17.7.0 RC1

Changelog

Features

Interactivity API

• Allow global configs for namespaces. (58749)

Global Styles

• Add support for transform and letter spacing controls in Global Styles > Typography > Elements. (58142)

Block Library

• Add shadow support for column, columns and image. (57982)

Enhancements

• Improve translators comments for wp.date.setSettings in compat file. (58488)
• Interactive Template: Use viewScriptModule. (58211)

Components

• Adding constrainTabbing prop to useDialog hook. (57962)
• Allow limiting the number of maximum visible Snackbars. (58559)
• ConfirmDialog: Add __next40pxDefaultSize to buttons. (58421)
• Expand theming support in COLORS. (58097)
• FocalPointPicker: Apply modern styling. (58459)
• Implement Tabs in widget editor settings. (57886)
• Implement Tabs in site-editor settings. (56959)
• Implementing useCompositeState with Ariakit. (57304)
• InputBase: Add isBorderless prop. (58750)
• Replace TabPanel with Tabs in the editor Document Overview sidebar. (57082)
• SearchControl: Refactor to use InputControl internally. (56524)
• Show borders for disabled secondary buttons. (58606)

Data Views

• Add outline to template preview in table layout. (58738)
• Add: Delete bulk action to patterns. (58747)
• Add: Selection and bulk actions to grid view. (58144)
• DataViews: Add primary filter API. (58427)
• DataViews: In patterns page, show sync status filter by default. (58367)
• DataViews: Redesign of filters. (58569)
• Remove min-width style on table cells. (58204)
• Update 'Rows per page' view option label to account for Grid layout. (58457)
• Update dataviews search input placeholder. (58742)
• Update spacing around title in grid layout. (58739)

Interactivity API

• Add block supports for clientNavigation and interactive properties on block.json schema. (58132)
• Image block: Refactor and remove data-wp-body. (58835)
• Interactivity Router: Fix initial page cache. (58496)
• Interactivity Router: Move ARIA live region and loading bar to the Interactivity Router. (58377)
• Limit the exported APIs. (58864)
• Mark all core block stores as private. (58722)
• Server Directive Processor for data-wp-each. (58498)
• Support setting a namespace using a string in data-wp-interactive. (58743)

Block Library

• Follow up on the Post navigation link taxonomy filters. (57949)
• Home Link: Render Home text if there is no attribute label present. (58387)
• Organize gallery controls. (58407)
• Pattern: Use the '__experimentalLabel' method to get a title. (58646)
• Social Icons: Update Patreon icon. (56951)
• Try: Disable text selection for post content placeholder block. (58169)
• Update pattern block copy in light of pattern overrides. (58231)

Global Styles

• Add style engine support for nested at-rules. (58867)
• Font Library: Show 'Add fonts' button when there are no fonts installed. (58580)
• Move Shadow controls to Border panel. (58466)
• Shadow: Update shadow support to allow explicit skipping of serialization. (58306)
• Try: Remove shadow preset overflow. (58663)
• Update return values from getGlobalStylesChanges(). (58707)

Block Editor

• Drag and drop: Allow dragging from inserter or desktop to template parts. (58589)
• Drag and drop: Allow dropping within template parts. (58423)
• Implement "Add block" UI for Nav block Link UI. (57756)
• Implementing new UX for invoking rich text Link UI. (57986)
• Remove open in new tab from link preview. (58744)
• Use consistent labels, remove additional settings, and copySmall icon LinkControl. (58183)

Site Editor

• Apply 40px across summary panel. (58730)
• Apply custom scroll style to fixed header block toolbar. (57444)
• Improve SiteIcon display and transition. (58472)
• Only show 'Back' button when user came from an editor canvas. (58710)
• Update "focus mode" to consistently use the Document Bar's Back button. (58528)

Patterns

• Add a confirmation dialog when a user tries to delete a synced pattern with overrides. (58796)
• Add the block name to the pattern content data. (58715)
• Flash editable block outlines instead of always showing them. (58159)

Design Tools

• Background image support: Add background position controls. (58592)
• Tweak metrics and labels for background size controls. (58854)

Post Editor

• Editor: Limit visible Snackbars from the consumers. (58598)
• Save entities panel: Update styles. (58706)

Font Library

• Add sanitize from schema util. (58571)
• Font Collections: Update registration function signature and add caching. (58363)

Inspector Controls

• Tweak FocalPointPicker inspector controls. (58448)
• Tweak Media & Text inspector controls. (58447)

Custom Fields

• Block Bindings: Ensure to pass bound attributes. (58844)

Commands

• Try debouncing search for post-type navigation. (58810)

Document Settings

• Tweak revisions panel for improved scanning. (58751)

Synced Patterns

• Support button's link settings for Pattern Overrides. (58587)

Block API

• Block Hooks: Set ignoredHookedBlocks metada attr upon insertion. (58553)

List View

• Add keyboard clipboard events for cut, copy, paste. (57838)

New APIs

Block API

• Blocks: Add handling for block.json viewScriptModule. (58731)

Bug Fixes

• Core data: useEntityBlockEditor: Fix parsed blocks cache. (58841)
• Footnotes: Fix anchor order replacing. (58791)

Block Editor

• Block Switcher: Use consistent labels. (58240)
• Don't move focus within the toolbar if it is already focused. (58570)
• Don't show Link preview when no selection. (58771)
• Fix Link UI popover anchor in rich text. (58282)
• Fix empty link preview after creating link from empty selection. (58863)
• Hide the 'Content' panel for locked blocks when there's no content. (58259)
• ImageURLInputUI: Fix focus loss when settings are changed. (58647)
• Link UI: Polish lightbox pieces. (58666)
• Media Replace Flow: Vertically align the URL. (58621)
• MediaReplaceFlow: Restore popover width. (58597)
• Rich Text: Only apply focus to elements not selection. (58745)
• Rich text: Preserve white space should strip \r. (58805)
• Settings may be undefined. (58658)
• useOnBlockDrop: Fix the Gallery block check. (58711)

Components

• Add a timezone offset value for display purposes. (56682)
• Fix Placeholder component padding when body text font size is changed. (58323)
• Fix URLPopover preview overflow. (58741)
• Fix the Snackbar auto-dismissal timers. (58604)
• Popover: Add box-sizing reset style. (58871)
• Set post editor sidebar tabs to manual activation. (58041)
• Tabs: Delay activeId updates until focus can be properly detected. (58625)
• Tabs: Fix infinite loop in useEffect. (58861)
• Tabs: Improve Controlled Mode Focus Handling. (57696)
• Try: Fix lightbox URL popover position. (58600)

Block Library

• Fix #54352 prevent php 8.1 fatal when template parts are not found in non-debug environments. (54354)
• Fix Query pagination not working in template parts and patterns. (58602)
• Fix URL escaping for array parameters in Navigation links. (58068)
• Fix missing data in email submissions. (55691)
• Fix: Removing footnotes from the allowed blocks does not remove footnotes. (58855)
• Navigation Link: Use get_block_type_variations to register variations. (58389)
• Prevent usage of gutenberg_url in block-library. (58242)
• Template Part: Reflect name updates without saving changes. (58644)
• Try: Make gallery randomization work when nested. (58733)

Data Views

• DataViews: Fix applied default layout props. (58400)
• DataViews: Fix nested buttons and placeholder text in list layout. (58304)
• DataViews: Fix some small issues with featured image. (58371)
• DataViews: Make it possible to toggle Author field in templates and template parts. (58609)
• DataViews: Remove test artifact (status filter was set as primary). (58682)
• DataViews: Use chips for filter summary. (58816)
• Fix double scrollbar in grid layout. (58536)
• Fix: Dataviews selection on patterns grid view. (58726)

Site Editor

• Add context for the All translatable string and enforce l10n best practices. (58196)
• Break long URL in page sidebar. (58763)
• Editor: Fix block context defined for template parts. (58807)
• Fix line-height in block card. (58246)
• Hide export button if non-block-based theme. (58346)
• Mobile site editor header toolbar button bugfix. (58852)

Post Editor

• Editor: Don't hide authors' Combobox if the current author is missing. (58719)
• Fix permalink input field text overflow ellipsis for Firefox. (57310)
• Fix the position and size of the Options menu,. (57515)
• Fix: Use old template panel if user doesn’t have access to view templates. (58485)
• Template editing: Update fullscreen WP back functionality. (58534)

Interactivity API

• Add supports.interactivity to the Query block. (58316)
• Fix state intialization for asynchronous private stores. (58754)
• Remove non default suffix data wp context processing. (58664)
• Use compat versions of HTML APIs. (58846)

Global Styles

• Block Styles: Fix block style variation selector generation. (58051)
• Fix Global styles text settings bleeding into placeholder component. (58303)
• Global styles revisions: Fix is-selected rules from affecting other areas of the editor. (58228)
• Site Editor: Prevent classic theme from accessing global style menu. (58345)

List View

• Fix error when switching between template preview modes. (58533)
• Navigation Submenu Block: Make block name affect list view. (58296)
• Template Part: Fix site editor error when loading with list view set to always display. (58868)

Font Library

• Avoid mutating fontface data. (58473)
• Avoid running init functions when font library is available in core. (58793)
• Fix size of demo text. (58849)

Typography

• Fix font library modal dialog translatable strings. (58256)
• Font Library: Change referenced tab name on Google Fonts confirmation dialog. (58584)
• Font size: Allow for custom font size handling. (58422)

Script Modules API

• Add import map polyfill. (58263)
• Import Maps: Only emit CDATA wrappers for inline scripts for JavaScript. (58818)

Extensibility

• Fix broken list markup in navigation block when 3rd party blocks are used as decendants of navigation block. (55551)
• Navigation block: Check Block Hooks API callback hasn't already been added. (58772)

Synced Patterns

• Disable overriding links of images inside pattern instances. (58660)
• Fix nested pattern overrides and disable editing inner pattern. (58541)

Inspector Controls

• Add missing PanelBody title for the columns block inspector. (58452)
• Add spacing between input controls with custom values. (58410)

Custom Fields

• Block Bindings: Update bindings registry with latest changes. (58843)

History

• Columns: Batch vertical alignment updates. (58801)

Document Settings

• Editor: Ensure the current author is included in the dropdown. (58716)

Rich Text

• Add aria-readonly attribute to Rich Text component. (58687)

Navigation Menus

• Navigation: Update the fallback block list to avoid a PHP Warning. (58588)

Patterns

• Update the bindings attribs of blocks added during experimental phase. (58483)

Distraction Free

• Add default restoration of UI when exiting distraction free mode. (58455)

Accessibility

• Escape as Select/Edit mode Toggle. (58637)
• Global styles revisions: Update text color contrast. (58340)

Components

• CustomSelect: Disable virtualFocus to fix issue for screenreaders. (58585)
• Font Library modal: Try to improve checkbox labelling. (58339)
• PaletteEdit: Fix palette item accessibility. (58214)

Font Library

• Buttons position and accessibility. (58212)
• Fix focus loss when update/install button is pressed. (58364)
• Removed and elements from Font Library Modal. (58221)

Block Library

• Fix image link preset suggestions arrow key navigation. (58615)

CSS & Styling

• Font Library: Fix font preview vertical alignment and respect reduce motion preference. (58451)

Widgets Editor

• Widget Editor: Don't disable the Save button. (58365)

Typography

• Fix fonts modal dialog buttons accessibility. (58309)

Commands

• Fix labeling of the command palette. (56718)

Performance

• Block editor: Optimise getGlobalBlockCount/getClientIdsWithDescendants. (58356)
• Block editor: Prevent isSubtreeDisabled call if not needed. (58349)
• Block editor: Reduce appender sync! subscriptions. (58556)
• Block editor: selectors: Avoid has() or double get() on Maps. (58372)
• Block preview: Prevent recalculating editor styles if additional styles is empty. (58244)
• Image block: Remove a block editor store sub. (57232)
• Inner blocks: Don't re-render list when controlled blocks change. (58575)
• InnerBlocks: Fix continuous re-rendering on inner blocks change. (58348)
• Navigation: Fix performance regression. (58513)
• Post template: Don't fetch taxonomies if not needed. (58245)
• Site editor: Add pattern/template load performance test with TT4. (58734)
• Site editor: Avoid double post content parse (alternative). (58146)
• Unmemoize Block component selectors. (58355)
• core-data: Memoize getEntitiesConfig selector. (58393)
• getBlockSettings: Avoid memoized selector with clientId. (58405)
• useSettings: Extract selector. (58354)

Font Library

• Font Collections: Lazy load json configuration for better performance. (58530)

List View

• Unmemo recursive getEnabledClientIdsTree. (58525)

Block Editor

• Optimize the 'useBlockDisplayTitle' hook. (58250)

Interactivity API

• Break up long hydration task in interactivity init. (58227)

Experiments

Data Views

• Update styling details in list item layout. (58397)

Synced Patterns

• Add a control per block to reset pattern overrides. (57907)

Documentation

• Add video embed documentation and grammar fixes in the Block Editor Handbook. (58029)
• Block API: Add viewStyle property support to block.json. (55492)
• CheckboxControl: Add custom label example to Storybook. (58438)
• Docs: Copy and formatting edits for the "Markup representation of a block" guide. (58688)
• Docs: Copy and formatting edits for the "Registration of a block" guide. (58709)
• Docs: Copy and formatting edits for the "Static or Dynamic rendering" guide. (58681)
• Docs: Copy and formatting edits for the "The block in the Editor" guide. (58697)
• Docs: Copy and formatting edits for the "The block wrapper" guide. (58704)
• Docs: Copy and formatting edits for the "Working with Javascript for the Block Editor" guide. (58651)
• Docs: Copy and formatting edits for the "block.json" guide. (58732)
• Docs: Copy edits and list formatting for main Block Editor Handbook readme. (58652)
• Docs: Fix list formatting and some grammar in the Entities explanation doc. (58655)
• Docs: Fix list markup in the Fundamentals of Block Development section. (58226)
• Docs: Fix mistake in viewScriptModule documentation. (58815)
• Docs: Formatting and copy edits for the File structure of a block guide. (58635)
• Docs: Minor copy edits for the Block Development Environment page. (58614)
• Docs: Remove duplicate content and update links. (58358)
• Docs: Update link to the correct Fundamentals doc. (58352)
• Docs: Update list formatting and descriptions in the Fundamentals of Block Development doc. (58630)
• Docs: Update the Getting Started readme in the Block Editor Handbook. (58624)
• Reference Gutenberg in PHP documentation from main documentation. (58453)
• Removed extra parenthesis from document. (58662)
• Restructure the FAQs to work with the new TOC design in the Block Editor Handbook. (58351)
• Storybook: Add badges to private components. (58123)
• Update documentation to avoid recommending early return PHP "anti-pattern". (58454)
• Update to rename reusable blocks. (58633)
• Update versions-in-wordpress.md. (58545)
• fix: InnerBlocks schema description in block.json. (58649)

Code Quality

• Avoid running pattern overrides migration in WordPress core. (58487)
• Build: Add package build shebang and sync comments. (58264)
• Date: Merge 6.4 and 6.5 compat files. (58479)
• DefaultBlockAppender: Refactor to hooks. (58809)
• Docs: Clarify the non contextual post types. (58836)
• Layout block supports use str_contains. (58251)
• Move Nav Link PHPUnit tests to blocks directory. (58460)

Font Library

• Address feedback from wordpress-develop#6027. (58691)
• Fix font library unit tests nit-picks [round 2]. (58612)
• Font Collections: Standardizes docblock comments. (58654)
• Font Library Address Outstanding Feedback from WP 6.4 review. (58675)
• Move Fonts Library to compat dir for 6.5. (58608)
• Remove font family and font face preview keys from theme.json schema. (58395)
• Remove old and unused component and css. (58449)
• Remove slug from collection schema to accommodate the changes on the wp_register_font_collection function signature. (58623)
• Remove tests from classes that were already merged in core. (58752)
• Remove tests from font library rest controllers already merged into core. (58778)
• Return null if a font collection is not registered. (58735)
• Simplify font collection schema. (58574)
• Update Font Library REST API code to align with Core standards. (58619)
• Update Font Library non-REST API code to align with Core standards. (58607)
• Update font collection json schema. (58413)
• Update fonts collection data URL for Gutenberg 17.7. (58746)
• Use Button's API to disable footer buttons. (58529)
• [Font Library] Update PHPUnit tests per Core coding standards and practices. (58502)

Components

• Add eslint rule for theme var regressions. (58130)
• Add stylelint rule for theme var regressions. (58098)
• AnglePickerControl: Hard deprecate bottom margin. (58700)
• CustomGradientPicker: Hard deprecate outer margins. (58699)
• FontSizePicker: Hard deprecate bottom margin. (58702)
• GradientPicker: Hard deprecate outer margins. (58701)
• Remove deprecation warnings for __next36pxDefaultSize. (58703)

Block Library

• Interactivity API - Blocks: Move interactivity registration to render. (58678)
• Navigation: Move the Navigation block rendering tests to the blocks directory. (58247)
• Navigation: Remove use of Gutenberg_Navigation_Fallback class. (58369)
• Paragraph: Update comment block. (58419)
• Rename variation build methods. (58538)
• Template Part: Derive 'hasInnerBlocks' inside selector. (58680)

Block Editor

• Block Switcher: Don't use the 'useBlockDisplayInformation' hook. (58562)
• BlockSelectionButton: Don't use the 'useBlockDisplayInformation' hook. (58640)
• Link Control: Simplify the sprintf. (58831)
• RichTextData: Use a private property. (58557)

Post Editor

• Editor Settings: Rename the getPostLinkProps setting. (58416)
• Editor: Reuse data query in the post author components. (58760)
• Editor: Use hooks instead of HoCs in the post-taxonomies components. (58446)
• Fix: Refactor pre publish panel to use function component instead of class. (58441)

Custom Fields

• Block Bindings: Remove unneeded 'setAttributes' override. (58806)

Patterns

• Pattern overrides: Update overrides attribute data structure and rename it to content. (58596)

Tools

• Add BlockJsonDependenciesPlugin to modules build. (57927)
• DEWP: Fix script module import field. (58770)
• Introduce a Props Bot workflow. (58576)
• More refinements to Props Bot run conditions. (58617)
• Refine when Props Bot runs. (58616)
• Remove noahtallen from .wp-env codeowners. (58283)
• Scripts: Add viewScriptModule block.json support. (58203)

Testing

• "Multiple use" block validation logic improvement [with Playwright]. (57576)
• Block Bindings: Add block bindings end-to-end tests. (58550)
• Block Bindings: Add tests for the frontend and polish the existing ones. (58676)
• Block Bindings: Improve the code of the block bindings tests. (58785)
• Button: Add focusable disabled variant to vizreg Storybook. (58634)
• CustomSelect: Add tests for new features. (58583)
• Fix flaky test of data-wp-on-window directive. (58642)
• Flaky Test: Fix "directives inside islands should not be hydrated twice". (58516)
• Interactivity API: Fix flaky test in data-wp-on-document. (58668)
• Migrate remaining 'inserting blocks' end-to-end tests to Playwright. (58108)
• Migrate remaining 'pattern block' end-to-end tests to Playwright. (58486)
• SearchControl: Add unit tests. (58693)
• Try fixing flaky 'inserting blocks' end-to-end tests. (58848)
• Try fixing flaky Paragraph block end-to-end test. (58208)
• Use toBeDisabled instead of aria-disabled check. (58694)
• e2e: Add a test to confirm that the focus moves from the post title to the paragraph using the enter key. (58872)
• end-to-end Utils: Ensure deleteAllUsers does not delete current user. (58320)

Build Tooling

• Add missing Interactivity API label to changelog script. (58879)
• Enable dynamic import transform for React Native tests. (58546)
• Fix: Remove mention of weekly meeting from first time contributor PR label. (58547)
• Interactivity API: Move Core implementation to compat 6.5 folder. (58829)
• Remove phpunit tests for features backported to Core. (58776)
• Update Performance tests base branch. (58890)
• Workflows: Add 'Technical Prototype' to the type-related labels list. (58163)

Security

Font Library

• Sanitize font collection data. (58636)

REST API

• Font Library REST API: Sanitize font family and font face settings. (58590)

Various

• Script loader 6.4 compat: Check for init hook completion. (58406)

Font Library

• Code style and code quality feedback from core 6.5 review. (58736)
• Move getAllowedMimeTypes to FontUtils. (58667)
• Refactor as a singleton. (58669)

Components

• Removing Reakit Composite implementation. (58620)
• Removing Reakit as a dependency. (58631)
• Update the Snackbar warning message. (58591)

Global Styles

• Always output core block global styles after base global styles. (58761)
• Backport theme.json tests from Core. (58476)

Block Library

• Reduce label and fix capitalization for image block upload label. (58677)
• Separator: Remove border-bottom property. (55725)

Patterns

• Update pattern copy to Synced instead of Fully Synced. (58876)

Block API

• ViewScriptModule: 6.5 compatibility changes. (58832)

Custom Fields

• Block Bindings: Backport block bindings refactor from WordPress core. (58683)

Inspector Controls

• Change cover block's "Media settings" label to "Settings". (58463)

First time contributors

The following PRs were merged by first time contributors:

• @at-benni: Update versions-in-wordpress.md. (58545)
• @krupal-panchal: Removed extra parenthesis from document. (58662)
• @shreyash3087: fix: InnerBlocks schema description in block.json. (58649)

Contributors

The following contributors merged PRs in this release:

@aaronrobertshaw @afercia @ajlende @andrewhayward @andrewserong @annezazu @anton-vlasenko @antonis @aristath @artemiomorales @at-benni @brookewp @c4rl0sbr4v0 @carolinan @chad1008 @ciampo @creativecoder @DAreRodz @dcalhoun @dd32 @derekblank @desrosj @draganescu @ellatrix @fabiankaegy @fai-sal @fluiddot @gaambo @getdave @glendaviesnz @hellofromtonya @ironprogrammer @jameskoster @jasmussen @jeherve @jeryj @jorgefilipecosta @jsnajdr @kevin940726 @krupal-panchal @luisherranz @madhusudhand @MaggieCabrera @Mamaduka @matiasbenedetto @mikachan @mirka @ndiego @noahtallen @noisysocks @ntsekouras @oandregal @ockham @pbking @ramonjd @retrofox @richtabor @SantosGuillamot @scruffian @shreyash3087 @sirreal @t-hamano @talldan @tellthemachines @tjcafferkey @tomjn @tyxla @vcanales @westonruter @WunderBart @youknowriad