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+- Updated `EuiDataGrid`'s cell actions to always consistently be left-aligned, regardless of text content alignment
+- Increased `EuiDataGrid`'s cell actions hover zone to reduce UX friction when mousing over from the grid cell to its actions
+
+**Bug fixes**
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+- Fixed an `EuiDataGrid` bug where the `setCellProps` callback passed by `renderCellValue` was not correctly applying custom `data-test-subj`s
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+**CSS-in-JS conversions**
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+- Converted `EuiDataGrid`'s cell popover, actions, and focus outline to Emotion; Removed the following Sass variables and mixins:
+  - `$euiZDataGridCellPopover`
+  - `@euiDataGridCellFocus`