Gutenberg + Themes: Week of August 23, 2021


Hello! This is the 62nd weekly roundup of theme-related discussions, fixes, and developments in Gutenberg. Thanks @mikachan for compiling!

As always, please weigh in on the tickets below — your feedback is crucial and appreciated. 

Active Issues / Discussions & PRs

  • Themes: CSS Output when theme.json is empty #34205
  • Themes: Consider adding form elements to the theme.json elements block #34198
  • Themes: consider loading user styles after theme styles #34141
  • Themes: Allow for Global Block-level configuration of duotone #34122
  • Themes: [Columns] Width listed in px rather than percentage #34096 
  • Themes: Enable transparency for duotone #34130
  • FSE: get_the_permalink should reflect the FSE permalink when used with Blocks #34271
  • FSE: ​​Explore “Site Branding” patterns for Site Title, Site Logo, Site Tagline #34123
  • FSE: Improve the error handling for invalid JSON #34119
  • FSE: Directory for Templates and Template Parts #34081
  • FSE: Add basic support for child themes #34354
  • GS: [RNMobile] Pullquote Block: Changes to Colours Not Reflected in Editor #34358
  • GS: Track changes in the size of the global stylesheet #34329
  • GS: Make the global stylesheet available for all themes #34328
  • GS: Allow filtering the alignment options of blocks via theme.json #34317
  • GS: Border control: Add padding when a border is set #34315
  • GS: Sidebar: allow resetting the value of the line-height provided by the user #34260
  • GS: Theme.json -Adding color to the search block changes the wrong element #34216
  • GS: Provide means to enable/disable Global-level configuration of blocks #34206

Merged/Fixed/Announced

  • GS: Fix block-level global styles color panels #34293

Overview Issues

  • Global Styles: Design Tools Overview #33447
  • Block Styles Breakdown #20331

General Resources:

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