v21.7.0-rc.1

Changelog

Enhancements

Block Commenting

• Make buttons in dialogs translatable and clear. (71639)
• Use rendered comment content. (71638)
• Improve error handling for core data actions. (71695)
• Use TextareaAutosize for comment field. (71424)
• Add comment indicators in the block toolbar. (71271)
• Add the ability to reopen resolved comments. (71250)
• Enable inline comments on published post. (71295)

Command Palette

• Move custom CSS command to core-commands from edit-site package. (71565)
• Register menu navigation based on Core Menu API. (71476)

DataViews

• Add color field type and control to DataViews. (71522)
• Add data picker functionality. (70971)
• Add password field. (71545)
• DataForm radio control: Support validation and description. (71664)
• DataForm select control: Support validation. (71665)
• DataForm toggleGroup control: Support validation. (71666)
• DataForm: Add a textarea control available for use with the text field type. (71495)
• DataForm: Add summary field support for composed fields. (71614)
• DataForm: Switch boolean field types from toggle to checkbox UI. (71505)
• Dataform: Add new URL field type and field control. (71518)
• Dataform: Add new telephone field type and field control. (71498)
• Dataforms: Add icons to email and telephone controls. (71514)
• Dataforms: Add object configuration support for Edit property with prefix/suffix options. (71582)
• Implement groupBy for list layout. (71548)
• Update datetime control to use calendar UI. (71509)
• DataForm: Row Layout. (71124)

Block Library

• Navigation Link: Change 'Add page' to 'Create page' button text. (71487)
• Navigation Link: Show 'Create page' button in Write Mode while hiding 'Add block'. (71489)
• Navigation Link: Surface page creation functionality clearly in the LinkUI. (71188)
• Normalize the Navigation block appender behavior between canvas and list view contexts. (71163)
• Table of Contents: Update toolbar controls. (71587)
• Terms Query: Combine Order and Order By control into single dropdown + remove order by slug. (71656)

Write mode

• Add Navigation Add Page Button. (71192)
• Hide Post Date toolbar when child of Query in contentOnly mode. (71707)
• Try adding a contentRole block support to content container blocks. (71539)

Block bindings

• Add block_bindings_supported_attributes filter. (71663)
• Add fallback for new features introduced in Core. (71389)
• Image block: Save <figcaption> if caption attr is bound. (71483)

Block Editor

• Localize labels in getVisualTypeName() for link control search items. (71503)
• Update conditions for displaying the empty block inserter. (70897)

Global Styles

• Site Editor: Always show Additional CSS button. (71537)

Components

• Add support for ValidatedFormTokenField. (71350)

Command Palette

• Make navigation commands available on all screens. (71335)

Interactivity API

• Add fetchpriority=low support to script modules. (70173)

Templates API

• Allow template duplication + concept of active templates. (67125)

Block Variations

• Have getActiveBlockVariation fall back to default variation. (63858)

Core Data

• Core Data: Remove conditions for selector resolutions. (71575)

New APIs

• Core Commands: Introduce new useCommands hook. (71603)

Bug Fixes

• Block Comments: Prevent commenting on empty blocks. (71497)
• Core Data: Don't return partial data when selecting a complete item. (71474)
• Core Data: Fix early return check for the record field-level resolutions. (71541)
• Core Data: Fix field conditions in 'getRevision' selector. (71629)
• Fix PHP 8.5 array offset deprecation warning. (71654)
• Fix block comment to display correct time. (71652)
• Fix: Disable block commenting when postId is not number. (71643)
• Fix: Hide resolved comments in unpinned mode. (71409)
• Fix: Unable to pin comment sidebar after unpinning. (71386)
• i18n: Show "1 more reply" instead of "1 more replies" in block comments. (71685)

DataViews

• DataForms regular layout: Remove label style overrides as they cause inconsistent results. (71574)
• DataForms regular layout: Use BaseControl visual label for readonly fields when in top labelPosition. (71597)
• DataViews grid layout: Rounded corners for media. (71543)
• Field API: Add setValue. (71604)

Write mode

• Add contentRole to Query block and make sure Change design always works as expected. (71686)
• Hide Spacer resizable box in write mode. (71671)
• Make sure "add page" button label only appears once. (71710)

Block Editor

• Fix popover scroll hook’s simultaneous scrolling. (71468)
• Fix stale insertion point reference. (71559)
• useClipboardHandler: Prevent file paste for users without media upload permissions. (71607)

Components

• Fix popover not calling onClose on unmount. (71252)
• Modal headings and labels missing editor text color. (71311)
• Validated form controls: Fix Sass var handling for red color. (71391)

Global Styles

• BorderRadius Presets: Fix Generating wrong variable names in pattern code. (71631)
• Search: Border radius presets work correctly. (71481)

Block Library

• Accordion: Add BlockGap support to content & panel. (71461)
• Increase taxonomy limit for Terms List dropdown. (71569)

Block bindings

• Fix back-compat layer. (71691)

Block Transforms

• Block Editor: Fix BlockSwitcher to prevent transforms on reusable blocks. (71661)

Patterns

• Content Only Pattern experiment: Restore purple block icon color for synced patterns. (71655)

Post Editor

• Fix: Hide "View Post" link for non-viewable post types. (71356)

Block API

• Allow block attributes strings to terminate in \ character. (71291)

Accessibility

• Block Comments: Make "n more replies" text clickable for accessibility. (71387)
• feat: Clarify label & add help text with link. (70451)

DataViews

• Custom empty elements are no longer wrapped in <p> tags to improve accessibility. (71561)

Performance

• Core Data: Always try to resolve entity permissions. (71532)

Post Editor

• Editor: Try displaying intermediate results for hierarchical terms. (71402)

Experiments

Patterns

• Make unsynced patterns content only by default. (71512)
• contentOnly Patterns experiment: Add Edit Contents button to block inspector and show 'Detach' block action. (71653)

Block Library

• Add Terms Query block. (70720)
• Pattern content only experiment: Make template parts section blocks. (71627)

Documentation

• ControlWithError: Add documentation about cloned children. (71392)
• DataForm: Remove default storybook example. (71609)
• Docs: Fix broken links in Gutenberg release checklist. (71611)
• Docs: Split "Gutenberg Release Process" page into two. (71130)

Code Quality

• Block Commenting: Prevent unnecessary API requests when post ID is not integer. (71713)
• CODEOWNERS: Remove some block code owners. (71657)
• Export UseEntityRecordsWithPermissionsType. (71003)
• Migrate element package to TS. (70886)
• [core-data]: Fix TS types for user object. (68045)
• i18n: Remove unnecessary JS file. (71549)

Block Library

• Clean up LinkUI duplication for Add block and Create page flows. (71499)
• Gallery Block: Add end-to-end test for image randomization. (71538)
• Refactor Link UI controls with better props. (71515)
• Refactor: Content only template locking block editing modes to reducer. (67606)

Block bindings

• Date block: Move block_bindings_supported_attributes filter to compat layer. (71662)

DataViews

• Remove leftover code for Pages. (71534)

Tools

• Update CODEOWNERS to remove ndiego. (71591)

Testing

• Automated testing: Add taxonomy pagination tests. (71584)
• Fix comments in block editing mode tests. (71690)
• contentOnly patterns experiment: Add reducer tests. (71688)

First-time contributors

The following PRs were merged by first-time contributors:

• @coderGtm: feat: Clarify label & add help text with link. (70451)
• @straku: Field API: Add setValue. (71604)
• @xavier-lc: Export UseEntityRecordsWithPermissionsType. (71003)

Contributors

The following contributors merged PRs in this release:

@adamsilverstein @Adi-ty @andrewserong @coderGtm @coreyworrell @dhruvikpatel18 @elazzabi @ellatrix @getdave @gigitux @heavyweight @jeryj @jorgefilipecosta @karthick-murugan @kmanijak @kushagra-goyal-14 @Mamaduka @manzoorwanijk @mikachan @mirka @ndiego @ntsekouras @oandregal @ockham @p-jackson @priethor @R1shabh-Gupta @shimotmk @shrivastavanolo @sirreal @stokesman @straku @swissspidy @t-hamano @talldan @tellthemachines @USERSATOSHI @westonruter @xavier-lc @yashjawale