Our final update for August aims to add further clarity to some coreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. interactions, as well as fixing many issues. Notably, we are expanding on the previously called “Fixed Toolbar” mode — now named Unified Toolbar — as an optional mode for a more traditional writing environment. In our testing, this mode tends to be preferred by more experienced users who don’t mind the disconnect between the tools and the content blocks. There’s also an additional setting which focuses the editing experience on a single 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. at a time, as well as de-emphasizing some of the block boundaries. These tools can be combined at will to better suit personal preferences and creative workflows.

There are many improvements to individual blocks, conversions, templates, and interactions. We want to say thank you again to everyone who is engaging, raising concerns or making suggestions, and collaborating in making the project better with each release.

3.7 🛵

• New “Spotlight Mode” that focuses on a single block at a time and an updated “Unified Toolbar” design. Both can be combined.
• Refactor to how image floats are handled.
  
• Improve visual clarity of block switcher menu.
• Add a delay to the block type label when hovering.
• Allow converting a multiline-paragraph into a list with corresponding items.
• Position caret at end of previous block for any type of block removal.
• Automatically create an Audio block when drag-and-dropping an audio file.
• Update icons used for Paragraph, Heading, and Subheading blocks for added clarity.
  
• Adhere to OS guidelines when showing keyboard shortcuts (icons for Mac).
• Improve link insertion by continuing to show highlighted text when URLURL A specific web address of a website or web page on the Internet, such as a website’s URL www.wordpress.org input is toggled.
• Automatically create a link when selected text is a URL.
• Expand on capabilities of invalidinvalid A resolution on the bug tracker (and generally common in software development, sometimes also notabug) that indicates the ticket is not a bug, is a support request, or is generally invalid. block actions by adding an ellipsis menu and an option to convert to classic block.
• Ignore leading slash when searching blocks in the inserter.
• Pass the title attribute when uploading an image.
• Allow blocks which support alignments to have a default option.
• Add poster image support for Video Block.
• Add support for preload attribute in Video Block.
• Add description for Reusable Blocks, show in the inspector.
• Update Heading Block description for clarity.
• Small design update to the editor fixed toolbar.
• Improve visual display of post visibility settings.
• Apply enhancements to the coloring mechanism and the exposed components (withColors).
• Only show transforms for blocks that can be inserted on the root block. Also orders them by frequency / use.
• Remove margin-bottom from the last element on panel body.
• Store and restore the global post object around dynamic block callbacks to allow for loops.
  
• Move first editor tip about inserter to the toolbar.
• Use double quotes in all NUX tips.
• Use sentence case for text in Tooltips.
• Only request embed preview if there is a URL.
• Change keyboard shortcut for remove block to Cmd+Shift+X / Ctrl+Shift+X.
• Reset value of RangeControl when setting it to empty.
• Add Text Columns → Columns transform.
  
• Add Code → Preformatted transform.
  
• Add “blockquote” as a keyword for the Quote block.
• Clear the floating element for clearing color values. Update the appearance so that it’s consistent with other button settings.
• Rewrite Table Block to use a simpler RichText value.
• Add RichText.isEmpty APIAPI An API or Application Programming Interface is a software intermediary that allows programs to interact with each other and share data in limited, clearly defined ways..
• Allow disabling Google Fonts URL by translators.
• Refactor post format block implementation to assign as template setting.
• Improve settings consistency of blocks under widgetWidget A WordPress Widget is a small block that performs a specific function. You can add these widgets in sidebars also known as widget-ready areas on your web page. WordPress widgets were originally created to provide a simple and easy-to-use way of giving design and structure control of the WordPress theme to the user. categoryCategory The 'category' taxonomy lets you group posts / content together that share a common bond. Categories are pre-defined and broad ranging..
• Fix issue where pasting malformed HTMLHTML HyperText Markup Language. The semantic scripting language primarily used for outputting content in web browsers. into a block the HTML tokenizer could break by wrapping it with an exception handler.
• Restore option to add links within a Verse Block.
• Fix excess whitespace in block style class name.
• Fix issue where hit-area for the inserter between blocks was not perfectly centered.
• Fix incorrect example code for withSelect higher-order component.
• Fix flex-box issue on IE11 for keyboard shortcuts help panel.
• Fix lint issues found in block-serialization-spec-parser packages.
• Fix malformed SVGs for Facebook.
• Fix issue with drag and drop for creating Video blocks.
• Fix small alignment issue with the inserter arrow.
• Fix issue with recent blocks showing on mobile.
• Fix another issue with page publishing.
• Fix issue with string that was not showing up for translationtranslation The process (or result) of changing text, words, and display formatting to support another language. Also see localization, internationalization..
• Fix left margin of Archives Block.
• Fix styling issue with block inserter.
• Fix regressionregression A software bug that breaks or degrades something that previously worked. Regressions are often treated as critical bugs or blockers. Recent regressions may be given higher priorities. A "3.6 regression" would be a bug in 3.6 that worked as intended in 3.5. with missing SVG roles and attributes.
• Fix script registration of TinyMCE to account for compression.
• Fix embed block pattern mismatch.
• Fix issue with tooltips not being shown on IconButtons with DotTip children.
• Fix some regressions with Table Block and make sure it behaves responsibly.
• Fix regression with textbox spacing and a focus issue.
• Resolve an issue where removing all blocks from a post with a template assigned would reintroduce the template blocks after saving and reloading the editor.
• Switch order of operations so that post content is parsed first regardless of the presence of a template.
• Add doAction when a deprecated feature is encountered.
• Deprecate Subheading block.
• Change title and description of Text Columns to include deprecation notice.
• Remove extra classNames from integration test.
• Make sure property for gallery=multiple is only set when type of media is image.
• Avoid changing the public API of the warning component to avoid potential backwards compatibility issues.
• Check for window in data registry.
• Update FocusableIframe component URL example.
• Drop explicit window reference from withSafeTimeout in compose.
• Prevent case where early editor checks might bail out preventing hidden metaMeta Meta is a term that refers to the inside workings of a group. For us, this is the team that works on internal WordPress sites like WordCamp Central and Make WordPress.-boxes from being actually hidden.
• Use “post” instead of “page” in the warning when the post contains blocks.
• Make alt text for image in example post translatable.
• Remove TinyMCE paste plugin as it’s absorbed in raw handling modules.
• Extract LinkContainer from FormatToolbar.
• Document how to add block style variations.
• Add mention of Material Design icons to the design docs.
• Update documentation for block controls.
• Extend guidelines for managing packages and publishing them to npm.
• Update contributing guidelines to include local wp dev instructions.
• Update FAQ doc with info about keyboard shortcuts.
• Update package-lock.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. to expected values.
• Deprecate onSetup and getSettings as unstable APIs from RichText.
• Some general updates to handbook documents.
• Add documentation about floats.
  
• Add e2e test for font size mechanism.
  
• Make usage of core-data explicit.
• Create new spec-parser package.
• Restores the test URL we should be using for e2e tests.
• Upgrade WP Coding Standards to 1.0.0.
• Update npm-package-json-lint lock to 3.3.1.
• Update stylelint to 9.5.0 and stylelint-config-wordpress to 13.1.0.
• Update lint-staged and docs/manifest.js.

Mobile Native

• Initial implementation of Toolbar.
  
• Add basic text toolbar actions.
  
• Update on the event interface for contentSizeChange on Aztec component.
  
• Fix toolbar status when pressing buttons on Android (and iOSiOS The operating system used on iPhones and iPads.).

3.6.2

• Resolve an issue where a filterFilter Filters are one of the two types of Hooks https://codex.wordpress.org/Plugin_API/Hooks. They provide a way for functions to modify data of other functions. They are the counterpart to Actions. Unlike Actions, filters are meant to work in an isolated manner, and should never have side effects such as affecting global variables and output. responsible for stripping dynamic blocks from excerpts was never properly removed. Causing blocks like “Latest Posts” not rendering under some circumstances.
• Restore min-width to popover menu.
• Fix regression with wide toolbar placement.
• Add e2e test for publishing a page.

3.6.1

• Fix issue with publishing pages.

Deprecations removed with this version.

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