Wp-calypso: Gutenberg - Text Links not rendering correctly in the editor

[formosattic]

The text links are showing as regular text in the editor.
HTML code is there and the text links show ok on the site.

Temporary solution: use the Classic block

Issue happened with:

• Gutenberg v8.0
• only on Simple sites
• themes like Independent Publisher 2, Penscratch 2, others could apply but I'm not sure what would be the common factor of those themes.

Also tested with TwentyTwenty, and on a self-hosted site, but that was fine.

[sirreal]

Thanks for the report.

This is not limited to Simple Sites. The issue also appears on Atomic and .org sites for any themes that do not style a elements in the editor.

It's a regression in the sense that default link styling has changed in the editor, but themes should be styling links in the editor.

I've created https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/issues/22139 in Gutenberg to discuss.

[sirreal]

We should consider shipping a patch as part of FSE to restore the link colors.

Independently, we can and should patch themes to include link colors in the editor.

[sirreal]

Gutenberg patched this so we can expect a fix in an upcoming release:

https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/22160

[eduardozulian]

For the record, another case in 15105045-hc

[sirreal]

Proposed interim fix for WordPress.com in https://github.com/Automattic/wp-calypso/pull/41992

[eduardozulian]

@sirreal closing this one since it was merged into Calypso. Thanks!