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The {Insert Month and Year} release is out! In this release:

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Core contributions

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• jschanker
  • (4999) Enforce connection preconditions for setParent
  • (4941) Permit single field disabling (Disabling only one field on a block google/blockly#4932)
  • (4876) Fix Calling getField/getFieldValue/setFieldValue without supplying name gets/changes (value of) first unnamed field google/blockly#4830 for getting/setting unnamed fields
  • (4873) Remove row healing for block deletion Context menu Delete X blocks preview does not match behavior google/blockly#4832

Samples contributions

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• lazy-geek
  • (790) fixed deprecated method warning in turtle field demo
  • (789) fixed Custom fields in React demo call deprecated getColourBorder
  • (775) removed opt_ prefix from optional parameters and gave them default value in plugins
• himanshu007-creator
  • (781) Update WorkspaceSearch.js
  • (720) replaced var with const
• joshcai
  • (765) Add a function to allow removing generators in the playground
• ShiroRyokoshi
  • (722) Updated CONTRIBUTING.md file to point at dev sites insead of GitHub wiki sites.
• Harshita-Kanal
  • (714) Solve Custom fields in React demo are marked as EDITABLE but not also SERIALIZABLE warning
• 2torus
  • (682) Bundling Blockly with Parcel

Full release notes are below. As always, we welcome bug reports and pull requests!

Cheers,
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In this release (Q2 2021)

This is a major release. Notable changes:

• IDeletable was renamed to IDragTarget
• variableDB_ was renamed to nameDB_
• compile.sh was removed
• Some scrollbar constants were renamed

For a full list of pull requests in this release see google#4976

API Changes

• Adding IDragTarget support. (Adding IDragTarget support. google/blockly#4852)
• Rename Blockly..variableDB_ to .nameDB_ and add .nameDB_.getUserNames('VARIABLE') and .nameDB_.getUserNames('PROCEDURE') (Rename Blockly.<language>.variableDB_ to .nameDB_ and add .nameDB_.getUserNames('VARIABLE') and .nameDB_.getUserNames('PROCEDURE') google/blockly#4845)
• Remove compile.sh (Remove compile.sh google/blockly#4779)
• Update Flyout metrics and implement adjustable margin for scrollbars. (Update Flyout metrics and implement adjustable margin for scrollbars. google/blockly#4763)

Issues Closed

• Scrollbars Look Chunky on ChromeOS (Scrollbars Look Chunky on ChromeOS google/blockly#4953)
• Consider Renaming the project. (Consider Renaming the project. google/blockly#4943)
• GoogleFI compatibility issues (GoogleFI compatibility issues google/blockly#4942)
• Viewport change events causing out of memory error (Viewport change events causing out of memory error google/blockly#4916)
• Flyouts do not recalculate delete area (Flyouts do not recalculate delete area google/blockly#4912)
• Escape no longer reverts field edits (Escape no longer reverts field edits google/blockly#4910)
• Error to generate blocks on complex input (Error to generate blocks on complex input google/blockly#4891)
• Add hook for getting id of component registered on ComponentManager (Add hook for getting id of component registered on ComponentManager google/blockly#4881)
• .blocklyDraggable refers to blockly-demo.appspot.com (.blocklyDraggable refers to blockly-demo.appspot.com google/blockly#4864)
• translation incorrect (Korean) (translation incorrect (Korean) google/blockly#4859)
• Context menu Delete X blocks preview does not match behavior (Context menu Delete X blocks preview does not match behavior google/blockly#4832)
• Calling getField/getFieldValue/setFieldValue without supplying name gets/changes (value of) first unnamed field (Calling getField/getFieldValue/setFieldValue without supplying name gets/changes (value of) first unnamed field google/blockly#4830)
• Connecting orphan block does not do type checks in correct order (Connecting orphan block does not do type checks in correct order google/blockly#4826)
• Editing text field impossible on iPad while external keyboard connected (Editing text field impossible on iPad while external keyboard connected google/blockly#4818)
• Invisible toolbox still reports delete area (Invisible toolbox still reports delete area google/blockly#4811)
• Compatibility blockly with Franka version 4.1+ (Compatibility blockly with Franka version 4.1+ google/blockly#4810)
• Can I provide an interface to directly obtain the fast overall configuration of JSON (Can I provide an interface to directly obtain the fast overall configuration of JSON google/blockly#4795)
• Why doesn't code generator give priority to Java (Why doesn't code generator give priority to Java google/blockly#4794)
• Blockly Developer Tools preview unavailable (Blockly Developer Tools preview unavailable google/blockly#4768)
• Use captureWarning helper from dev-tools (Use captureWarning helper from dev-tools google/blockly#4761)
• Typo in custom blocks JSON vs. JS (Typo in custom blocks JSON vs. JS google/blockly#4759)
• Dynamically generated blocks output is being lost after last lib update (Dynamically generated blocks output is being lost after last lib update google/blockly#4757)
• The xml of dynamic appendField block is not included (The xml of dynamic appendField block is not included google/blockly#4752)
• Cron job to delete expired data in appengine demos (Cron job to delete expired data in appengine demos google/blockly#4751)
• JavaScript APIs (JavaScript APIs google/blockly#4749)
• javascript.d.ts exports Blockly.Generator itself instead of its instance (javascript.d.ts exports Blockly.Generator itself instead of its instance google/blockly#4742)
• Add an option allowing to select and drag multiple blocks at the same time (Add an option allowing to select and drag multiple blocks at the same time google/blockly#4739)
• I cannot use text input field in blockly to set a dynamic dropdown (I cannot use text input field in blockly to set a dynamic dropdown google/blockly#4732)
• Click event should include access to thing being clicked (Click event should include access to thing being clicked google/blockly#4729)
• Zoom reset not centering workspace (Zoom reset not centering workspace google/blockly#4724)
• Blocks unexpectedly scrolled up or down (reopened) (Blocks unexpectedly scrolled up or down (reopened) google/blockly#4678)
• Toolbox and flyout metrics should report appropriate height and width (Toolbox and flyout metrics should report appropriate height and width google/blockly#4594)
• Allow the workspace to be panned when a block is dragged near the edge (Allow the workspace to be panned when a block is dragged near the edge google/blockly#4570)
• Travis not properly reporting typing errors (Travis not properly reporting typing errors google/blockly#4546)
• Copying in Safari makes an error sound even if copy works (Copying in Safari makes an error sound even if copy works google/blockly#4537)
• Workspace Comment Change event does not serialize/deserialize correctly (Workspace Comment Change event does not serialize/deserialize correctly google/blockly#4527)
• Very old deprecated functions (Very old deprecated functions google/blockly#4475)
• Consider adding get/setMetrics to the options struct when creating a workspace (Consider adding get/setMetrics to the options struct when creating a workspace google/blockly#4377)
• Refactor event grouping to allow for nested groups (Refactor event grouping to allow for nested groups google/blockly#4216)
• Fields don't group edits (Fields don't group edits google/blockly#4189)
• Update Toolbox Events (Update Toolbox Events google/blockly#4187)
• Data retention enhancements needed for 3 blockly demos (code, cloud storage and block) (Data retention enhancements needed for 3 blockly demos (code, cloud storage and block) google/blockly#3899)
• Create a Public Metrics Method (Create a Public Metrics Method  google/blockly#3746)
• lastConnectionInRow inconsistent with lastConnectionInStack (lastConnectionInRow inconsistent with lastConnectionInStack google/blockly#3656)
• Suspicious @Suppress (Suspicious @suppress google/blockly#3517)
• Typings not split into files (Typings not split into files google/blockly#3213)
• Script to bump version and tag release on master (Script to bump version and tag release on master google/blockly#3210)
• Script for publishing blockly-demo to app engine (Script for publishing blockly-demo to app engine google/blockly#3209)
• Keyboard Nav: Field Cursor Should be correct size (Keyboard Nav: Field Cursor Should be correct size google/blockly#3026)
• wrong variable scope (wrong variable scope google/blockly#2799)
• Undoing connecting a collapsed block causes positioning issues (Undoing connecting a collapsed block causes positioning issues google/blockly#2675)
• Clearing workspace while dragging with insertion marker crashes (Clearing workspace while dragging with insertion marker crashes google/blockly#2338)
• UI Event Handling API (UI Event Handling API google/blockly#2253)
• Proposal: Mouse Wheel Behavior, Scrolling vs Zooming (Proposal: Mouse Wheel Behavior, Scrolling vs Zooming google/blockly#2205)
• Refactor Field validation (Refactor Field validation google/blockly#2169)
• WorkspaceSVG: Better APIs to get and set workspace scroll and zoom. (WorkspaceSVG: Better APIs to get and set workspace scroll and zoom. google/blockly#2145)
• Add finishedLoading event (Add finishedLoading event google/blockly#2142)
• Recenter issue with a horizontal toolbox (Recenter issue with a horizontal toolbox google/blockly#2036)
• Long press broken on Playground and Multi-Playground (Long press broken on Playground and Multi-Playground google/blockly#1955)
• field_label modified in dynamic category resets when dragged onto workspace (field_label modified in dynamic category resets when dragged onto workspace google/blockly#1954)
• Flyout getMetrics causes a reflow and style recalculation (Flyout getMetrics causes a reflow and style recalculation google/blockly#1303)