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Thanks for your comment. WordPress is a big project with many competing priorities. Core contributors are aware this is a desired feature and have been working on possible solutions. However, they have yet to arrive at a consensus. They are always looking for folks to contribute, so if you have time/ability I'm sure they would appreciate your input on the ticket, or even a polite request for this feature to be given some additional priority. github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/issues/43852 Thanks again for taking the time to comment.

I'm not certain but I think if you inspect `props` you'll find the `name` attribute for the block. You'd then be able to conditionally change the wrapper markup depending on the block. Would that work for your use case?

You are very welcome. You would have to add custom CSS for that one as there isn't a way to do that via the interface yet. To do this: - click the "Styles" icon button in the top right hand corner of the editor/ - in the sidebar that pops up in the right hand side click "Additional CSS". - paste the following CSS into that box (adjusting the pixel values as required): .wp-block-navigation__responsive-container-close svg, .wp-block-navigation__responsive-container-open svg { height: 64px; width: 64px; } I believe that should work in both the editor and the front of site. You could also just add the same CSS to a stylesheet enqueued by a Theme or Plugin rather than using the "Additional CSS" area. I hope that helps.

Thanks for your comment. Would you be able to elaborate on how it isn't work for you?

Hi! The answer to number 1 mostly depends on what the theme is for :D If it's a theme just for yourself, you can make your own changes and save them, no problem. They will stay saved on your database and the theme can still update without you losing your changes. If you plan on distributing the theme, you could make the changes to TT4 and rename it (using a plugin like Crate Block Theme makes the process really easy) or you can decide to do the child theme route. I think going for a child theme is useful for block themes when there's a lot to reuse from the main theme, that can be used as a design system. Otherwise the other two options are probably simpler. About your second question, I don't know what you mean by adapting better. Your content will stay, but your template changes won't

@@margacabrera9857 Very clear! Thanks for the answers! :)

Thank you for the detailed response 👍🏽

Glad you found this useful. Maggie did a great job here and TT4 is a really useful default theme.

Thank you!

Yes this is a good idea for a follow up video as it can be extremely confusing. I'll add it to my list of possible videos.

Hi there. Have you tried using a fresh install with no Plugins active? Does the Navigation block work for you there? Typically if the mobile menu is not working then the JavaScript isn't running which can be due to Plugin conflicts.

I'm really pleased you found this helpful. I agree the new tooling around Block Themes can seem intimidating. The team behind this continues to iterate and hopefully it will continue to improve. Did you manage to build out a Theme or a website?

Glad to hear you are giving Block Themes a chance. TT4 is a default Theme bundled with WP so it was a community effort with many contributors. As Woo is a Plugin it's unlikely that Core themes will ever officially support it, but thankfully it's going to become ever simpler to adapt themes so hopefully we get some canonical Woo themes in the future. Thanks again for taking the time to comment.

You are very welcome! Are there any other videos you would have liked to have seen that would have helped during your current learning journey or that would help in the near future?

Thank you Carsten! It's great to hear this type of content was useful. I'll be looking to reprise it for the next cycle post WordPress 6.6 so look out for that video. Maybe @richtabor will join me again 🤞 As you say, the aim is precisely to encourage contributions and get feedback so I'm hopeful this will spur folks to engage and help shape the direction of WordPress. Thanks again for taking the time to comment I really appreciate it 🙇

- Open the Font Library - Click the "Library" tab - Find the font you wish to remove (as you installed it, it should be under "Installed Fonts") - Click on the Font - Click on Delete button I hope that helps?

Thanks for your comment. Hopefully the power of the new features coming to WordPress will change your opinion in the future.

It's really great to hear you're excited about thee features. I agree that overrides to synced patterns is going to be super powerful. Users have been requesting this feature for some time but we needed to wait for the editors APIs to evolve in order to deliver a robust experience and we are finally there!

@@DaveOnWP I just tested it out a bit and I'm wondering if the following functionality is possible. If you set up a pattern with, say, a heading block, paragraph block and a button block (enable overrides on all of them), is it possible to leave one of these blocks empty on an instance of that pattern and have it completely omit that block from rendering? So removing the text from the heading block in that instance would have it simply not render on the front end. Currently, it looks like it does output the block HTML on the front end, it's just an empty element that takes with it the margin, padding defined in the source pattern.

@@steamboat9592 It's a good use case which I'm not sure is possible right now. We still have time to fix that though. To that end I've passed on your feedback to the contributors working on the Tracking Issue github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/issues/59819#issuecomment-2088165643

@@DaveOnWP Cheers, Dave! That would allow you to have an "all the possibilities" pattern so the user can omit pieces that aren't needed in each instance.

😆decent lighting is 90% of it.

Agreed. Section styles + Compose Zoom Out mode will making assembling Pages so much better. I'm looking forward to seeing if this matures in time for 6.6!

Absolutely. And more proof of that is available when you realise you can run WordPress in your browser: wordpress.org/playground/

Grid is going to be HUGE. It's still got time to improve in terms of the UI and UX so let's see what's ready for WordPress 6.6.

Glad you like that. It's currently a stylistic treatment that's isolated to Compose / Zoom Out mode so that it's clear things are "different". Perhaps it could evolve elsewhere in future. Let's see where it takes us.

Yes, I am not sure about it being different in just one spot. What I like about it is that it has much more contrast, as the regular version is really something one has to search for at times. Its tone-on-tone style is really not my thing, and Brizy has proven that the black version is pretty effective on layouts.

The editor is not currently optimising too allow users control over low level features such as media queries. Rather the aim is to allow for Intrinsic Design where things "just work". That does mean some more advanced layouts are going to continue to require CSS for a while longer. If you are looking to understand more about why the editor takes this approach then you might like to watch this Hallway Hangout on Intrinsic Design: make.wordpress.org/themes/2024/01/30/hallway-hangout-intrinsic-design/

You are very welcome. I hope it brings some visibility to things that are already public but perhaps not obvious to those who don't work on the project full time.

If you need more advanced functionality for other blocks I would be tempted to try out this Plugin: wordpress.org/plugins/block-visibility/ Nick is a great guy and very experienced contributor to WordPress.

Thanks 😅

Hi there. Yes you can do this. - Make each "section" you want to link to a "Group" block (it might be this already). - Select the section Group block and open the block's right hand sidebar ("Block Settings"). - Look for "Advanced" -> "HTML Anchor" - Type in a unique slug for the section (e.g. `welcome-home`). Note the instructional text below the input for more information on what you can place here. - Repeat for each section you want to link to. - Save the Site. Now in your Navigation block: - Click + to add a new menu item - In the search box type "#" (no quotes) and then the slug of the section you want to link to (e.g. #welcome-home ). The "#" tells the browser that this is an internal link. - Repeat for each section. - Save - Go to front of your site and clicking should jump to the section. If you want smooth scroll you might need to look for a simple Plugin like this one which will smooth scroll when you are moving between internal anchor links (note I did not test or endorse this Plugin - I just found it): wordpress.org/plugins/page-scroll-to-id/ I hope that helps?

@@DaveOnWP thanks, Dave !

Looking at the code it seems that tab will only display as "Install Fonts" if you only have a single Font Collection and that collection is "Google Fonts". So it may be that your site has deregistered the "Google Fonts" collection or you have registered more than a single collection.

You can actually avoid editing the Theme file. - Go to Site Editor - Look in top right for "Styles" icon - click on it. - Styles panel will open. - Click on "Additional CSS" - Paste in the CSS code from this tutorial video. - Save your site I am working on making this whole process a lot easier. Subscribe to the channel for an update coming soon!

You are welcome!

Always happy to receive feedback. I don't think building a Theme would work well in a short video presentation. In fact Maggie and I did prepare for this discussion otherwise it would probably have been x2 as long 🙂 That said, I'm sure we could slim this done for a future episode.] Appreciate you taking the time to let me know your thoughts.

I have never used Astra or Elementor so I couldn't say. If they preserve the Site Editor then you should be able to use it. That said, I wouldn't try to upgrade on a live website. Try a test site.

Same here

Same! Blocksy doesnt allow this?

I can't comment on this specific theme but perhaps it's doing something to interfere with the Fonts Library? The best place to ask would be the Support Forums from the Blocksy Theme wordpress.org/support/theme/blocksy/

Thanks for your question. So I fully understand, you would like the mobile menu to be a drop down rather than a full screen overlay? Did I get that right?

Yes that's right

Do you know how I can do that?

@@kirstynicholson4484 I'm afraid it's not currently possible without creating a custom block.

Glad it helped!

You're welcome Philip. Glad you found it useful and that you're looking forward to seeing this quality of life improvement land in WordPress 6.5.

Do you have the site online? I might be able to take a look. The setup is fairly laborious and I'm working on a few ways of making it bit easier.

@@DaveOnWP Hey Pal, thanks for the reply. I've installed Kadence blocks plugin which provides this option. In the video I couldn't quite see exactly which file to edit, I think that could have been my problem. I appreciate the response though :)

Yes indeed. Contributors here did a great job!

Thanks you. That's great feedback as well. We did have a few mockups showing this kind of filter mechanic which I also agree could be super useful in certain circumstances.

@@DaveOnWP Cool. Thanks for the info. I hope there is still an open issue about this improvement and that it won't be forgotten. I can't find it on Github but I might have missed it.

Thanks for all your efforts Rich 👏

I agree. It's great to see it finally landing in 6.5! What other features are you looking for in future releases?

@@DaveOnWP Partial pattern overwrite is going to be huge for small agencies/freelancer. Every improvement to Block- and Site-Editor is very welcome. Am curries what the Interactivity-API will kick off now at it's becoming public.

Thank you. I'll be looking to cover some more features in the run up to the release. We've made a big effort to slim down the UI but it has been mentioned a few times that we need a dedicated close button that stands apart from "Cancel" and provides a means to close the dialog via the UI. You can follow this discussion here if that helps github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/issues/47544 As you say, hopefully the changes to the UI/UX in 6.5 will make this flow better for all users.

@@DaveOnWP The slimed down UI is a very good progress indeed! The back button would help understanding the flow _within_ the modal (horizontally so to say). Closing via Cancel or another button (maybe X - on the same hight das a back button?) is also an important discussion to have. Thanks for the link, I'll keep an eye on it

Thanks much appreciated.

Thank you. Many contributors worked very hard on these updates which - despite there apparent simplicity - were actually pretty complex to get right from both a design/UX and technical perspective. I'll be sure to pass on your feedback. Much appreciated.

Thank you. I completely agree. This is an excellent and long overdue feature and I'm excited to see what folks think of it. You might also want to check out the updates to Link Editing in WordPress 6.5 czcams.com/video/ySyJRYAbU_M/video.html Thanks again for your comment.