Gutenberg + Themes: Week of May 17, 2021


Hello! This is the 49th weekly roundup of theme-related discussions, fixes, and developments in Gutenberg.  

Please weigh in on the tickets below — your feedback is crucial and appreciated.

Issues / Discussions & PRs

  • Themes: Post featured image: add alignfull/wide styles #32070
  • Themes: Featured Image Block: fix img alignment styles #31940
  • Themes: Refactor nav block paddings/margins to inherit global styles. #31878
  • Themes: Discussion: Block Theme Developer Documentation #31999
  • Themes: Feedback on custom templates and switching themes #31954
  • Themes: Consider new label and copy for Layout controls #31950
  • Themes: Split theme.css styles loading #31239
  • FSE: Template editor and front-end alignment styles do not match #32069 
  • FSE: Undo/Redo Behavior in Template Editing Mode is inconsistent/confusing #31948
  • FSE: Hide the “Post *” blocks in the post editor #81830
  • FSE: (Optionally) rendering classic navigation data source in Navigation Block #30852
  • Templates: Remove now-obsolete gutenberg_get_template_paths() #32066
  • FSE: Try: Obscure edit-ability of post content blocks in the template editor #31461
  • FSE: Align block hover and select styles across list view, site editor, select mode #31277
  • Themes: Styling the Post Terms divider #31710
  • Themes: Discussion: Including images in FSE HTML templates #31815
  • FSE: Hybrid themes don’t work if the fallback is block-based #31633 
  • FSE: Filter page_template stopped working with active Gutenberg plugin >= 10.5.0 #31699 
  • FSE:  Bundle query-title and post-title into one block #31717
  • Post Excerpt Block: “Read More” styled incorrectly with Global Styles #31797 

Merged/Fixed

  • Headings block: add support for font weight #27639
  • Themes: Hide the PostAuthor block behind the Gutenberg experimental flag #31983
  • Themes: Substitute CSS Custom Property by the mechanism used in layout and duotone #31488
  • Themes: Option to disable duotone #31764
  • Themes:  Allow more complex contentWidth & wideWidth values #31740
  • FSE: Featured Image block needs size settings #31323
  • FSE: Template part ‘replace’ flow – don’t show currently used template part as option. #31720
  • FSE: Template part placeholders – use label and icon per variation. #31721 
  • FSE: register template part variations server side. #31761
  • Post editor: fix wrapper block name for template mode #31985
  • FSE: Fixes FSE Navigation sub-menu item styling regression #31754

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

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