Gutenberg 7.1 – Refreshing Interface, Table Captions, And a Lot More

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On December 11th, Gutenberg got a booster dose by
its developers by introducing an update
 Gutenberg 7.1! Plenty of bug fixes, merging
almost 160 pull requests, introducing a couple of
new APIs, and a lot of other experimental stuff
for the WordPress community. While many WordPress
development services providers have welcomed the
update with a positive note, others seem not so
pleased with the recent version of Gutenberg.
Now, you will not be able to see that traditional
editor in the dashboard. Yes, thats the first
change you will notice if you update to the
latest version. Among the major changes
introduced, the revamped layout of the welcome
page, table captions, and enhancements in mobile
editing are the heroes of the Gutenberg 7.1.
Also, the team has tried to fix certain bugs
reported in the previous version. However, the
performance factor is still missing in Gutenberg
7.1. Many people noticed small performance
slowdown in version Gutenberg, but the overall
improvements shown may supersede this concern.
Lets dive into Gutenberg 7.1 update to know what
all changes, improvements, and concerns that may
make or break your confidence in this block
editor. Whats changed in Gutenberg 7.1? Say
Goodbye to Classic Editor Many of you might be
complaining about the classic editor in the
dashboard of WordPress. Well, if you have ever
wished to replace it or remove it, your wish has
been granted! In this version, you will not find
the classic editor in the dashboard. However, it
is sad news for the people supporting that
classic version. But there is a workaround for
such die-hard classic editor fans. If you really
like to use classic editor, all you have to do is
to install one plugin introduced by WordPress and
get your class editor in the dashboard again.
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What about the improvements? WELCOME GUIDE
MODAL Starting with improvements, the major
improvement is a brand-new welcome guide modal to
help you take a birds eye view about the
Gutenberg editor.
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If you are into WordPress Development Company,
you must have seen the previous version of the
welcome screen, which was not so user-friendly. A
new welcome screen will introduce block editing
experience to the new users with a quick
tutorial. SELECT EDIT MODES With Gutenberg 7.1
update, block selection is simplified. It brings
a toolbar button that helps you switch between
Select and Edit modes.
In case you click on Select mode, it will hide
the options for editing the post. If you wish to
switch edit, all you need to do is to simply
click on the block and you will be back to edit
mode.
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DRAGGING DROPPING IMAGES INTO THE FEATURED
IMAGE Gutenberg 7.1 has simplified the way of
adding featured images for the posts. Unlike the
previous version, where you have to select an
image and upload them from the media library, you
can simply drag and drop a specific image into
the featured image box. So, forget about the
manual and tedious approach to upload
images! TABLE BLOCK CAPTION Did you ever want to
add captions to the tables of your post? Well, it
is possible now with table captions in Gutenberg
7.1. You can add captions at the bottom of the
table using a new UI toggle in select and edit
modes. Edit mode will enable edit within a table
whereas select will help you select a specific
table element and add a caption. This will
help WordPress Development Services providers to
get rid of downloading and adding a specific
plugin to add the caption. However, you cannot
leverage any advanced features like plugins using
this feature. IMPROVEMENTS TO MOBILE
EDITING With the Gutenberg 7.1 update, now you
can leverage from the fixed toolbar for editing
various elements like paragraphs, links and more
under the mobile toolbar.
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MULTI-BLOCK SELECTION IMPROVEMENTS The block
editor now has a native multi-block selection
process enabled for the users. Now you can use
native colors and select specific text in the
blocks. Selecting multiple blocks, copy it, and
past it somewhere works smoothly. This empowers
users to completely replace multiple blocks at
once without wasting more time. However, there is
a small catch in this feature! When you select
any block, the editor selects all texts within a
block. This means you cannot select partial text
from any specific block. ALIGNMENT FOR THE
NAVIGATION BLOCK If you were missing the
navigation block in the 7.0 version, now your
wait is over! This is one of the important
features introduced in Gutenberg 7.1 update as it
will simplify full site editing while allowing
users to set the navigation menu accurately.
However, this feature still needs further
evaluation as we dont know how it will behave on
the tiny screens of mobile devices. DEFAULT
TEMPLATE Version 7.1. comes up with the all-new
demo template named index.html. This will act
as a default template in case no templates are
available. This can be an experimental step from
the WordPress team to help the users get closer
to the concept of full site editing.
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Hmm, did they come up with any bug fixes from the
previous version? Well, to overcome the
criticism, the team has introduced bug fixes in
7.1. release. Starting from the issue of resized
image block overlapping, snack bar notices
position, CSS style of color picker component,
and alignment of date picker days to code block
example string, WordPress has fixed more than 20
issues reported or faced by the users. Okay, but
what about the performance??? Based on the
statistics shared by WordPress, the average
loading time of post in 7.1 is around 7.45
seconds, which is more than Gutenberg 7.0 version
(which was 6.84 seconds). Moreover, the keypress
event (typing) takes 88.56 milliseconds, which is
lesser than the 7.0 version. Hence, considering
the performance aspect, Gutenberg 7.1 is a little
slow, but against the benefits and features
introduced can be a good reason to consider it
worth it!
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