Gutenberg + Themes: Week of September 20, 2021


Hello! This is the 66th 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. A special thanks to @mikachan for compiling this collection.

Active Issues / Discussions & PRs

  • Themes: Post Comments Loop Block: Tracking issue #34994
  • Themes: Query pagination does not output paged and paged-number body classes #34898
  • Themes: theme.json: support a description value for templateParts #34723
    Themes: Font family: switch from CSS Custom Property to classes #31910
  • FSE: Post Comments Loop Block: Tracking issue #34994
  • GS: Core/Button .is-style-outline overwrites theme.json padding settings for default button padding #34853
  • GS: Document how to include to a 3rd party typeface in global styles #34752
  • GS: Try: add get_settings_from_theme function to get data from the theme’s theme.json #34843
  • GS: theme.json can’t have comments #35099
  • GS: theme.json: whether or not to allow targeting settings that are specific to the block #35114
  • GS: Implicit Text, Hover, Focus Colors as Part of Color Palette #34717
  • DT: Duotone/Filters: Add option to set on entire gallery #34950
  • DT: Migrate buttons & navigation to flex layout #34872

Merged/Fixed/Announced

  • Themes: Fix block gap added to the block templates skip link #34986
  • FSE: Add basic support for child themes #34354
  • GS: Fix theme supports for themes without theme.json #34955
  • DT: Unit Control: Always display current unit value if valid #34768

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