The following, initially outlined here, is an overview of the major functionality to be introduced in Phase 2 to help visualize the progress in terms of product scope. There’s a lot of unknown unknowns at the moment so this is a living document that will evolve and adapt over time.

💡 Focuses

Blocks beyond the Editor

• Integration of the block editor to the Widgets screen [Widget-block Screen in wp-admin #13204]
• Integration of the block editor to the Customizer [Widget-blocks in the Customizer #13205]
• Integration of the Navigation block to the Menu screen [Try a fixed toolbar in the navigation page #21340]

Navigation block

• Integration of the blocks editor to the Menu Screen [Navigation block in wp-admin #13206]
• Drag and drop iterations [Navigation: Implement drag and drop for reordering navigation block links #19703]
• Enter key not to add line break [Navigation Block: Enter key shouldn't add line break in menu item #18208]
• Default orientation and existing menus [Iterate placeholder state for navigation block #20853]
• Submenus [Navigation menu block: dissapearing submenus is disorienting  #20807, Navigation block submenus inaccessible on IE #21136]
• Block Navigator [Navigation menu block: allow editing of new menu items from the block inspector UI #20748, [ Navigation block ] Remove the block navigator in the sidebar #20846, Try a toolbar for the block navigator #21372]

Block Style System [#20331]

Refer to the link provided above.

Block Patterns

• Next steps on Inserter [Next Steps on the Inserter #21080]
• Create patterns to populate the library [Block patterns: create patterns to start populating the library #20345]

Full Site Editing [#24551]

Refer to the link provided above.

💎 Tightening Up

• Improvements for the Latest Post Block [Iterations on "Latest Posts" Block #1594] [[ Latest Posts ] Iterations to version 2 #20046]
• Server-side registration [Block API: Server-side awareness of block types #2751]
• Reordering Gallery Items, including support for Drag&Drop [Gallery Block: reordering images, including support for Drag&Drop #743]
• Better undo: Fixing any undo traps ["Undo trap": Avoid getting stuck in an editing state #8119] and fixing "misplaced" carets
• Accessible Autocomplete component to use instead of unbounded requests [Post author dropdown: add accessible search with debounced api request #7384]

✨ New Features

• Add better variations for Separator block [Add better variations for Separator block #16483]
• New block: Add an Icons block [Add an Icons block #16484]
• New block: Title block [Add Block: Title #11553]
• Responsive layouts and grids[Try: Editor Grid #4314, Responsive View Controls in Gutenberg #13203, Block-specific responsive controls #13363]
• Simple block + simple block = complex block (combining blocks by drag n drop to form more
  complex existing blocks) [Drag blocks into other blocks to create patterns and layouts #13202]
  • Drag an image over another to create a Gallery [Images: Support for drag-and-drop multiple images onto image block #9783]

✅ Done

• Add the UI for a Block Pattern Library and initial block patterns [Block Patterns: Add ability for predefined block layouts to be added to a document #17335]
• Menu Navigation Block [Add Block: Navigation #1466] -> new [Add block: Navigation menu #13690]
• Widget-block interface integration
  • Classic Widget Block [Allow WP Widgets to be added as blocks #4770]
  • Reusable BlockEditor component that can be embedded in several screens [Try a generic block editor module #13088]
• Widgets 2 Blocks:
  • RSS block [Add Block: RSS #1799]
  • Search block [Add Block: Search #1800]
  • Calendar block [Add Block: Calendar #1462]
  • Tag Cloud block [Add Block: Tag Cloud #1801]
• Block Management UI [Block Management: Add the possibility to hide/show blocks from the inserter #14139]
• Group block [Add Block: Section #4900]
• Accessibility navigation mode [Support Navigation and Edit Mode #16500]
• Animations and Motion [Implement a block reordering animation #16065]
• Introduce the Snackbar notices [Try using snackbar notices instead of prominent ones for saving/failure notices #15594]
• Improvements to existing blocks:
  • Cover block [Focal Point Picker #10925]
  • Cover block with nested elements [Add nested blocks inside cover block #13822]
  • Support for Headers and Footers in the Table block [Add table block header and footer toggles #15409]
  • Support text alignments in the Table block [Table block: Text alignment (none, left, center, right) #15823]
  • Support changing the Separator block color [add color support to separator block #16784]
  • Support nested blocks in the Cover block [Add nested blocks inside cover block #13822]
  • Support target blank in the Button block [Button block - option to 'Open in new window' #8000]
  • Support text color in the Heading block [Add color options to heading block. #15625]
  • Support reordering gallery images inline [Block gallery: add support for image reordering #14768]
  • Support custom widths for Column blocks [Block Library: Add width attribute for resizable Column blocks #15499].
  • Support showing the post content and excerpt in the Latest Posts block [Latest Post Block (Post Content Support) iteration  #14627]
  • Simplify Button Block Styles Simplify Button Block Styles #16481
  • Button Block and Multiple Buttons Button Block and Multiple Buttons #16480
  • Add support for gradients in Button blocks Add support for gradients in Button blocks #16482
  • Resizing columns in the column block [Block Library: Columns: Force 50% column width at mid-range viewport #20597] [Block Library: Columns: Fix equal column growth for unassigned-width columns #20169]
• Continual work on performance [Performance: Improve the initial loading time and the feeling fo smoothness while typing in blocks. #11782]
• Improvements to Media Interactions [Update: Image Block: Change image by drag & drop an image from the desktop #14983]
• Improvements to the nested block selection [Selecting Parent Blocks: Try clickthrough #15537][Enhance the tools for selecting child/parent blocks #9628]
• Improve Keyboard Interactions (list shortcuts, tabbing..) [Keyboard shortcuts for list items are missing  #9611, Steps to make keyboard navigation usable #11581 ...]
• Improvements to Media Interactions Make the "change an image" flow clearer #11952
• Better style variations and theme integration API [Continuation of Block Style Variations #7551]
• Tip improvements [Implement welcome guide modal #18041]
• Microinteractions [Add some unified micro-interactions #8029]