Gutenberg + Themes: Week of August 30, 2021


Hello! This is the 63rd weekly roundup of theme-related discussions, fixes, and developments in Gutenberg.

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

Active Issues / Discussions & PRs

  • Themes: theme.json v2 #34349
  • Themes: Block Gap: Add configuration for horizontal and vertical block gaps #34347
  • Themes: Disable the wide width control if the theme does not provide a layout.wideWidth value #34507
  • Themes: Allow disabling text and background color via theme.json #34414
  • Themes: Track changes in the size of the global stylesheet #34329
  • Themes: Allow filtering the alignment options of blocks via theme.json #34317
  • Themes: Allow themes with theme.json to opt-out of block gap styles #34491
  • Themes: Add default editor styles applied to themes without theme.json and without editor styles #34439
  • Themes: Add basic support for child themes #34354
  • Themes: Sidebar/widget block #33952
  • Themes: Make it possible to define duotone settings in theme.json #34073
  • FSE: Site editor template mosaic view #33770
  • GS: Remove custom prefixes from properties that did not land in 5.8 #34485
  • GS: merge block CSS with theme.json styles #34180
  • GS: API to allow blocks to access global styles. #34178
  • Blocks: Post Navigation Link: Add typography settings #34381
  • Typography Tools: Tracking #34345

Merged/Fixed/Announced

  • Themes: Make global styles available to all themes #34334

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