v22.0.0-rc.1

Changelog

Enhancements

• Add theme package. (72305)
• Consistently use font-weight 499 instead of 500. (72473)
• Label enforcement workflow: Add Iteration label to PR enforcement workflow. (72670)
• Template activation: Update sidebar icons. (72772)
• Try using DataViewsPicker in an updated media modal. (71944)
• Update: Label of "Move to trash" action to "Trash". (72596)

Block Library

• Math Block: Use monospaced font for LaTeX input. (72557)
• Add snackbar notices for page creation in Navigation block. (72627)
• Breadcrumbs: Add archives support. (72478)
• Categories Block: Add taxonomy css class. (72662)
• Fit text: Update help text to clarify override of font-size. (72303)
• Latest Comments: Add option to display full comments. (72665)

DataViews

• Add isCollapsible to the card layout in DataForm. (72540)
• DataForm: Set spacing for regular and card layouts. (72249)
• Keep icon-only buttons on mobile for bulk actions. (72761)
• Update: Hide primary action buttons on mobile. (72597)

Components

• ComboboxControl: Display reset button only if there's a value. (72595)
• TabPanel: Update tab font-weight. (72455)

Collaboration

• Notes: Update delete confirmation message. (72737)

Global Styles

• Allow access in the post editor. (72681)

Block bindings

• Add source label to the modal title UI. (72632)

Bug Fixes

• Core Data: Avoid extraneous when creating a new record. (72666)
• Fix build command for tokens package on Windows. (72605)
• Global Styles: Fix the save panel changes. (72701)
• Packages: Do not limit the exports of the template packages. (72694)
• PluginSidebar: Fix auto more menu item props. (72630)
• Template activation: Fix isActive and isCustom values. (72641)
• Template activation: Fix undefined array key PHP warning. (72729)
• Use default popover placement for image format popover. (72550)

Collaboration

• Block Notes: Fix issue where box shadow is cut off when active note is the last one. (72606)
• Ensure "Add Note" component floats next to block in unpinned mode. (72494)
• Notes: Always open histroy sidebar if note is resolved. (72708)
• Notes: Disable floating notes for 'template-locked' mode. (72646)
• Notes: Fix 'View notes' on mobile screens. (72546)
• Notes: Fix PHPUnit tests. (72781)
• Notes: Fix block toolbar indicator logic. (72736)
• Notes: Fix strange default sidebar animation. (72710)
• Notes: Fix the 'glitch' when selecting a note with a missing block. (72516)
• Notes: Fix the focus transfer issue when switching the sidebars. (72486)
• Notes: Load all records. (72692)
• Notes: Prevent 403 error for low capability users. (72767)

Block Library

• Accordion: Update block descriptions. (72602)
• Breadcrumbs: Fix date archives with plain permalinks. (72709)
• Date block: Update block description. (72565)
• Fix empty URL value from unbinding entity from inspector sidebar. (72447)
• Fix: Force LTR direction in Math block textarea for RTL languages. (72684)
• Image block: Add guard for null refs in setButtonStyles callback. (72715)
• Math: Enable horizontal auto-scrolling. (72633)
• Post Date: Fix variations for Query Loop. (72617)
• Terms Query: Show nested terms toggle when inheriting. (72510)
• Update: Disable font size when fit text is enabled and the opposite. (72533)

Components

• Badge: Add max-width for text truncation. (72653)
• Button: Ensure that icons don't shrink. (72474)
• Fix Popover closing unexpectedly when a Menu inside it is closed. (72376)
• Fix label markup for 'FocalPointPicker'. (70835)
• Fix selection of font size presets if presets have the same size value. (71703)
• Stop using rems. (72669)

Templates API

• Template activation: Allow duplicates of 'custom' plugin templates to be activated. (72713)
• Template activation: Remove the ability to deactivate registered templates. (72636)
• Templates: Adds 'type' property to activeField as boolean in page templates. (72648)

Command Palette

• Disable site editor navigation commands on Network Admin - Take 2. (72698)
• Disable site editor navigation commands on Network Admin. (72572)

Interactivity API

• iAPI: Fix derived state closures processing on client-side navigation. (72725)

Write mode

• Accordion: Dont' show Add button in contentOnly mode. (72704)

Icons

• Fix irregular shape in not-found icon. (72645)

Block bindings

• Add bindableAttributes in preview context. (72625)

Typography

• Fit text: Remove sizing limitation when the block is selected. (72570)

REST API

• Notes: Fix 'children' embedding via REST API. (72561)

Style Book

• Fix error with display of Heading block style variations in style book. (72551)

DataViews

• Fix password suffix alignment. (72524)

Block Transforms

• Add metadata transformation. (72462)

Patterns

• Fix contentOnly insertion, removal, and moving. (72416)

Accessibility

• Notes: Don't collapse note on Escape if the event has been prevented. (72657)

Block Library

• Fix focus loss from unsync and edit button in navigation link inspector sidebar. (72436)

Components

• Button: Update font-weight to 500. (70787)

Performance

• Don't subscribe to store unless fitText option is enabled. (72634)
• Optimize build using shared package cache. (72667)

Block Editor

• Perf: Avoid rich-text binding subscription if block does not have bindings. (72496)

Experiments

Collaboration

• Real-time collaboration: Add support for syncing post meta. (72332)
• Real-time collaboration: Ensure Yjs imports are inside experimental flag check. (72503)
• Real-time collaboration: Implement CRDT persistence for collaborative editing. (72373)

Documentation

• Fix incorrectly tabbed code blocks. (72745)
• Move backport to 7.0 because it was punted to future release. (72472)
• Theme: Add Storybook stories. (72747)
• add: Missing JSON Schema for blocks. (72590)

Code Quality

• Build: Fix primitives package warning. (72456)
• Bundled packages should expose their styles in exports. (72438)
• Fix TS types for e2e-test-utils-playwright package. (72741)
• Global Styles: Add UI package. (72599)
• Global Styles: Cleanup the previous global styles private exports in block-editor. (72702)
• Move grid experiment changelog to 7.0 folder. (72508)
• Remove specific logger in test environments. (72457)
• Styles Canvas: Refactor state and rendering. (72635)
• Styles: Move global styles data logic to a dedicated package. (72464)
• Template activation: Remove fake post type for registered templates. (72674)
• Template activation: Rename new endpoints. (72700)
• Template activation: Revert to old endpoint for post template picker. (72661)
• preferences: Convert the package to TypeScript. (71915)

Block Library

• Accordion Heading: Update description. (72777)
• Cleanup clearBinding usage. (72439)
• Post Date: Update logic when to show the edit control. (72631)
• Remove broken content only settings menu items feature. (72470)

Templates API

• Template activation: Initialise old autosave and revisions endpoints. (72680)
• Template activation: Remove reset action. (72679)

Collaboration

• Notes: Remove custom 'PluginMoreMenuItem' handler. (72640)
• Notes: Render the sidebar next to the default editor sidebar. (72618)

Block Editor

• Switch from selector to useBlockEditingMode for AllowedBlocksControl. (72728)

Block bindings

• Remove editorUI and modal versions. (72723)

Plugin

• Notes: Backport REST API changes in core. (72554)

Interactivity API

• iAPI: Update deprecated usage of data-wp-on-async. (72445)

Tools

Build Tooling

• Build: Add a step to auto-register scripts in the build tool. (72628)
• Build: Auto register styles from packages. (72699)
• Build: Auto-register script modules. (72541)
• Build: Cleanup the build script. (72740)
• Build: Fix script_debug modules and scripts. (72485)
• Build: Generate plugin version and make the build script plugin agnostic. (72707)
• Build: Move the build tool to a dedicated package. (72743)
• Build: Support third-party plugin scripts properly. (72760)
• Build: Update output folders for scripts and modules. (72482)
• Enqueue non-minified JS files when SCRIPT_DEBUG is enabled. (72480)
• FIX PHPUnit failure in previous WordPress version. (72705)
• GitHub Actions: Allow writing PRs when auto-cherry-picking. (72573)
• Persist credentials when cherry-picking commits to a release branch. (72556)
• Storybook: Fix dev script. (72487)

Testing

• Add end to end tests for Fit Text. (72406)
• Change bin script type-checking from inclusion to exclusion. (72675)
• Improve output buffer for sending server-timing header. (72536)
• Notes: Improve pinned sidebar end-to-end test. (72652)
• Update guidance around unique element IDs. (72748)
• Upgrade Playwright to v1.56. (72751)

First-time contributors

The following PRs were merged by first-time contributors:

• @harshbhonsle: Fix: Force LTR direction in Math block textarea for RTL languages. (72684)
• @ItsRoy69: Math Block: Use monospaced font for LaTeX input. (72557)
• @joshualip-plaudit: preferences: Convert the package to TypeScript. (71915)

Contributors

The following contributors merged PRs in this release:

@adamsilverstein @aduth @cbravobernal @chriszarate @ciampo @DAreRodz @elazzabi @ellatrix @harshbhonsle @heavyweight @ItsRoy69 @jameskoster @jeryj @jorgefilipecosta @joshualip-plaudit @juanfra @levinbaria @lezama @luminuu @Mamaduka @manzoorwanijk @mikachan @mirka @ntsekouras @oandregal @ockham @priethor @ramonjd @roseg43 @ryanwelcher @sidharthpandita1 @stokesman @t-hamano @talldan @tellthemachines @Utsav-Ladani @westonruter @youknowriad