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@github-actions github-actions released this 16 Oct 16:52
· 10 commits to release/19.5 since this release

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 of BlockList. (66060)
  • Use shallow memo for prioritized inserter blocks. (65737)

Components

  • Add type tokens to storybook. (65993)
  • Storybook: Add stub doc on existing colors. (65982)

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 to useMemo. (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

  • Clean up Tabs animation logic. (65878)
  • SearchControl: Deprecate onClose prop. (65988)

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

  • Revert "Pattern block: Ensure consistent editing of overrides in Write Mode (#65408)". (65953)

First-time contributors

The following PRs were merged by first-time contributors:

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