Block Editor: Allow other blocks to use the slash inserter #35196
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Thanks for trying this out! Code-wise I don't have any comments, it's a pretty straightforward change.
It's not super easy to use though. I'm thinking this would make more sense if the link control didn't pop up straightaway, and furthermore force us to choose a link before being able to edit the text. However, if we change that in order to make this inserter easier to use, we're optimising for the less common use case (inserting other types of blocks as opposed to links) so I'm not convinced we should do that. Would love to hear some more ideas about how we could manage this!
Could pressing the slash key immediately on adding a link block just make the link control and placeholder text disappear, and open the inserter?
Thanks, for taking a look! @tellthemachines @jasmussen I agree and my overall impression is that this won't be very discoverable for the navigation link case, but at the same time it doesn't hurt it either. I'd be okay with either adding the functionality or keeping things as is for navigation link. Opening up the slash inserter to more blocks can be useful. Take heading for instance. In this quick example I transform to a heading, but change my mind and pick something else without needing to click on block tools: CleanShot.2021-09-29.at.12.48.30.mp4For feedback we can maybe break this down into two decisions
We could but the behavior may be unexpected in that case. I'm more inclined not to at the moment, since no other blocks but paragraph use the slash inserter. |
As someone who has tried to use the slash inserter on non-paragraph text blocks before, I think this is a great idea And yeah, you make a good point that there's no downside to including it in the nav link. I guess let's do this then! |
It's a small one, but definitely same boat. Theoretically, if the slash command worked in virtually every input field, those who use it a lot would likely use it in more places. |
Thanks, let's try landing this and I'll spin up another PR to enable the slash inserter for other text based blocks. We can see if any folks had additional feedback |
A small part of #34041
This PR explores allowing blocks other than the default block to use the slash inserter, starting with navigation links. Note that the slash inserter does not include block variations.
I'm not sure how useful this is in particular for the navigation-link case, but I do think it'd be interesting to allow more blocks to use the slash inserter.
Post Editor
CleanShot.2021-09-28.at.13.07.00.mp4
Navigation Editor
CleanShot.2021-09-28.at.13.07.45.mp4
Widget Editor
CleanShot.2021-09-28.at.13.14.20.mp4
Site Editor
CleanShot.2021-09-28.at.13.17.06.mp4
Testing Instructions
/wp-admin/admin.php?page=gutenberg-experiments
/wp-admin/admin.php?page=gutenberg-navigation
Typing a forward slash should show an option to transform to a submenuThe text was updated successfully, but these errors were encountered: