Comments on: Dev Chat agenda, November 22, 2023

By: Sal Ferrarello

Sal Ferrarello — Thu, 23 Nov 2023 12:16:39 +0000

In reply to Lax Mariappan.

Thanks Lax, you’re the best :highfive:

By: Abha Thakor

Abha Thakor — Wed, 22 Nov 2023 23:28:51 +0000

In reply to Lax Mariappan.

Thanks both.

By: Abha Thakor

Abha Thakor — Wed, 22 Nov 2023 23:27:54 +0000

Another post to raise awareness of https://make.wordpress.org/meta/2023/11/22/plugin-directory-preview-button-revisited/

By: Lax Mariappan

Lax Mariappan — Wed, 22 Nov 2023 22:08:44 +0000

In reply to Sal Ferrarello.

@salcode, we discussed this on the dev chat. Thanks for the patch; it works as expected, per my testing. I’ve added a comment on the trac ticket.

By: Sal Ferrarello

Sal Ferrarello — Wed, 22 Nov 2023 19:06:23 +0000

Would you please raise https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/59758 at devchat. This ticket has a patch but hasn’t had any recent movement.

By: Abha Thakor

Abha Thakor — Wed, 22 Nov 2023 18:11:12 +0000

For the Highlighted Posts section of the agenda

What’s New in Gutenberg 17.1 is just out!
https://make.wordpress.org/core/2023/11/22/whats-new-in-gutenberg-17-1-22-november/

By: Abha Thakor

Abha Thakor — Wed, 22 Nov 2023 11:23:13 +0000

In reply to Brian Haas.

Thanks Brian and for the reply on Slack too. I will flag this up to be highlighted at the meeting.

By: Brian Haas

Brian Haas — Wed, 22 Nov 2023 06:55:53 +0000

Hey @webcommsat
Would be great if you could raise https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/59866 in devchat and ask if anyone is able to help testing in order to get this into the next release.

Thanks!

By: Abha Thakor

Abha Thakor — Tue, 21 Nov 2023 22:17:35 +0000

Thank you @annezazu .

By: annezazu

annezazu — Tue, 21 Nov 2023 21:20:59 +0000

Update for Core I’ve raised my hand to help with a roadmap to 6.5 post, pulling together various updates and plans across the project. This includes the following known and major efforts that I pass along for curious parties:

Partial sync patterns: having syncing of layout and styling with each instance of a pattern having the option for unique content.
DataViews: an effort to provide an improved and reusable UI for various screens in WordPress that show a collection if items.
Font Library: install, remove, and activate fonts across your site.
Block Renaming: the ability to rename (most but not all) blocks for improved organization.
Decoupling block themes into composable parts: taking the pieces of block themes (patterns, templates, styles) and ensuring they can mixed & matched in the future.
Canvas and sidebar interaction polish: catch all for polishing microinteractions in the creation experience.
Custom Fields: Using the Block Bindings API, support for the “meta_fields” source to connect block attributes and custom fields.
Reference the navigation overlay as a template part: this addresses longstanding feedback to have improved responsive control by allowing separate customization of the navigation block overlay (aka a different menu on “mobile”).
Block Bindings API: Internal API to connect block attributes and different sources. Helps underpin both custom fields and partially synced patterns work.
Block Hooks: an API that allows a dynamic block to hook into the rendering of another block, enabling a block to render its content before or after another block.
Section Specific Theme.json and Colorways: This option would only be available for Group blocks for 6.5 in a code only way except for a minimal UI. These styles would apply curated color, typography, border styles etc along with styles for elements (links, buttons etc).
Improved style revisions: adding pagination, more details to what’s changed, and more.
Add appearance tools to Classic Themes: an effort to bring many advancements in appearance tools to classic themes.

Expect more details in the 6.5 roadmap post to come and don’t expect future updates from the Core Editor crew to be so expansive going forward! Feedback always welcome either way. In other news, Gutenberg 17.1 is set to be released this week with some improvements to patterns, style revisions, and writing flow.