Gutenberg + Themes: Week of September 27, 2021

Hello! This is the 67th weekly roundup of theme-related discussions, fixes, and developments in GutenbergGutenberg The Gutenberg project is the new Editor Interface for WordPress. The editor improves the process and experience of creating new content, making writing rich content much simpler. It uses ‘blocks’ to add richness rather than shortcodes, custom HTML etc. https://wordpress.org/gutenberg/.

As always, please weigh in on the tickets below — your feedback is crucial and appreciated. 

Active Issues / Discussions & PRs

  • DT: theme.jsonJSON JSON, or JavaScript Object Notation, is a minimal, readable format for structuring data. It is used primarily to transmit data between a server and web application, as an alternative to XML. can’t have comments #35099 
  • DT: Navigation BlockBlock Block is the abstract term used to describe units of markup that, composed together, form the content or layout of a webpage using the WordPress editor. The idea combines concepts of what in the past may have achieved with shortcodes, custom HTML, and embed discovery into a single consistent API and user experience.: add block gap support #35277 
  • DT: Block Supports: Switch dimensions inspector controls slot to bubble virtually #34725 
  • DT:  Columns block: Enable blockGap and vertical margin support #34630 
  • GS: Implicit Text, Hover, Focus Colors as Part of Color Palette #34717 
  • GS: Refactor how the Global Styles access and sets data #35264 
  • GS: Global Styles: fix presets that use a callback to validate user data #35255 
  • GS: Consider loading user styles after theme styles #34141 
  • FSEFSE Short for Full Site Editing, a project for the Gutenberg plugin and the editor where a full page layout is created using only blocks.: Post Comments Pagination Previous block #35009 
  • FSE: Post Comments Pagination Numbers block #35010 
  • FSE: Post Comments Query LoopLoop The Loop is PHP code used by WordPress to display posts. Using The Loop, WordPress processes each post to be displayed on the current page, and formats it according to how it matches specified criteria within The Loop tags. Any HTML or PHP code in the Loop will be processed on each post. https://codex.wordpress.org/The_Loop. block #34996 
  • FSE: Navigation Block: save data to a custom post typeCustom Post Type WordPress can hold and display many different types of content. A single item of such a content is generally called a post, although post is also a specific post type. Custom Post Types gives your site the ability to have templated posts, to simplify the concept. #34612 
  • Themes: theme.json: whether or not to allow targeting settings that are specific to the block #35114 
  • Themes: Adding special user defined settings to theme.json #34755 

Merged/Fixed/Announced

  • DT: Fix native BlockAlignmentControl #35191 
  • GS: simplify code that deals with user data for clarity #35248 
  • GS: Polish global styles preview. #35244 
  • GS: Add Padding to the root level of global styles #35241 
  • GS: simplify how we register preset metadata #35228 
  • GS: Block gap: Only render CSSCSS CSS is an acronym for cascading style sheets. This is what controls the design or look and feel of a site. variable if corresponding theme setting is enabled #35209 
  • GS: Update the rules to hide/show blocks in the global styles sidebarSidebar A sidebar in WordPress is referred to a widget-ready area used by WordPress themes to display information that is not a part of the main content. It is not always a vertical column on the side. It can be a horizontal rectangle below or above the content area, footer, header, or any where in the theme. #35178 
  • GS: Extract the color palette to its own global styles screen #35109 
  • Themes: Add duotone theme.json styles support #34667 

Overview Issues

  • GS: The Global Styles Interface #34574  
  • FSE: Post Comments Loop Block: Tracking issue #34994 

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Thanks @danieldudzic for your help with this week’s summary. Please comment if there’s something you’d like to highlight 🙂

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Gutenberg + Themes: Week of September 20, 2021

Hello! This is the 66th weekly roundup of theme-related discussions, fixes, and developments in GutenbergGutenberg The Gutenberg project is the new Editor Interface for WordPress. The editor improves the process and experience of creating new content, making writing rich content much simpler. It uses ‘blocks’ to add richness rather than shortcodes, custom HTML etc. https://wordpress.org/gutenberg/.

As always, please weigh in on the tickets below — your feedback is crucial and appreciated. A special thanks to @mikachan for compiling this collection.

Active Issues / Discussions & PRs

  • Themes: Post Comments LoopLoop The Loop is PHP code used by WordPress to display posts. Using The Loop, WordPress processes each post to be displayed on the current page, and formats it according to how it matches specified criteria within The Loop tags. Any HTML or PHP code in the Loop will be processed on each post. https://codex.wordpress.org/The_Loop. BlockBlock Block is the abstract term used to describe units of markup that, composed together, form the content or layout of a webpage using the WordPress editor. The idea combines concepts of what in the past may have achieved with shortcodes, custom HTML, and embed discovery into a single consistent API and user experience.: Tracking issue #34994
  • Themes: Query pagination does not output paged and paged-number body classes #34898
  • Themes: theme.jsonJSON JSON, or JavaScript Object Notation, is a minimal, readable format for structuring data. It is used primarily to transmit data between a server and web application, as an alternative to XML.: support a description value for templateParts #34723
    Themes: Font family: switch from CSSCSS CSS is an acronym for cascading style sheets. This is what controls the design or look and feel of a site. Custom Property to classes #31910
  • FSEFSE Short for Full Site Editing, a project for the Gutenberg plugin and the editor where a full page layout is created using only blocks.: Post Comments Loop Block: Tracking issue #34994
  • GS: CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress./Button .is-style-outline overwrites theme.json padding settings for default button padding #34853
  • GS: Document how to include to a 3rd party typeface in global styles #34752
  • GS: Try: add get_settings_from_theme function to get data from the theme’s theme.json #34843
  • GS: theme.json can’t have comments #35099
  • GS: theme.json: whether or not to allow targeting settings that are specific to the block #35114
  • GS: Implicit Text, Hover, Focus Colors as Part of Color Palette #34717
  • DT: Duotone/Filters: Add option to set on entire gallery #34950
  • DT: Migrate buttons & navigation to flex layout #34872

Merged/Fixed/Announced

  • Themes: Fix block gap added to the block templates skip link #34986
  • FSE: Add basic support for child themes #34354
  • GS: Fix theme supports for themes without theme.json #34955
  • DT: Unit Control: Always display current unit value if valid #34768

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Gutenberg + Themes: Week of September 13, 2021

Hello! This is the 65th weekly roundup of theme-related discussions, fixes, and developments in GutenbergGutenberg The Gutenberg project is the new Editor Interface for WordPress. The editor improves the process and experience of creating new content, making writing rich content much simpler. It uses ‘blocks’ to add richness rather than shortcodes, custom HTML etc. https://wordpress.org/gutenberg/.

As always, please weigh in on the tickets below — your feedback is crucial and appreciated.

Active Issues / Discussions & PRs

  • GS: theme.jsonJSON JSON, or JavaScript Object Notation, is a minimal, readable format for structuring data. It is used primarily to transmit data between a server and web application, as an alternative to XML.: support a description value for templateParts #34723
  • GS: CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress./Button .is-style-outline overwrites theme.json padding settings for default button padding #34853
  • GS: Document how to include to a 3rd party typeface in global styles #34752
  • GS: Add Support for Named Sections of Color Palettes #34741
  • GS: Implicit Text, Hover, Focus Colors as Part of Color Palette #34717
  • GS: Add duotone theme.json styles support #34667
  • FSEFSE Short for Full Site Editing, a project for the Gutenberg plugin and the editor where a full page layout is created using only blocks.: Migrate buttons & navigation to flex layout #34872
  • FSE: BlockBlock Block is the abstract term used to describe units of markup that, composed together, form the content or layout of a webpage using the WordPress editor. The idea combines concepts of what in the past may have achieved with shortcodes, custom HTML, and embed discovery into a single consistent API and user experience. supports: margin/padding controls not showing in the Block Editor when enabled at theme.json settings block level. #34766
  • FSE: Visualise box model properties on the canvas when interacting with spacing controls #34703
  • FSE: Add basic support for child themes #34354
  • Themes: Try: add get_settings_from_theme function to get data from the theme’s theme.json #34843
  • Themes: Experiment with allowing Theme JSON to control Navigation block within the Navigation Editor screen #34784
  • Themes: Query pagination does not output paged and paged-number body classes #34898

Merged/Fixed/Announced

  • Cache global stylesheet keyed by theme #34704
  • Clean theme data when switching themes in the customizerCustomizer Tool built into WordPress core that hooks into most modern themes. You can use it to preview and modify many of your site’s appearance settings. #34540
  • Fix for link color in containers #34689

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