6.7.0 RC1

Features

• Add gradient backgrounds support to the Button block.

Bug Fixes

• i18n : Include the plural version of the “remove block” string. [1]

• Update dropdown menu items to match hover style in other places. [2] [17]

• Smoothly reposition Popovers on scroll. [3]

• Fix margin styles for Gallery and Social links blocks. [4]

• Fix popovers hidden on mobile. [5]

• Ensure sidebar plugins do not get auto-closed when opened on small screens. [6]

• Fix the design of the Checkbox component in IE11. [7]

• Add has-text-color classname to heading block. [8]

• Prevent figure margin reset CSS from being included in the frontend. [9]

• Fix the scaling of the pinned plugins menu icons. [12]

• Fix Heading and paragraph colors not applied inside the cover block. [13]

• Close Nux tips when clicking outside the tip. [14]

• Fix meta attribute source for post types other than post. [15]

• Fix ”Open in New Tab” not being persisted. [16]

• Fix redo behavior and expand test coverage. [18][30]

• I18n: Fix missing translation for the “All content copied” string. [19]

• Fix the block preview padding in themes with custom backgrounds. [20]

• Fix merging list blocks with indented list items. [21]

• Fix inline image controls display condition. [22]

• Fix clicking the redirect element focuses the inserted paragraph. [23]

• Fix editing meta attributes with multiple set to true. [24]

• Add No Preview Available text to the inserter preview panel. [25]

• Prevent block controls from disappearing when switching the List block type. [26]

• Avoid trailing space at the end of a translatable string. [27]

• Fix left aligned nested blocks. [28]

• Fix the top margin of the RadioControl help text. [32]

• Fix invalid HTML used in the Featured Image panel. [33]

• Make sure that all edits after saving are considered persistent by default. [34]

• Ensure that sidebar is closed on the first visit on small screens. [35]

• Update the columns block example to avoid overlapping issues. [36]

• Remove unnecessary default styles for H2 heading inside Cover blocks. [37]

• Fix Media & Text block alignment in IE11. [38]

• Remove unnecessary padding in the Columns block. [40]

• Fix the Columns block height in IE11. [41]

• Correctly update RichText value after undo. [42]

• Prevent the snackbar link components from hiding on focus. [43]

• Fix block toolbar position in IE11. [44]

Performance

• Avoid continuously reset browser selection (improve typing performance in iOS). [39]

Enhancements

• Polish FontSize Picker design.

• Use body color for the post publish panel.

• Limit the width and height of the pinnable plugins icons.

• Add a max width to the Search block input.

Experiments

• Menu Navigation block:

• Implement initial state containing top level pages.

• Fix menu alignment.

• Fix the classname in frontend.

• Block Directory

• Change the relative time string.

• Widgets Screen

• Fix the styling of the inspector panel.

Documentation

• Fix @wordpress/data-controls examples.

• Typos and tweaks: 1, 2.

Various

• Introduce the @wordpress/env package, A zero-config, self contained local WordPress environment for development and testing.

• Add Storybook to develop and showcase UI components:

• Add ButtonGroup component.

• Add ScrollLock component.

• Add Animate component.

• Add Icon and IconButton components.

• Add ClipboardButton component.

• Add ColorIndicator component.

• Remove RichText wrapper and use Popover for the inline toolbar.

• Improve the way the lock file handles local dependencies.

• Refactor ColorPalette by extracting its design.

• Improve E2E test reliability by consuming synchronous data and bailing on save failure.

• Replace the isDismissable prop with isDismissible in the Modal component.

• Add eslint-plugin-jest to the default @wordpress/scripts linting config. [10]

• Updated to the latest version of webpack for @wordpress/scripts build and start commands. [11]

• Cleanup Dashicon component.

• Update the Excerpt help link.

• Release tool: fix wrong package.json used when bumping the stable released version.

• Fix several typos in code and files.

• Update E2E tests to accommodate WP 5.3 Beta 3 changes. [22]

• Define the “sideEffects” property for @WordPress packages. [29]

• Add nested embed e2e test.

• I18N: Always return the translation file prefixed with gutenberg-.

• Use wp.org CDN for images used in block preview. [45]