editor: Prevent wrapping text when showing icon labels in header. (66038)
- Update z-index hierarchy. (65626)
Data Views
- Data Views list layout: Revise for improved text truncation. (65376)
- Fix: Pattern rendering issue. (66022)
Extensibility
- Rename wp_register_block_template() to register_block_template(). (65958)
Post Editor
- Fix "typewriter" spacing style application. (65885)
Synced Patterns
- Pattern block: Ensure consistent editing of overrides in Write Mode. (65408)
Accessibility
Post Editor
- Fix meta boxes accessibility. (65466)
- Fix navigate regions shortcuts on the back button WP logo slot. (63611)
- Improve PostURL terminology and accessibility. (63669)
- Match visible label of search inputs with their actual label. (65458)
Components
- Fixed : Modal dialog: Small improvement for elementShouldBeHidden. (65941)
- ToggleGroupControl: Don't autoselect option on first group focus. (65892)
- Tooltip: Add aria-describedby to anchor only if not redundant. (65989)
Typography
- Revert the "Manage fonts" button in Global Styles. (66107)
Performance
Interactivity API
- Leverage scheduler.yield in splitTask when available. (66001)
Documentation
- Add heading level curation documentation. (66076)
- Components: Set up README auto-generator. (66035)
- Contrast notes: Update 4.6:1 note with further context. (66168)
- Data-basics/4-building-a-create-page-form is ready now. (66100)
- Docs: env: Expand examples of path syntax. (65972)
- Updated several typos in client-assets.php file. (66084)
- Use correct label in PHP Backport documentation. (65908)
- add: Usage examples in core editor documentation. (63768)
Code Quality
- .screen-reader-text CSS update for responsive-block-control style.scss. (66145)
- Add missing CHANGELOG entries for #64067. (66120)
- Button: Move to stricter lint rule for 40px size adherence. (65840)
- Private APIs: Remove obsolete try/catch block. (65898)
- Remove clip and -webkit-clip for block-library common.scss. (66144)
- Remove unused select toolbar code. (65834)
- Simplify logical expression in
InitPatternModal
. (65922) - Theme JSON: Remove redundant check and relocate $selectors assignment. (66154)
- Type the router package. (65854)
Global Styles
- Edit Site: Avoid recomputing variations when no theme variations. (66137)
- Edit Site: Remove redundant state in
StyleVariationsContainer
. (66130)
Block Library
- Post Terms: Remove unnecessary 'get_the_terms' call. (65867)
- Query Loop Block: Remove redundant sticky state. (66126)
Components
Post Editor
- Block Visibility: Add end-to-end test. (65880)
Zoom Out
- Fix components coding standards in Zoom Out Toolbar. (65858)
Tools
Testing
- Add an end-to-end test to check the interactions in write mode. (65819)
- Composite: Add legacy unit tests to stable version. (65952)
- Fix end-to-end Storybook configuration. (66089)
- Tests: Add unit tests for image rendering. (66010)
- Zoom out: End-to-end test - zoomed out mode zooms the canvas. (65943)
- e2e: Fix Block Visibility test. (65939)
Build Tooling
- Dedupe npm packages. (65913)
- Update and align babel dependencies version. (65949)
- Update node-fetch to 2.7.0. (65957)
- Update npm lockfile to version 3. (65923)
- Upgrade browserslist and webcompat data packages. (65926)
Various
- Consistent with block-development-examples data-basics-59c8f8. (65995)
- Interactivity: Update preact packages. (66008)
Patterns
First-time contributors
The following PRs were merged by first-time contributors:
- @AnmolVerma404: Fix: Return result from wp_register_block_template function. (66102)
- @leemyongpakva: Consistent with block-development-examples data-basics-59c8f8. (65995)
- @matt-west: Icons: Update cloud upload and add cloud download icon. (65906)
- @mediaformat: .screen-reader-text CSS update for responsive-block-control style.scss. (66145)
- @vk17-starlord: Fixed : Modal dialog: Small improvement for elementShouldBeHidden. (65941)
- @Vrishabhsk: SearchControl: Deprecate onClose prop. (65988)
Contributors
The following contributors merged PRs in this release:
@aaronrobertshaw @afercia @ajlende @akasunil @Aljullu @andrewserong @AnmolVerma404 @ciampo @DaniGuardiola @dhruvang21 @draganescu @getdave @hbhalodia @jameskoster @jasmussen @jeryj @jsnajdr @leemyongpakva @MaggieCabrera @Mamaduka @matiasbenedetto @matt-west @mcsf @mediaformat @michalczaplinski @mikachan @mirka @ndiego @ntsekouras @ramonjd @renatho @richtabor @rmccue @sabernhardt @SantosGuillamot @shail-mehta @sirreal @stokesman @t-hamano @talldan @troychaplin @tyxla @up1512001 @vk17-starlord @Vrishabhsk @westonruter @youknowriad