Gutenberg 4.2 Changelog

• Introduce the Formatting API for extending RichText.
• Use default Inserter for sibling block insertion.
• Support adding and updating entities in data module.
• Update block descriptions for added clarity and consistency.
• Add support for displaying icons in new block categories.
• Append registered toolbar buttons in RichText.
• Optimize SlotFill rendering to avoid props destructuring.
• Optimize Inserter props generation and reconciliation.
• Improve writing flow by unsetting typing flag if Escape pressed.
• Add support for non-Latin inputs in slash autocomplete block inserter.
• Use an animated WP logo for preview screen.
• Add “img” as a keyword for the Image block.
• Delay TinyMCE initialisation to focus.
• Announce number of filtered results from block inserter to screen readers.
• Add audible feedback for link editing.
• Avoid focus loss on active tab change within the Sidebar.
• Add Alt + F10 (navigate to the nearest toolbar) to the shortcut docs and modal.
• Add some more URL helpers to the url package.
• Add has-dates class to Latest Posts block if applicable.
• Improve mobile display of “options” modal.
• Add “link target” option in Image block.
• Use currentcolor as border-color for outline button style.
• Introduce a new middleware to the api-fetch package which adds ?_locale=user to every REST API request.
• Refactor and optimize withSelect, withDispatch handling of registry change.
• Refactor and update DropZone context API.
• Rephrase description of responsive toggle.
• Ensure buttons on end of row in media-placeholder have no margin on the right.
• Include implicit core styles in SelectControl.
• Use better help text for ALT text input.
• Flatten Inserter mapSelectToProps to optimize rendering.
• Cleanup Embed code and add better test coverage.
• Add space above exit code editor button.
• Return 0 in WordCount if text is empty.
• Avoid setting a value on the File block download attribute.
• Set download attribute on File block as empty.
• Remove Cover block ‘strong’ style.
• Reduce frequency of actions updating isCaretWithinFormattedText.
• Add a function to unregister a block style variation.
• Add lodash deburr to autocomplete so that is works with diacritics.
• Avoid making WordPress post embeds responsive.
• Improve handling of centered 1-column galleries with small images.
• Make pre-publish prompts more generic.
• Improve the style variation control aria-label.
• Improve preloading request code.
• Add missing context to various i18n strings.
• Add post saving lock APIs so plugins can add and remove locks.
• Take the viewport size into account when it comes to decide whether to show the button or toggle logic for “submit for review”.
• Improve accessibility of settings sidebar tabs.
• Improve the header toolbar aria-label.
• Add styles to stop Classic block buttons from inheriting italics from themes.
• Add aria-label to links that open in new windows.
• Add more descriptive aria-labels for the open and closed states of sidebar settings.
• Add key event handler to activate block styles with keyboard.
• Add field that allows changing image alt text from the sidebar in Media & Text.
• Add aria-label to describe action of featured image update button.
• Restore displaying formatting shortcuts in toolbar.
• Add i18n context to “Resolve” button for invalid blocks.
• Update the editor styles wrapper to avoid specificity issues.

Bug Fixes

• Fix converting a reusable block with nested blocks into a static block.
• Fix regression with mobile toolbar spacing.
• Fix size regression in block icon.
• Fix multi-selected warning block highlight.
• Fix: Show resizer on “Media & Text” block on unified toolbar mode
• Fix some RichText shortcuts and add e2e tests.
• Fix issue with tertiary button hit areas.
• Fix issue with unified toolbar not always fitting in smaller viewports.
• Fix issue with “remove tag” button in long tag names.
• Fix rich text value for nested lists.
• Use color function for defining the background in DateTimePicker.
  
• Fix usage of preg_quote() in block parsing.
• Fix flow of scheduling and then publishing.
• Fix focus issue on Gallery remove button.
• Fix keyboard interaction (up/down arrow keys) causing focus to transfer out of the default block’s insertion menu.
• Fix regression causing dynamic blocks not rendering in the frontend.
• Fix vertical alignment issue on Media & Text block.
• Fix some linter errors in master branch.
• Fix dash line in More/Next-Page blocks.
• Fix missing Categories block label.
• Fix embedding and demo tests.
• Fix issue with vanilla stylesheet.
• Fix documentation for openModal() and closeModal().
• Fix blocks navigation menu SVG icon size.
• Fix link popover keyboard accessibility.
• Fix issue with multiselect using shift + arrow.
• Fix issue with format placeholder.
• Fix Safari issue where hover outlines sometimes linger.
• Resolve an issue where the “Copy Post Text” button in the error boundary would not actually copy post text, since it used a legacy retrieval method for post content.

Other Changes

• Make preview placeholder text translatable.
• Load translations in the reusable block listing page.
• Avoid adding isDirty prop to DOM.
• Improve translation string and replace placeholder handling for MediaPlaceholder instructions.
• Refactor rich text package to avoid using blocks packages as a dependency.
• Handle 204 response code in API Fetch.
• Remove HTML source string normalization.
• Normalize function arguments in Block API.
• Remove unused code path.
• Deprecate layout attribute.
• Add class for -dropdown/-list in Archives block.
• Update registration method signature of RichText.
• Add filter for preloading API paths.
• Add missing @return tag to gutenberg_meta_box_save_redirect() function.
• Rename id attribute to tipId in DotTip.
• Only silence REST errors if the REST server is present
• Use consistent help text in DatePicker.
• Export both the DropZone and MediaPlaceholder editor components with the withFilters HOC.
• Remove “half” keyword from Media & Text block.
• Remove redundant hooks initialization.
• Mark getSettings in Date package as experimental.
• Remove unused variable fallbacks in RichText.
• Improve the Toggle Control elements DOM order for better accessibility.
• Mark Reusable blocks API as experimental pending future refactor.
• Set correct media type for video poster image and manage focus properly.
• Avoid PHP notices due to non-available meta boxes.
• Implement fetchAllMiddleware to handle per_page=-1 through pagination in wp.apiFetch.
• Add do’s and don’ts to block design documentation.
• Update creating-dynamic-blocks.md.
• Update editor package changelog.
• Add notices package.
• Add styles property to block-api.md.
• Add documentation for responsive-embeds theme option.
• Add missing e2e tests for Plugins API.
• Add an eslint rule to use cross-environment SVG primitives.
• Use turbo-combine-reducers in place of Redux. Swap the implementation of combineReducers from Redux to a performance-optimized drop-in variant.
  
• Update react-click-outside to 3.0.
• Update @wordpress/hooks README to include namespace mention.

Mobile

• Fix Heading blocks validation errors after block splitting
• Expose setUnregisteredTypeHandlerName / getUnregisteredTypeHandlerName for mobile.
• Fix a refresh issue with iOS when splitting blocks.
• Simplify onEnter handling.
• Hook onBackSpace in RichText component.
• Introduce the ability to merge two blocks together on Backspace.
• Properly refresh blocks when merging them under iOS.
• Port nextpage block to the ReactNative mobile app.