21.5.0 RC1

Changelog

Features

Block Library

• Query Title: Add "Post Type Label" variation. (71167)

Enhancements

• DataForm: Panel layout can open as dropdown or modal. (71212)
• Move Style above Navigation in Command Pallete. (71265)
• Update @tannin/sprintf for full precision typing support in @wordpress/i18n's sprintf. (71185)

DataViews

• Add enableMoving option to the table layout to allow or disallow column moving left and right. (71120)
• Add smaller preview size to dataviews grid layout. (71077)
• Allow hiding configuration. (71173)
• DataForm: Add array control. (71136)
• DataForm: Add new card layout. (71100)
• DataViews story: Rename "Non-interactive" to "Minimal UI". (71178)
• Try adding optional infinite scroll to dataviews. (70955)

Block Library

• Add View button to navigation link blocks. (70986)
• Cover Block: Fix placeholder interaction in contentOnly mode. (70157)
• Rename Accordions block to Accordion. (71222)
• Video: Enable autoplay for video on iOS devices. (69380)

Components

• Calendar component: Adjusts the justification for the first and last days of the week. (71005)
• Form components: Support async validation. (71184)
• Primary button: Update disabled state to be less prominent. (70674)
• Update gradient-parser from 1.0.2 to 1.1.1. (71186)

Write mode

• Hide Cut/Copy commands in Write Mode (contentOnly). (71063)
• Restrict formatting controls in write mode (contentOnly). (71058)

Themes

• Support providing border radius presets. (67544)

Bug Fixes

• Block Comments: Remove period in comment UI text. (71234)
• Elements: Support unitless value in CSS custom properties. (70704)
• Fix horizontal overflow caused by long parent page names in Post Panel. (71117)

DataViews

• Fix DataViews primary actions horizontal layout consistency. (71274)
• Preview size picker falls back to the smallest available size. (71218)

Components

• DateCalendar, DateRangeCalendar: Use px instead of rem units, better theming support. (71248)
• MenuItem: Make accessible when disabled. (71251)

Block Library

• Media & Text: Retain 'useFeaturedImage' value during transformations. (71093)
• Post Excerpts Block: Fix "read more" theme override. (71179)

Write mode

• Fix: Hide crop and dimensions controls in site-logo block when in Write Mode. (71061)
• Fix: Hide heading level and alignment controls in site-title block when in contentOnly mode. (71057)

Block Editor

• Editor: Fix drag and drop to the top of the page. (71241)

CSS & Styling

• Fields Components: Add missing style resets for fieldset elements. (71217)

Post Editor

• DocumentBar: Only show template icon when back button is not present. (71183)

Icons

• Fix viewbox for table and formatting related icons. (71155)

Design Tools

• Fix duotone cleanEmptyObject attributes. (71151)

Paste

• Classic block: Prevent event bubbubbling on paste. (71148)

Experiments

• al: Enable Command Palette in admin dashboard. (71030)

Block Library

• Accordion Blocks: Make block icons internal. (71229)

Documentation

• DataForm: Update stories. (71268)
• FormTokenField: Improve use case stories. (71121)
• Social: Include developer blog tutorial in README. (71266)
• Storybook: Move validated form components into main grouping. (71181)
• Storybook: Remove experimental category in favor of a badge. (70540)
• block.json schema: Make the apiVersion field required and only allow 3. (71107)

Code Quality

Block Library

• Accordion: Refactor settings panel to use ToolsPanel. (71225)
• File Block: Follow HTML API best practices. (71034)

Widgets Editor

• Widget Area Block: Apply API version 3. (71110)

Tools

Testing

• Automated Testing: Re-enable storybook smoke test. (71126)
• Fix flaky 'navigable-toolbar' end-to-end test. (71158)
• Site editor e2e: Ensure dismissal notice waits for the first occurrence of an updated/published notice. (71197)
• Upgrade Playwright to v1.54.2. (70503)

Build Tooling

• Dynamically set node-version-file input. (71090)

Various

Icons

• Deprecate moreHorizontalMobile. (71172)

Block Library

• Add Accordions Block. (64119)

First-time contributors

The following PRs were merged by first-time contributors:

• @elazzabi: DataForm: Add array control. (71136)

Contributors

The following contributors merged PRs in this release:

@andrewserong @BogdanUngureanu @BugReportOnWeb @ciampo @desrosj @elazzabi @getdave @gigitux @im3dabasia @jasmussen @jffng @karthikeya-io @Mamaduka @mikachan @mikejolley @mirka @mrleemon @oandregal @p-jackson @priethor @R1shabh-Gupta @ramonjd @shimotmk @Sukhendu2002 @t-hamano @tellthemachines @USERSATOSHI @yogeshbhutkar @youknowriad