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Implements the design feedback in #34484 (comment).

This changes the Widget Group block so that the title is directly editable using a RichText. It's a little disingenuous to do this because the title isn't truly WYSIWYG, but it has the benefit of meaning that elements don't jump around the screen when you select the Widget Group.

How has this been tested?

  1. Go to Appearance → Widgets or Appearance → Customize.
  2. Add a Widget Group block.

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Kapture.2021-09-14.at.14.15.46.mp4

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  • I've tested my changes with keyboard and screen readers.
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  • I've updated all React Native files affected by any refactorings/renamings in this PR (please manually search all *.native.js files for terms that need renaming or removal).

@noisysocks noisysocks added [Type] Enhancement A suggestion for improvement. Needs Design Feedback Needs general design feedback. [Feature] Widgets Screen The block-based screen that replaced widgets.php. [Feature] Widgets Customizer Ability to add and edit blocks in Customize → Widgets. labels Sep 14, 2021
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This works nicely and feels a lot smoother than the Legacy Widget-like approach. Thanks @noisysocks!

@carolinan
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+1, this felt easier to work with.

I wonder if the default placeholder text should be something like Widget group title instead of the name of the first block type that is added? But perhaps that should be in a separate issue?

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I wonder if the default placeholder text should be something like Widget group title instead of the name of the first block type that is added?

I like this idea @carolinan. Maybe just Title is enough?

Also I was wondering if we should try to make it similar to the way placeholder text works on a Heading block now that we've gone down the directly editable path. In that case it would have:

• Gray placeholder text as the default
• If nothing is typed there, the text won't display on the front end

But curious to hear what others think?

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Here's how that looks!

Kapture.2021-09-17.at.14.22.16.mp4

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Nice!

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I find it very clumsy that the Title placeholder just stays there giving the impression that it will also be displayed on the front end. You just want to remove it, because the block editor resembles what we display more or less.

So this Title placeholder looks like an artifact that is somewhat broken.

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I find it very clumsy that the Title placeholder just stays there giving the impression that it will also be displayed on the front end. You just want to remove it, because the block editor resembles what we display more or less. So this Title placeholder looks like an artifact that is somewhat broken.

@draganescu The same could be said about the Heading block, no? FWIW neither feel clumsy or broken to me 😅

IMO, this treatment of the placeholder text is an improvement because:

  • It helps indiciate that this is placeholder text that's awaiting customization
  • It's consistent with the way placeholder text is used elsewhere in the editor

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I agree @critterverse pherhaps I am a bit stuck with the fact that is optional and I want to remove it :))

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I think this is an improvement over the previous interaction. I also like how we remove code to implement this. Win!

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I am a bit stuck with the fact that is optional and I want to remove it

@draganescu Opened a potential follow up issue that might help with this! #35017

@noisysocks noisysocks merged commit c3d6b7a into trunk Sep 22, 2021
@noisysocks noisysocks deleted the update/make-widget-group-title-directly-editable branch September 22, 2021 07:41
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