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GenerateBlocks Pro 2.8.0

This release is currently a release candidate. You can download it from your account.

rc.3

  • Fix: Screen readers not announcing the current slide when dragging or scrolling a free mode carousel
  • Fix: Switching Design dashboard tabs discarding an incomplete token without warning
  • Fix: Clicking a Style Book example discarding an incomplete token without warning
  • Fix: Token actions button hidden from keyboard users
  • Fix: Pattern imports missing tokens used by another token’s select or button group options
  • Tweak: Improve Design Tokens list performance with large token libraries

rc.2

  • Tweak: Improve bulk Global Style category operations and saving performance, including avoiding unnecessary CSS rebuilds for category-only changes.
  • Tweak: Use the installed Pro plugin’s scripts and styles in pattern previews.
  • Fix: Make Shift-selection follow the displayed order in grouped Global Styles.
  • Fix: Prevent a false duplicate-category warning when creating a category.
  • Fix: Prevent stale generated Global Style CSS during concurrent saves.
  • Developer: Include installed plugin versions in pattern dependency and library lookup requests.

rc.1

  • Feature: Bulk edit the Type, Applies to properties, and Quick-edit control of selected Design Tokens from one Edit menu
  • Feature: Add the generateblocks_default_at_rules PHP filter to define the at-rule presets offered by the Styles Builder
  • Tweak: Open the Design panel below the editor header so the post can be saved while it’s open
  • Tweak: Offer the editor’s color palette in the Design dashboard’s color pickers
  • Tweak: Refine the Design panel’s toolbar icon and header
  • Tweak: Move license activation and update checks to updates.generatepress.com
  • Fix: Unsaved Design Token values not showing in editor color swatches after closing the Design panel
  • Fix: Color swatches showing the light version of light-dark() tokens in a dark editor canvas

beta.1

  • Tweak: Open the Design Token editor directly when creating a token.
  • Tweak: Improve token field ordering, category creation, and keyboard focus.
  • Fix: Warn before discarding incomplete tokens when navigating back, closing the Design Panel, or switching its tabs.
  • Fix: Prevent unnamed token drafts from appearing in color palettes.
  • Fix: Improve duplicate token-name handling while preserving the entered label.
  • Fix: Style Book and Site Preview being blocked by restrictive framing headers.
  • Fix: Design dashboard sizing beneath the WordPress admin bar.
  • Fix: Menu block previews failing in the editor with large amounts of style data.
  • Fix: Color picker sizing and scrolling with large palettes.

alpha.1

  • Tweak: Register and render the GenerateBlocks Settings screen directly on GenerateBlocks 2.5.0 and later
  • Feature: Introduce Design Tokens — create, organize, and edit your design system from the editor Design panel or the Design dashboard
  • Feature: Add a Design panel to the editor with Global Styles and Design Tokens workspaces
  • Feature: Add a Design admin menu with Global Styles and Design Tokens entries
  • Feature: Redesign the Global Styles dashboard with a live site preview and click-to-edit Style Book
  • Feature: Add categories to Global Styles and Design Tokens
  • Feature: Add import/export to the Global Styles and Design Tokens dashboard
  • Feature: Patterns now automatically include the Design Tokens they use
  • Feature: Adjust Design Token colors with OKLCH-powered shade and opacity controls in the color picker
  • Tweak: Non-media at-rules order properly in styles object
  • Tweak: Stop autoloading the SVG asset library options
  • Fix: Condition categories being cleared when switching between conditions in Editor Access
  • Fix: Control set usage counts not checking all rule modes before delete
  • Fix: Empty inspector when none of a control set’s controls apply to a block — native controls now show instead
  • Fix: Private block editor post types missing from the Editor Access scope picker
  • Fix: Form manage capability not implying form use
  • Fix: Invalid ARIA attributes on carousel progress bar pagination
  • Fix: Screen readers announcing shuffled carousel slides during manual navigation in loop mode
  • Fix: Overlay accessibility with configurable dialog labels and correct semantics for anchored overlays and mega menus
  • Fix: Infinite recursion when a mega menu overlay contains its own menu
  • Fix: Menu toggle stealing focus when the viewport crosses the mobile breakpoint
  • Fix: Pattern Library providers returning the same collection for different public keys when responses are cached

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