Document outline: Show heading blocks when template-lock is enabled #69073
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Mamaduka
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| const mergeEditorBlocks = ( filteredBlocks ) => | ||
| filteredBlocks.map( ( block ) => { | ||
| if ( block.name === 'core/post-content' ) { | ||
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| ...block, | ||
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| ...block.innerBlocks, | ||
| ...getEditorBlocks(), | ||
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| }; | ||
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| if ( block.innerBlocks?.length ) { | ||
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| ...block, | ||
| innerBlocks: mergeEditorBlocks( block.innerBlocks ), | ||
| }; | ||
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| return block; | ||
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| const processedBlocks = isTemplate | ||
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It is not recommended to iterate over the values inside the mapSelect method. When SCRIPT_DEBUG is enabled, the data package will even log a warning.
Iteration should happen outside the useSelect callback and probably be memoized.
See: #67735 (comment)
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I am running into more problems, |
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I am not sure how to solve this
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@WordPress/gutenberg-core I need help with getting a list of all blocks in the canvas, to render the Document Outline. The list of blocks should include the template blocks plus the blocks in the post content when the option "show template" (template-locked) is enabled.
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The One problem here is that these selectors only return client IDs, so I'll have to get the remaining block data for display. |
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Oh, getBlocksByName works, thank you. |
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I’ve an idea for general solution that should be more future proof. I’ll try to share draft solution later today or tomorrow. |
You should enjoy the camp instead! |
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With the latest change, the blocks in the post content can now be selected by clicking on the item in the document outline when "show template" is enabled. But in this mode, the template blocks in the document outline can also be clicked. When clicked, there is no visible focus on the block in the content. With If the template blocks could be identified, the link could be disabled, and a lock icon or similar could show in the outline. |
Mamaduka
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Feb 26, 2025
| isTitleSupported: postType?.supports?.title ?? false, | ||
| blockData: clientIds.map( ( id ) => getBlock( id ) ), |
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This would trigger a warning in useSelect; generally, the map/filter operations should be avoided when dealing with separate selected data properties.
To solve this, we can extract block selection into a separate useSelect, and only selects and returns an array of blocks.
const blocks = useSelect( ( select ) => {
const { getClientIdsWithDescendants, getBlock } =
select( blockEditorStore );
const clientIds = getClientIdsWithDescendants();
// Note: Don't modify data inside the `Array.map` callback,
// all compulations should happen in `computeOutlineHeadings`.
return clientIds.map( ( id ) => getBlock( id ) );
} );So, how does that actually solve the problem?
The useSelect function performs a shallow equality check internally. This means that it considers previously and currently selected data to be the same as long as every current value matches the previous value. To satisfy this check, you can return an array of blocks, with each block directly obtained from the global state using the getBlock function.
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So I made the same mistake as in #69073 (comment)
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It's definitely similar, but no worries, you'll get used to handling them as I eventually did 😄
Just look out for similar warnings in the DevTools console. I know there's already one, but I will fix it shortly.
Mamaduka
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Thanks, @carolinan!
With the latest change, the blocks in the post content can now be selected by clicking on the item in the document outline when "show template" is enabled.
Should we create a separate issue and handle this as a follow-up? I have got a couple of ideas about how to do that.
Regarding styling. It looks like the TableOfContentsItem used to have a disabled state (#14081); maybe we could reintroduce that. cc @afercia
Update: Here's a quick patch of my idea. It needs polishing, but it should be a good start.
Patch
diff --git packages/editor/src/components/document-outline/index.js packages/editor/src/components/document-outline/index.js
index 704eccbee69..e69cf48a9a3 100644
--- packages/editor/src/components/document-outline/index.js
+++ packages/editor/src/components/document-outline/index.js
@@ -127,6 +127,18 @@ export default function DocumentOutline( {
// all compulations should happen in `computeOutlineHeadings`.
return clientIds.map( ( id ) => getBlock( id ) );
} );
+ const contentBlocks = useSelect( ( select ) => {
+ const { getBlocksByName, getClientIdsOfDescendants } =
+ select( blockEditorStore );
+ const [ postContentClientId ] = getBlocksByName( 'core/post-content' );
+
+ // When rendering in `post-only` mode there's no post-content block.
+ if ( ! postContentClientId ) {
+ return undefined;
+ }
+
+ return getClientIdsOfDescendants( postContentClientId );
+ }, [] );
const prevHeadingLevelRef = useRef( 1 );
@@ -193,7 +205,11 @@ export default function DocumentOutline( {
key={ item.clientId }
level={ `H${ item.level }` }
isValid={ isValid }
- isDisabled={ hasOutlineItemsDisabled }
+ isDisabled={
+ hasOutlineItemsDisabled ||
+ ( contentBlocks &&
+ ! contentBlocks.includes( item.clientId ) )
+ }
href={ `#block-${ item.clientId }` }
onSelect={ () => {
selectBlock( item.clientId );
diff --git packages/editor/src/components/document-outline/item.js packages/editor/src/components/document-outline/item.js
index d202a2f6212..e0eebb2e5cd 100644
--- packages/editor/src/components/document-outline/item.js
+++ packages/editor/src/components/document-outline/item.js
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import clsx from 'clsx';
const TableOfContentsItem = ( {
children,
isValid,
+ isDisabled,
level,
href,
onSelect,
@@ -16,13 +17,17 @@ const TableOfContentsItem = ( {
`is-${ level.toLowerCase() }`,
{
'is-invalid': ! isValid,
+ 'is-disabled': isDisabled,
}
) }
>
<a
href={ href }
className="document-outline__button"
- onClick={ onSelect }
+ aria-disabled={ isDisabled }
+ onClick={
+ ! isDisabled ? onSelect : ( event ) => event.preventDefault()
+ }
>
<span
className="document-outline__emdash"
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Yes, it can be a follow up. |
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Sounds good! |
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…ordPress#69073) * Document outline: Show heading blocks when template-lock is enabled This PR updates the Document Outline to show heading blocks from both the template and the post content when the option "Show template" is enabled. Co-authored-by: carolinan <poena@git.wordpress.org> Co-authored-by: Mamaduka <mamaduka@git.wordpress.org> Co-authored-by: SainathPoojary <sainathpoojary@git.wordpress.org> Co-authored-by: singhakanshu00 <akanshusingh@git.wordpress.org> Co-authored-by: rinkalpagdar <rinkalpagdar@git.wordpress.org> Co-authored-by: afercia <afercia@git.wordpress.org> Co-authored-by: t-hamano <wildworks@git.wordpress.org>
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What?
Closes #68820
This PR updates the Document Outline to show heading blocks from both the template and the post content when the option "Show template" is enabled (template lock).
Why?
See the discussions in the issue.
How?
Updated February 26.
The PR uses
getClientIdsWithDescendantsto get the client id of all blocks in the template (if template-locked is enabled) and the content, then gets the block data with the help of the id.computeOutlineHeadingsis updated to filter the block data and return the heading blocks. It no longer needs to look for the inner blocks since the blocks are already flattened.Testing Instructions
Activate a classic theme.
Create a new post, add an H1 heading and an H3 heading below it.
Open the Document Outline. It should show the two headings and a warning about an incorrect level.
Activate a block theme.
Edit the single post template. Add an H1 above the post content block and another heading below the post content block, save.
Open the Document Outline. It should show the headings from the template.
Return the edit the post you created.
Open the Document Outline. It should show the two headings and a warning about an incorrect level.
Enable the option "Show template" from the "View" dropdown.
Confirm that the content in the Document Outline is updated and shows the headings from the template and the post content.
There should be a warning for duplicate H1's, and a warning about an incorrect level.
The headings should show in the same order as in the document.
Add a new heading in the post content.
Confirm that the content in the Document Outline is updated.
Delete the H1 heading from the post content.
Confirm that the content in the Document Outline is updated. There should not be warning for duplicate H1's.
Screenshots or screencast
In the block editor: