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Enhancing the Add Template flow in the Site Editor
The current experience is a little lacklustre. After clicking the + icon you see a list of options with verbose descriptions. Gutenberg affords us the opportunity to make this a more visual experience. Especially when we factor block patterns in to the equation. The nice thing about this design is that we can apply it…
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Exploring ways to improve the clarity of block states on the canvas and the list view
Once we made the the block “List View” in the Site Editor is persistent, some awkward interactions between block states between canvas / list view revealed themselves. The full details of this issue can be found in this issue on github. Here’s an initial take on how we might bring the design treatment of these…
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Isolated edit view for Template Parts
This week I’ve been looking at ways to enhance the existing isolated edit view for Template Parts. In the Inspector, the “Block” tab from template editing view becomes a “Template Part” tab, akin to the Post / Page / Template tab, and the controls are migrated accordingly. This is potentially something we can expand upon…
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Selecting a layout pattern when creating a template in the Site Editor
Based on other work around block patterns I have been exploring ways we might expose layout patterns to users when creating templates from scratch. Discussion on github here.
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Suggesting patterns when inserting blocks – revisited
This post contains an iteration on a concept shared earlier in the week – suggesting patterns to users when they insert a block. Based on feedback, this version separates the controls from the block toolbar, de-emphasises the pattern name, and bakes the pattern grid into the block canvas rather than utilising a popover. Follow along on…
James Koster
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