Hi, all! Here are a few projects the Design Team has contributed to over the past couple of weeks.
Twenty Twenty-Three default theme kickoff
An experimental new process was kicked off for designing the style variation-focused Twenty Twenty-Three theme with a post on the Make Design blog. Join us in the Making WordPress Slack channel: core-themes-projects.
Visual template building
A number of recent / upcoming developments present an opportunity to implement a more visual, and flexible template creation experience. @jameskoster explored more here.
Pre-publish sidebar summary section
@javiarce published a proposal to improve the pre-publish sidebar with a summary section that includes the document title, excerpt, featured image, tags, and categories.
Editor welcome guide with setup
We have a number of useful appearance and accessibility options in the Editor. To enable folks to customize their editing experience from the get-go, @jameskoster has been exploring a way to surface these options as a part of the on-boarding process. He recently shared a post on the Make Design blog requesting feedback on the proposal.
Openverse header
@fcoveram continued with the Openverse header, this new version proposes shifting the content type and filtering on a popover without leaving the page.
Global Styles previews
When customizing block defaults (in Global Styles → Blocks), there isn’t always an in-canvas preview present for the block you’re customizing. By including a preview in the inspector, you can nevertheless get a sense of your changes. @joen explored this in a ticket.
Stepped Slider
The stepped slider is a new UI control that lets users take advantage of preset spacing values. The effort unearthed some interesting challenges around how to present indeterminate states, and the control is likely to evolve further in the future. Dive into the conversation on the ticket.
If you have updates you’d like to include in the next Design Share, please drop a note in the Design channel on the Making WordPress Slack.