[jasmussen]

What?

Closes #81274.

Followup to last feedback there on some of the icons for clarity and legibility, here's a simple before and after:

Observe this also updates the post type asterisk to match the one in #85442.

Noting also that I updated the recent "termCount" to the new number 2 that was larger. Previously:

Now:

CC: @poligilad-auto

Testing Instructions

npm run storybook:dev

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Client side metrics exclude the server response time.

front-end-block-theme

Metric	9ef72fc	trunk	% Change
timeToFirstByte	54.5 ms +4.86% -2.48%	55.65 ms +21.29% -2.16%	-2.07%
largestContentfulPaint	92 ms +6.52% -4.35%	94 ms +10.64% -6.38%	-2.13%
lcpMinusTtfb	35.9 ms +17.27% -1.81%	34.75 ms +12.66% -3.88%	3.31%
wpBeforeTemplate	28.77 ms +9.25% -0.59%	30.05 ms +18.6% -3.83%	-4.26%
wpTemplate	21.15 ms +6.1% -4.07%	21.74 ms +7.96% -3.96%	-2.71%
wpTotal	50.77 ms +4.96% -2.7%	52.09 ms +20.25% -2.21%	-2.53%
wpMemoryUsage	7.70 MB +0% -0%	7.67 MB +0% -0%	0.43%
wpDbQueries	16 +0% -0%	16 +0% -0%	0%

front-end-classic-theme

Metric	9ef72fc	trunk	% Change
timeToFirstByte	45.9 ms +9.59% -1.2%	42.5 ms +6.35% -1.29%	8%
largestContentfulPaint	102 ms +5.88% -1.96%	92 ms +0% -4.35%	10.87%
lcpMinusTtfb	54.95 ms +5.91% -0.64%	48 ms +3.65% -4.06%	14.48%
wpBeforeTemplate	26.77 ms +1.87% -2.2%	27.1 ms +1.66% -1.18%	-1.22%
wpTemplate	16.26 ms +3.14% -2.4%	12.55 ms +5.02% -2.15%	29.56%
wpTotal	42.96 ms +8.19% -1.65%	39.57 ms +6.27% -0.94%	8.57%
wpMemoryUsage	6.39 MB +0% -0%	6.25 MB +0% -0%	2.33%
wpDbQueries	13 +0% -0%	9 +0% -0%	44.44%

media-processing

Metric	9ef72fc	trunk	% Change
mediaProcessingJpeg	403.98 ms +2.45% -1.64%	409.35 ms +0.43% -0.83%	-1.31%
mediaProcessingAvif	6120.74 ms +0.25% -0.25%	6100.19 ms +0.29% -0.12%	0.34%
mediaProcessingJpegToAvif	4233.54 ms +0.17% -0.27%	4229.5 ms +0.09% -0.45%	0.1%

media-upload

Metric	9ef72fc	trunk	% Change
jpegUploadProcessing	1459.03 ms +0.58% -2.07%	1432.89 ms +0.59% -1.26%	1.82%
pngUploadProcessing	217.52 ms +11.3% -19.36%	215.25 ms +11.84% -16.8%	1.05%
largeJpegUploadProcessing	1423.28 ms +0.94% -0.2%	1426.84 ms +1.49% -0.6%	-0.25%
multipleImageUploadProcessing	1511.99 ms +2.47% -0.75%	1499.62 ms +2.45% -1.24%	0.82%

post-editor

Metric	9ef72fc	trunk	% Change
serverResponse	329.49 ms +3.16% -9.72%	339.18 ms +1.64% -5.2%	-2.86%
firstPaint	370.98 ms +11.14% -46.36%	383.3 ms +4.76% -39.32%	-3.21%
domContentLoaded	685.09 ms +2.62% -5.67%	678.65 ms +1.88% -0.91%	0.95%
loaded	686.23 ms +2.57% -5.66%	679.77 ms +1.84% -0.92%	0.95%
firstContentfulPaint	404.97 ms +2.15% -14.27%	402.85 ms +3.79% -0.65%	0.53%
firstBlock	2303.18 ms +2.46% -1.38%	2302.13 ms +2.33% -0.92%	0.05%
type	15.82 ms +10.56% -1.58%	15.58 ms +6.29% -3.66%	1.54%
typeWithoutInspector	15.85 ms +2.97% -2.33%	15.23 ms +7.03% -3.55%	4.07%
typeWithTopToolbar	20.37 ms +4.71% -4.86%	19.44 ms +8.95% -5.71%	4.78%
typeContainer	6.85 ms +11.53% -7.74%	6.71 ms +4.62% -2.53%	2.09%
focus	90.42 ms +8.47% -2.76%	90.58 ms +8.31% -3.21%	-0.18%
firstFocus	200.69 ms +0% -0%	179.73 ms +0% -0%	11.66%
selectAll	361.59 ms +11.69% -0.79%	366.58 ms +0.94% -3.71%	-1.36%
listViewOpen	60.63 ms +3.65% -2.06%	56.28 ms +7.69% -5.1%	7.73%
inserterOpen	33.39 ms +8.36% -8.03%	33.15 ms +4.1% -4.1%	0.72%
inserterHover	9.78 ms +11.04% -7.16%	9.39 ms +6.82% -10.33%	4.15%
inserterSearch	6.66 ms +7.81% -1.8%	6.97 ms +10.33% -2.58%	-4.45%
loadPatterns	511.73 ms +2.15% -2.21%	509.13 ms +8.71% -1.53%	0.51%
wpTotal	321.11 ms +3.12% -9.94%	330.59 ms +1.36% -5.27%	-2.87%
wpMemoryUsage	14.75 MB +0% -0%	14.72 MB +0% -0%	0.24%
wpDbQueries	55 +0% -0%	55 +0% -0%	0%

site-editor

Metric	9ef72fc	trunk	% Change
serverResponse	474.55 ms +6.12% -6.2%	419.11 ms +3.07% -6.49%	13.23%
firstPaint	309.86 ms +5.9% -6.27%	274.8 ms +12.18% -11.34%	12.76%
domContentLoaded	1033.92 ms +2.28% -1.48%	956.04 ms +2.26% -1.7%	8.15%
loaded	1035.69 ms +2.25% -1.53%	957.31 ms +2.27% -1.7%	8.19%
firstContentfulPaint	581.23 ms +3.46% -6.12%	533.44 ms +6.75% -4.56%	8.96%
firstBlock	4645.5 ms +4.31% -5.32%	4125.3 ms +0.93% -0.82%	12.61%
type	21.88 ms +8.32% -6.76%	21.76 ms +3.08% -4.14%	0.55%
navigate	128.45 ms +12.45% -6.9%	122.21 ms +12.97% -0.1%	5.11%
loadPatterns	1282.48 ms +20.86% -9.89%	1406.76 ms +7.54% -3.88%	-8.83%
loadPages	1037.24 ms +4.32% -2.57%	979.74 ms +3.62% -2.7%	5.87%
wpTotal	463.36 ms +6.36% -6.18%	408.69 ms +3.13% -6.7%	13.38%
wpMemoryUsage	12.77 MB +0% -0%	12.74 MB +0% -0%	0.24%
wpDbQueries	44 +0% -0%	44 +2.27% -0%	0%

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🏁 Flaky tests

Some tests passed with failed attempts. The failures may not be related to this commit but are still reported for visibility. See the documentation for more information.

As a user I want to be able to add multiple close buttons so that users can close the overlay from different positions in /test/e2e/specs/site-editor/navigation-overlay-template-part.spec.js, passed after 1 failed attempt.

Error: expect(locator).toHaveCount(expected) failed

Locator:  getByRole('button', { name: 'Close' })
Expected: 2
Received: 1
Timeout:  5000ms

Call log:
  - Expect "toHaveCount" getByRole('button', { name: 'Close' }) with timeout 5000ms
  - waiting for getByRole('button', { name: 'Close' })
    14 × locator resolved to 1 element
       - unexpected value "1"

    at /home/runner/work/gutenberg/gutenberg/test/e2e/specs/site-editor/navigation-overlay-template-part.spec.js:228:33

Backspace in /test/e2e/specs/editor/blocks/list.spec.js, passed after 1 failed attempt.

Error: expect(received).toMatchObject(expected)

- Expected  -  5
+ Received  + 11

@@ -1,25 +1,31 @@
  Array [
    Object {
      "innerBlocks": Array [
        Object {
          "attributes": Object {
-           "content": "1",
+           "content": "1‸a",
          },
-         "innerBlocks": Array [
+         "innerBlocks": Array [],
+         "name": "core/list-item",
+       },
        Object {
+         "attributes": Object {
+           "content": "2",
+         },
          "innerBlocks": Array [
            Object {
              "attributes": Object {
-                   "content": "a‸2",
+               "ordered": false,
+               "values": "",
              },
-                 "name": "core/list-item",
-               },
+             "innerBlocks": Array [
                Object {
                  "attributes": Object {
                    "content": "b",
                  },
+                 "innerBlocks": Array [],
                  "name": "core/list-item",
                },
              ],
              "name": "core/list",
            },

Call Log:
- Timeout 5000ms exceeded while waiting on the predicate
    at /home/runner/work/gutenberg/gutenberg/test/e2e/specs/editor/blocks/list.spec.js:2041:42

Undo restores the post selection when another synced entity is loaded (RTC WebSocket) in /test/e2e/specs/editor/collaboration/collaboration-undo-redo.spec.ts, passed after 1 failed attempt.

Error: expect(received).toMatchObject(expected)

- Expected  - 2
+ Received  + 2

  Object {
    "attributeKey": "content",
    "blockIndex": 0,
    "content": "abcdef",
-   "endOffset": 3,
-   "offset": 3,
+   "endOffset": 6,
+   "offset": 6,
  }

Call Log:
- Timeout 5000ms exceeded while waiting on the predicate
    at /home/runner/work/gutenberg/gutenberg/test/e2e/specs/editor/collaboration/collaboration-undo-redo.spec.ts:363:5

should be preserved on first navigation without `data-wp-key` in /test/e2e/specs/interactivity/router-regions.spec.ts, passed after 1 failed attempt.

Error: apiRequestContext.fetch: socket hang up
Call log:
  - → DELETE http://localhost:8891/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/226?force=true
    - user-agent: Playwright/1.63.0 (x64; ubuntu 24.04) node/24.20 CI/1
    - accept: */*
    - accept-encoding: gzip,deflate,br
    - X-WP-Nonce: 0cd100e1d6
    - cookie: wordpress_test_cookie=WP%20Cookie%20check; wordpress_logged_in_da433b7faafd8180ebeb1624ceeeab7e=admin%7C1793279629%7CjKXdeY3AajUf4h0NusVfqP4QjALvjVaQRRs0cJxgK2p%7C73c3e2c266cc5f26cd1842660fddb912bbc71755f33c585416a476e90f814ef2; wp-settings-time-1=1793107275

    at RequestUtils.rest (/home/runner/work/gutenberg/gutenberg/packages/e2e-test-utils-playwright/src/request-utils/rest.ts:111:39)
    at map (/home/runner/work/gutenberg/gutenberg/packages/e2e-test-utils-playwright/src/request-utils/posts.ts:44:9)
    at RequestUtils.deleteAllPosts (/home/runner/work/gutenberg/gutenberg/packages/e2e-test-utils-playwright/src/request-utils/posts.ts:43:9)
    at InteractivityUtils.deleteAllPosts (/home/runner/work/gutenberg/gutenberg/test/e2e/specs/interactivity/fixtures/interactivity-utils.ts:91:3)
    at /home/runner/work/gutenberg/gutenberg/test/e2e/specs/interactivity/router-regions.spec.ts:96:3

should cut and paste individual blocks with collapsed selection in /test/e2e/specs/editor/various/copy-cut-paste.spec.js, passed after 1 failed attempt.

Error: expect(string).toMatchSnapshot(expected) failed

  @@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
   <!-- wp:paragraph -->
  -<p>2Cut - collapsed selection</p>
  +<p>2</p>
   <!-- /wp:paragraph -->


    at /home/runner/work/gutenberg/gutenberg/test/e2e/specs/editor/various/copy-cut-paste.spec.js:45:49

should format text across blocks in /test/e2e/specs/editor/various/multi-block-selection.spec.js, passed after 1 failed attempt.

Error: expect(received).toMatchObject(expected)

- Expected  - 1
+ Received  + 1

@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
  Array [
    Object {
      "attributes": Object {
-       "content": "ab",
+       "content": "b",
      },
      "name": "core/paragraph",
    },
    Object {
      "attributes": Object {

Call Log:
- Timeout 5000ms exceeded while waiting on the predicate
    at /home/runner/work/gutenberg/gutenberg/test/e2e/specs/editor/various/multi-block-selection.spec.js:2219:41

should insert a line break on shift+enter in a non trailing list item in /test/e2e/specs/editor/blocks/list.spec.js, passed after 1 failed attempt.

Error: expect(received).toBe(expected) // Object.is equality

- Expected  - 10
+ Received  + 10

  <!-- wp:list -->
  <ul class="wp-block-list"><!-- wp:list-item -->
- <li>a</li>
+ <li></li>
- <!-- /wp:list-item -->
-
+ <!-- /wp:list-item --></ul>
- <!-- wp:list-item -->
+ <!-- /wp:list -->
+
+ <!-- wp:paragraph -->
- <li>b<br></li>
+ <p>b<br></p>
- <!-- /wp:list-item -->
+ <!-- /wp:paragraph -->

- <!-- wp:list-item -->
+ <!-- wp:paragraph -->
- <li>c</li>
+ <p>c</p>
- <!-- /wp:list-item --></ul>
- <!-- /wp:list -->
+ <!-- /wp:paragraph -->

Call Log:
- Timeout 5000ms exceeded while waiting on the predicate
    at /home/runner/work/gutenberg/gutenberg/test/e2e/specs/editor/blocks/list.spec.js:1233:52

should keep a full selection when outdenting nested items with Shift+Tab in /test/e2e/specs/editor/blocks/list.spec.js, passed after 1 failed attempt.

TimeoutError: locator.click: Timeout 10000ms exceeded.
Call log:
  - waiting for locator('role=toolbar[name="Block tools"i]').locator('role=button[name="Indent"]')

    at Editor.clickBlockToolbarButton (/home/runner/work/gutenberg/gutenberg/packages/e2e-test-utils-playwright/src/editor/click-block-toolbar-button.ts:17:15)
    at /home/runner/work/gutenberg/gutenberg/test/e2e/specs/editor/blocks/list.spec.js:1166:3

should keep the list type when indenting an ordered list item in /test/e2e/specs/editor/blocks/list.spec.js, passed after 1 failed attempt.

Error: expect(received).toBe(expected) // Object.is equality

- Expected  - 1
+ Received  + 1

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
  <!-- wp:list {"ordered":true} -->
  <ol class="wp-block-list"><!-- wp:list-item -->
- <li>one<!-- wp:list {"ordered":true} -->
+ <li>e<!-- wp:list {"ordered":true} -->
  <ol class="wp-block-list"><!-- wp:list-item -->
  <li>two</li>
  <!-- /wp:list-item --></ol>
  <!-- /wp:list --></li>
  <!-- /wp:list-item --></ol>

Call Log:
- Timeout 5000ms exceeded while waiting on the predicate
    at /home/runner/work/gutenberg/gutenberg/test/e2e/specs/editor/blocks/list.spec.js:916:52

should merge a following sibling list into the outermost list with Delete from a nested item (#77245) in /test/e2e/specs/editor/blocks/list.spec.js, passed after 1 failed attempt.

Error: expect(received).toMatchObject(expected)

- Expected  - 2
+ Received  + 2

@@ -8,11 +8,11 @@
          "innerBlocks": Array [
            Object {
              "innerBlocks": Array [
                Object {
                  "attributes": Object {
-                   "content": "b‸",
+                   "content": "b",
                  },
                  "name": "core/list-item",
                },
              ],
              "name": "core/list",
@@ -25,11 +25,11 @@
    },
    Object {
      "innerBlocks": Array [
        Object {
          "attributes": Object {
-           "content": "1",
+           "content": "‸1",
          },
          "innerBlocks": Array [
            Object {
              "innerBlocks": Array [
                Object {

Call Log:
- Timeout 5000ms exceeded while waiting on the predicate
    at /home/runner/work/gutenberg/gutenberg/test/e2e/specs/editor/blocks/list.spec.js:2854:41

should mirror the suggestions list reference onto the editing host in /test/e2e/specs/editor/various/autocomplete-and-mentions.spec.js, passed after 2 failed attempts.

Error: apiRequestContext.fetch: socket hang up
Call log:
  - → GET http://localhost:8889/wp-json/wp/v2/users?per_page=100
    - user-agent: Playwright/1.63.0 (x64; ubuntu 24.04) node/24.20 CI/1
    - accept: */*
    - accept-encoding: gzip,deflate,br
    - X-WP-Nonce: dba8c61261
    - cookie: wordpress_test_cookie=WP%20Cookie%20check; wordpress_logged_in_23778236db82f19306f247e20a353a99=admin%7C1793279471%7Cq6Dm1VWO3eCF8FEePCLM1VqPEIUksYP95k17wMR4zjf%7Caa7993a1574ce364f226b70a949525f87b071ff747b9c0267aab6be99313691e; wp-settings-time-1=1793107026

    at RequestUtils.rest (/home/runner/work/gutenberg/gutenberg/packages/e2e-test-utils-playwright/src/request-utils/rest.ts:111:39)
    at RequestUtils.listUsers (/home/runner/work/gutenberg/gutenberg/packages/e2e-test-utils-playwright/src/request-utils/users.ts:34:30)
    at RequestUtils.deleteAllUsers (/home/runner/work/gutenberg/gutenberg/packages/e2e-test-utils-playwright/src/request-utils/users.ts:106:44)
    at /home/runner/work/gutenberg/gutenberg/test/e2e/specs/editor/various/autocomplete-and-mentions.spec.js:73:22

should undo without broken temporary state in /test/e2e/specs/editor/blocks/image.spec.js, passed after 1 failed attempt.

Error: expect(received).toBe(expected) // Object.is equality

- Expected  - 2
+ Received  + 2

- <!-- wp:image -->
- <figure class="wp-block-image"><img alt=""/></figure>
+ <!-- wp:image {"id":20,"sizeSlug":"full","linkDestination":"none"} -->
+ <figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><img src="http://localhost:8889/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/b59ab96f-d60d-42b6-98de-1ab2d49ddc25.png" alt="" class="wp-image-20"/></figure>
  <!-- /wp:image -->
    at /home/runner/work/gutenberg/gutenberg/test/e2e/specs/editor/blocks/image.spec.js:306:49

should update the URL from the last navigation if only varies in the URL fragment in /test/e2e/specs/interactivity/router-navigate.spec.ts, passed after 1 failed attempt.

Error: expect(locator).toHaveText(expected) failed

Locator:  getByTestId('title')
Expected: "Link 1"
Received: "Main"
Timeout:  5000ms

Call log:
  - Expect "toHaveText" getByTestId('title') with timeout 5000ms
  - waiting for getByTestId('title')
    14 × locator resolved to <h2 data-testid="title">Main</h2>
       - unexpected value "Main"

    at /home/runner/work/gutenberg/gutenberg/test/e2e/specs/interactivity/router-navigate.spec.ts:160:25

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[poligilad-auto]

Love these visual improvements 💖 looks much clearer

[jasmussen]

Thanks. Would love a ✅

[t-hamano]

I fixed the unit test failures. Also, the AI pointed out an issue regarding the SVG data, but I am not sure if it is correct.

[t-hamano]

This path contains near-zero-length segments left over from the export (V8.00001, V7.99999, L7.99999 8, etc.). Since each spoke passes through the center, it can be drawn as three straight lines with the same result:

Suggested change

	<path d="M4 15H20M4 19H13M8 12V8.00001M8 8.00001V7.99999M8 8.00001L11.4641 10M8 8.00001L7.99999 8M8 7.99999V4M8 7.99999L11.4641 6M8 7.99999L7.99999 8M7.99999 8L4.53589 6M7.99999 8L4.53589 10" />
	<path d="M4 15H20M4 19H13M8 4V12M4.53589 6L11.4641 10M4.53589 10L11.4641 6" />

Also, the asterisk icon from #85442 uses stroke-linecap="square", while this one keeps the default butt caps. Is that difference intentional?

[jasmussen]

Good question, and an aspect of refinement across the set that I'm musing on.

Endcaps means the footprint grows, sans-endcaps means only the stroke width does. In the case of the Standalone asterisk, it's intentional because it matches the optical balance of a circle, whose strokewidth would match the amount the endcap would grow. In the case of the small version, there are no endcaps on the two lines of "text" below, which means endcaps on the asterisk would imbalance things as stroke-widths changed.

I've noted a todo to ponder the endcap strategy across the set, and investigate what changes might need pushing, if any. I don't think it's a "all should have them" answer, that's part of what I need to go deep on.

Great catch, thank you. And thanks for fixing the tests.

Your other feedback is great for me to address, I'll need to dive in deep when I get a breather, thanks.

[t-hamano]

Each stroke of the number sign is split into several end-to-end segments (M4 8V10M4 10V13.5M4 13.5V15.5 …). It can be drawn as four continuous lines with the same shape, which also avoids possible anti-aliasing seams at the split points:

Suggested change

	<path d="M4 8V10M4 10V13.5M4 10H2M4 10H7.5M4 13.5V15.5M4 13.5H2M4 13.5H7.5M7.5 8V10M7.5 10V13.5M7.5 10H9.5M7.5 13.5V15.5M7.5 13.5H9.5" />
	<path d="M4 8V15.5M7.5 8V15.5M2 10H9.5M2 13.5H9.5" />

[t-hamano]

Same as in post-comments-count.svg: the number sign can be drawn as four continuous lines:

Suggested change

	<path d="M6 8V10M6 10V13.5M6 10H4M6 10H9.5M6 13.5V15.5M6 13.5H4M6 13.5H9.5M9.5 8V10M9.5 10V13.5M9.5 10H11.5M9.5 13.5V15.5M9.5 13.5H11.5" />
	<path d="M6 8V15.5M9.5 8V15.5M4 10H11.5M4 13.5H11.5" />

[jasmussen]

Your feedback on the points led me down a bit of a rabbit hole, but I think I managed to fix it. Thanks!