Gutenberg + Themes: Week of July 26, 2021


Hello! This is the 59th 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. 

Issues / Discussions & PRs

  • Themes: Cover block: Text color #33723
  • Themes/GS: theme.json Global Styles: font family CSS not output on the frontend #33681
  • Themes: Weird theme.json behavior: block specific typography settings #33436
  • Themes: custom vars not working in edit/sote #33300
  • Themes/GS: Standardizing required theme CSS Variables #33180
  • Themes: Request for theme support option to enable and disable “full height alignment” #32900
  • Themes: Enable customization of the “full height alignment” value in Gutenberg, possibly changing it to add a CSS class rather than inline CSS #32899
  • Themes: A theme.json from child theme is not merged with the one in parent theme #33512
  • Themes: Query Pagination Next: Add an arrow attribute #33656
  • Themes/FSE: theme.json properties can’t be overridden in PHP #33367
  • FSE: Template Part placeholder – Add title step to creation flow. #33703
  • FSE: Query Title: add Search and 404 page titles #33515
  • FSE: Add credit block #33475
  • GS: Duotone filter: Allow theme.json to set default filters for blocks #33642
  • GS: Dimensions Panel: Add new progressive disclosure panel and update spacing supports #32392

Merged/Fixed/Announced

  • Themes: I18n: Fix broken loop in WP_Theme_JSON_Resolver #33624
  • FSE: Query Pagination: Update the arrows on the Next and Prev pagination blocks #33626
  • GS: Global Styles: Avoid rendering duplicate elements stylesheet #33680

Overview Issues

  • Global Styles: Design Tools Overview #33447

General Resources:

Thanks @mikachan for compiling with this week’s summary. Please comment if there’s something you’d like to highlight 🙂

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