Widgets to blocks
The experimental widgets screen introduced in Gutenberg 5.8 is still being iterated on. Feedback is being collected in the GitHub issue, and there’s a short-term project board to track tasks.
Block Directory
Work on the block directory is continuing, with lots of great discussion happening in the GitHub issues and in the Figma file. Expect a summary post with updated designs soon.
Accessibility
- Support for the
reduce-motionmedia query has been added to all animations and transitions throughout Gutenberg. - PRs have been opened to begin working through some text zoom issues identified in the Tenon report:
- Contributors are considering an update to improve contrast for modal overlays.
- During last Friday’s Accessibility chat, there was some cross-team discussion around accessibility issues with the sidebar paradigm used in Gutenberg. A small team has been discussing and sketching up issues, and hopes to share some thoughts soon.
Tightening up
- “Snackbar” notifications have been added to Gutenberg, and enhanced with animation. Detailed design and accessibility documentation for these notifications is looking for feedback.
- Improvements to how the spacer block works alongside floated images.
- Line breaks have been cleaned up in the Media + Text block.
- The Table block placeholder has been redesigned.
- Inline text color controls are being designed and built.
- An exploration into adding the slash (“/”) inserter in the post title input is in progress.
There’s also been a lot of great work regarding nested blocks this week:
- The ability to Group and Ungroup blocks has been merged in.
- This arrived alongside updated iconography for the Group block and its actions.
- Keyboard shortcuts for these actions are in the works.
- Contributors are discussing possible clarification to the copy around Group blocks. Feel free to share thoughts in the ticket.
- A “clickthrough” approach for working with nested blocks has also been merged. Look for upcoming enhancements to this feature to make to further improve the way we interact with nested blocks.
Finally, a reminder that there’s a plan to run a usability testing table for Gutenberg at WCEU. Read about the plans and sign up to get involved.
Thank you for reading and for all your contributions. I hope everyone has a great weekend!