Hey all! Now that we’re in the second half of the year, design reviews and feedback are extremely crucial to help keep development moving.
Widgets to blocks
Looking back on the list of issues that stemmed from a design review regarding the block areas screen and Customizer, it’s great to see these getting attention. If you haven’t had the opportunity to test the new widgets screen in wp-admin, please do! Gutenberg 6.2 reveals this screen in the plugin’s menu.
In Gutenberg 6.3, a new Experiments setting page is being introduced which will offer the ability to turn on/off the new widgets/block areas screen.
Navigation block
As mentioned last week, the Navigation block is going through a design pivot. This is leading to some really interesting design explorations like this one about including existing block patterns.
Tightening up
- The alternative modal design (full-screen) is gaining interest.
- A dimension control component (block margins and padding) needs design feedback.
- Gutenberg inline tips are about ready for merging.
- Separator block refinements
- Grid system with snap ability.
- Adding rounded corners to Gallery and Image blocks.
- Mobile web: Make tapping at end of post always insert at end of post.
Block Directory
There’s some excellent development on the Block Directory which was posted recently.
New blocks
Thanks for reading, staying informed, and contributing anywhere you can!