v22.2.0-rc.1

Changelog

Enhancements

Block Library

• Breadcrumbs: Add archive link if enabled in posts. (72832)
• Breadcrumbs: Add attachment handling. (73249)
• Breadcrumbs: Add filter for preferred taxonomy and term per post type. (73283)
• Breadcrumbs: Add post type archive link if it's not the same as home URL. (73435)
• Breadcrumbs: Add support for paginated post content. (72905)
• Cover: Add support for background videos as embeds. (73023)
• Math: Enable styles options. (73544)
• Tabs block: Improve store functionality. (73229)
• Term Name, Term Count :Add example block previews. (73388)
• [Button Block]: Add support for pseudo elements for the block and its variations on theme.json. (71418)

DataViews

• Add insert left/right in table column header. (72929)
• Apply background to DataViews wrapper. (73390)
• Dataforms: Add pattern validation. (73156)
• Dataforms: Update Email Control component to use envelope icon instead of atSymbol. (73184)
• Field API: Add format to date field type. (72999)
• Introduce activity layout. (72780)
• Only apply hover styles when there are bulk actions. (73248)
• Sticky elements inherit bg from container. (73240)
• Theme: Add density support for surface padding. (73215)

Patterns

• Add edit section to the list view instead of Ungroup. (73199)
• Change the icon and label for pattern section to use the pattern icon and name. (73203)
• Remove ungroup option for section blocks. (73183)
• Sections: Remove hover outlines in outline mode. (73263)
• Update pattern editing button labels. (73195)
• contentOnly patterns: Mark patterns as contentOnly by adding metadata.patternName to the root block (patterns endpoint). (73375)

Block Editor

• FontFamilyControl: Hard deprecate bottom margin. (73340)
• Block Editor: Filter file input accept attribute based on upload_mimes. (73562)
• Add cart icon. (73509)
• templateLock: ContentOnly - support content block insertion. (73425)
• RichText: Begin to support hiding richtext controls while having keyboard shortcuts available. (73181)
• Add width block supports under dimensions. (71905)
• Add text justify. (73201)

Bug Fixes

Block Library

• Accordion Block: Trigger panel opening from URL hash or anchor link. (73357)
• Accordion Item: Don't use grid layout. (73501)
• Accordion: add box-sizing:Border-box rule. (73507)
• Fix block selection when navigation link ui is open. (73368)
• Fix navigation tag entity binding. (73255)
• Fix: Custom font size taking over fit text. (73241)
• Fix: Stretch Text overflows into the padding area. (73327)
• HTML Block: Fix scrolling within the modal. (73506)
• HTML Block: Remove editorStyles from HTMLEditModal. (73347)
• Image block: Set img_srcset to avoid PHP undefined var warning. (73453)
• Math block: Fix accessibility. (73508)
• Merge "Icon Size" and "Icon size" translation strings. (73325)
• Simplify and improve navigation link creation flow. (73210)

DataViews

• DataForm: Autofocus first input on panel view. (72322)
• DataForm: Fix issue with array fields in layout panel. (73344)
• Ensure primary actions are not wrapped in the list layout. (73333)
• Field API format: Fix and use WordPress input. (73538)
• Fields: Fix author field view when editing. (73482)
• Fix alignment when viewing a DataView with table layout and non-default column alignment. (73398)
• Open the filters from the column table consistently. (72998)
• [DataForm]: The ModalContent component doesn't properly check for fields validity - [#73330]. (73339)
• Theme: Fix color ramp generation to avoid unmet contrasts. (73331)

Block Editor

• Border Radius Control: Empty Values triggers unintended px unit conversion. (73324)
• Drag and drop: Remove grab cursor for multi-selection. (73521)
• Drag: Hide block tools popovers. (73539)
• Stretchy text: Hide variations in Block Inspector (hack). (73238)
• Styles Tab: Fix bug where contentOnly experiment forced it to always be displayed. (73534)
• Disable Term Query blocks in Widgets Editor. (73449)
• Comments Count and Comments Link: Ensures that the preview is displayed correctly in the StyleBook. (73213)

Global Styles

• Preview Styles: Prevent leaked shadow due to blur. (73545)
• Update generateGlobalStyles function to include variationStyles option. (73535)
• Variations global styles: Replace useSetting with useStyle for fetching block variations. (73533)
• Global Styles: Fix media upload permission check. (73503)
• WP_Theme_JSON_Gutenberg: Preserve valid non-preset settings when KSES filters are active. (73452)

Components

• Fix: Keep Guide close button visible on hover. (73220)
• Normalize displayed dates to UTC time for DateTimePicker. (73444)
• Try fixing full-screen modal height so contents can scroll. (73150)

Block bindings

• Error handling for external sources. (72585)
• Fix core/term-data source bug, refactor, add unit test coverage. (73366)
• Move computation of sources into dedicated useSelect. (72974)

Interactivity API

• iAPI: Fix using getServerContext in derived state getters. (73518)
• iAPI: Return a deep-clone object from getServerState and getServerContext functions. (73437)

Collaboration

• Notes position alignment in HTML. (73046)
• Notes: Collapse note on blur. (73158)
• Notes: Fix warning in comment content check. (73198)

Patterns

• Check for prevent default on event to enable media placeholder button. (73564)
• contentOnly patterns: Fix lock icon appearing on toolbar when editing a section. (73457)

Block API

• Block Support: Change block visibility support key. (73432)

Layout

• Prevent empty contentSize and wideSize values ​​from being saved. (73281)

Accessibility

Navigation Menus

• Fix a11y of descriptions and alerts for "Invalid" Nav Items. (73177)

DataViews

• Add grid keyboard navigation. (72997)
• Make DataViews table checkbox permanently visible. (73245)

Performance

• Remove some modal subscriptions when inactive. (73014)
• Theme: Simplify ramp object by flattening warnings to optional top-level property. (72942)

Experiments

• Add experimental abilities and workflow palette and move abilities API. (72703)
• Lazy Editor: Fix Media Library loading. (73176)
• Lazy Editor: Fix script modules loading. (73237)
• Navigation Route: Add initial list and edit routes. (73259)
• Refactor: Make WordPress abilities a script module instead of a global. (73364)
• Routing: Add init modules. (73284)
• Routing: Add pattern routes. (73317)
• Routing: Add styles page as a route. (73197)
• Routing: Add template part route. (73303)
• Routing: Extract route package. (73191)
• Routing: Support canvas clicks. (73348)
• Styles Route: Allow switching between stylebook and homepage. (73253)

Patterns

• ContentOnly Patterns experiment: Add content only inspector fields. (71730)
• ContentOnly mode: Exclude template parts for now. (73332)
• Routes: Small fixes to the pattern list and template part list routes. (73520)

Templates API

• Add template route to the new site editor infrastructure. (73525)
• Template Route: Add the 'add new template' button. (73542)

Block Library

• Disable TinyMCE: Polish refresh message. (73485)
• contentOnly Patterns experiment: Add content only support again for template parts. (73419)

DataViews

• Routing: Preload routes properly. (73384)

Navigation Menus

• Add experiment flag for Customizable Navigation Overlays. (73356)

Media

• Reuse mediaUpload filter for new media modal by wrapping it in a class component. (73225)

Documentation

• DataViews: Combine duplicate "enhancements" grouping in changelog. (73227)
• DataViews: Update documentation for layout prop. (73470)
• Docs: Use consistent content formatting for experimental packages. (73212)
• Field API docs: Improve Edit. (73202)
• Field API: Document missing props. (73515)
• Field API: Update documentation for operators. (73523)
• Field API: Update documentation to better communicate field types. (73349)
• Update Gutenberg Version for WordPress 6.9. (72925)
• Update dataviews readme with new pickerTable layout. (73372)
• Update undestanding-global-state-local-context-and-derived-state.md. (73233)

Code Quality

• Asset Loader: Load all scripts in body (footer). (73584)
• Core Data: Update Attachment type to more accurately reflect fields in media API responses. (73223)

Patterns

• Content only block experiment: Blocks provide the form. (73479)
• ContentOnlyControls: Refactor to use DataForm. (73374)
• Resolve_pattern_blocks sync with Core patch. (73570)

DataViews

• Field API: Simplify field normalization. (73387)
• Field API: Simplify normalization. (73546)
• Revert "[DataForm]: The ModalContent component doesn't properly check for fields validity - [#73330]". (73367)

Plugin

• Command Palette: Backport changes in core. (73567)

Components

• Storybook: Replace implicit actions with explicit ones. (73502)

Block bindings

• Make core/post-data source code more semantic. (73394)

Collaboration

• Notes: Ignore flood and duplicate checks. (73232)

Block Library

• Deprecate Pullquote Block. (73228)

Tools

• Project: Add CODEOWNERS entries for ui and theme packages. (73369)
• Update codeowners for packages/dataviews. (73204)

Build Tooling

• Add missing package dependencies. (73258)
• Build: Fix CSS rebuilds. (73380)
• Build: Make pages building using the routing infrastructure independent of Gutenberg. (73379)
• Build: Moment-timezone shouldn't be a mandatory dependency. (73352)
• Exclude JS/TS test files from build. (73495)
• Framework: Sync lockfile changes under Node.js v24 build. (73314)
• Scripts: Improve handling of check-licenses for optional dependencies. (73026)

Testing

• Block Bindings: Add unit test coverage for core/post-data source. (73055)
• Block Bindings: Remove end-to-end test theme. (73209)
• Unit testing: Allow Composer to auto-detect PHP version. (73358)
• end-to-end Tests: Remove movie CPTs after block bindings tests. (73235)
• end-to-end Tests: Skip flaky list view test. (73234)

Various

• UI: Remove shorthand prop options from Box component. (73529)

Collaboration

• Notes: Improve delete confirm message for replies. (73173)
• Update button label from "Add new note" to "Add new reply". (73189)

Templates API

• Template activation: Move php files. (73402)

Block Library

• contentOnly patterns experiment: Make the Inspector fields key a private API. (73376)

Patterns

• Double-click on pattern to edit pattern. (73268)

First-time contributors

The following PRs were merged by first-time contributors:

• @PaulAsaf2: Update undestanding-global-state-local-context-and-derived-state.md. (73233)
• @RoyHridoy: Fix: Keep Guide close button visible on hover. (73220)
• @triple0t: Dataforms: Update Email Control component to use envelope icon instead of atSymbol. (73184)
• @xristos3490: Fix alignment when viewing a DataView with table layout and non-default column alignment. (73398)

Contributors

The following contributors merged PRs in this release:

@aaronrobertshaw @adamsilverstein @aduth @andrewserong @annezazu @anomiex @audrasjb @bph @cbravobernal @DAreRodz @ellatrix @felixarntz @getdave @gigitux @harshbhonsle @hbhalodia @jameskoster @jasmussen @jeryj @jorgefilipecosta @jsnajdr @karthick-murugan @luisherranz @MaggieCabrera @Mamaduka @mcsf @mikachan @mikejolley @mtias @ntsekouras @oandregal @ockham @PaulAsaf2 @priethor @ramonjd @RoyHridoy @ryanwelcher @scruffian @senadir @shimotmk @simison @SirLouen @t-hamano @talldan @tellthemachines @triple0t @tyxla @xristos3490 @youknowriad