Gutenberg + Themes: Week of Feb 25, 2021


Hello! This is the 39th weekly roundup of theme-related discussions, fixes, and developments in Gutenberg. 

Please weigh in on the tickets below — your voice and feedback are welcome! 

Issues / Discussions & PRs:

  • FSE: Noto Serif Font Missing in GB 10.0 29177
  • FSE: Add support for body_class and post_class 29308
  • FSE: Template Navigation: previews are rendered but not shown on smaller screens 29278
  • FSE: Template Navigation: Improve template and content preview performance 29276
  • FSE: Rethink block alignments. 29335
  • FSE: Site Editor: template part border disappears when hovering over nested blocks 29258
  • FSE: Feedback on adding a background image to a template part 29238
  • FSE: Navigation block: Trying to add link results in block error when editing in Template Parts 29237
  • FSE: Navigation Block: cannot “Add all pages” when directly editing a Template Part 29236
  • FSE: Feedback and questions about the FSE (also a part of FSE call for testing) 29228
  • FSE: Site Editor: theme styles are not applied in template previews 29166
  • FSE: Ensure there’s a mechanism for disabling creation of new templates 29144
  • FSE: Site Editor: not possible to change site icon 29126
  • FSE: Add `full and wide` align controls to Query and Query Pagination blocks 29289
  • FSE: Fix Site title: Different markup in the editor and on the frontend 29021
  • FSE: First step towards hybrid themes: Fallback to PHP templates 29026
  • Themes: Post Excerpt: Read more link/button 29168
  • Themes: Global Styles: Form elements 29167
  • Themes: WP Block Styles: Only load in the editor if a theme opts in 29252
  • Themes: Editor Styles: Add a transform for button rules 29229
  • Themes: [Discussion] Hybrid themes: Templating hierarchies 29024
  • Themes: Mitigate CSS inheritance from wp-block auto margins 28878
  • Themes: Improve dropcap behavior 28685

Merged/fixed:

  • FSE: Improve loading method for block styles 28358
  • FSE: Site Editor: Fix navigate-to-link error 29239
  • FSE: Use a modal for the template part creation flow 29108
  • FSE: Fix cursor on rich text blocks when outline mode is active 29106
  • FSE: Site Editor: Fix misalignment with navigation toggle and header 29093

Overview Issues:

  • Covering All Features of Template Tags in Full Site Editing (FSE) 22724

General Resources:

Thanks to @kjellr, @scruffian, and @joen for help pulling this post together. Please let us know if it was helpful in the comments! 

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