inconsistent handling of align settings on Pages / Templates

[tinomueller]

Maybe i'm not getting the full concept behind but it feels a bit clumsy to setup the alignment/wide settings for the blocks on pages/posts or templates/template-parts.

Example:

• setup a header template using Gutenberg on a normal page
• - create Cover block with background color
• - insert a simple text
• - set alignment to full-width
• - copy the cover and insert it into a template-part

Now, if i want to edit the template part the alignment/sizing option is not available anymore. (see screenshots)

[tinomueller]

template editor

[tinomueller]

page editor

[poena]

Hi @tinomueller.
You are not alone in expressing this, it is a frequently asked question about working with blocks in the different editors.

Blocks have alignment options depending on their parent. In the Site Editor, the blocks need to be placed inside a container like a group block with specific settings enabled.
In the Post editor, this is not needed, because the blocks are, in a sense, already inside a post content block.

This is a known issue, the contributors who are working on the editor have not found the best way to solve it yet.

I am closing this ticket as a duplicate of an issue reported in the Gutenberg GitHub repository, because there are more discussions and a better explanation there:
​https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/issues/55799