Unable to add blocks on WP 6.1 - "+" button in editor shows up only in certain condition

[kacper3355]

Hi.

I updated to WP 6.1 on our dev site, but unfortunately, I've encountered a game-changing bug.

Compared to 6.0.3, editors are unable to add new blocks via "+ button" on the right. The only way to use this button is to click somewhere outside the editor and it will show up – it won't show up if you add a new paragraph.

I recorded a comparison between WP 6.0.3 which is working fine and WP 6.1. Here's the video: ​https://youtu.be/f3vEHjDhM1g

And here's the video showing specifically how to make the button appear on WP 6.1: ​https://i.imgur.com/M8P31x7.mp4

Hope it helps and the issue will soon be gone!

[kacper3355]

For clarification: the video showing the comparison between WP 6.0.3 and WP 6.1 was recorded before the next one – in the first video I wrote that the buttton seems to be showing up randomly, but later I figured out a pattern and showed it in the next video.

[starboard1]

#56957 was marked as a duplicate.

[hellofromTonya]

Hello @kacper3355,

Welcome back to WordPress Core's Trac. Thank you for reporting this issue.

This issue needs to be resolved upstream in the Gutenberg repository. There is a bug report open for it ​https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/issues/45497.

Would you mind sharing information on that issue please? Why? To centralize the discussion, investigation, fix, and testing.

Moving this issue into 6.1.1 for tracking purposes. But all work on it will happen in the ​Gutenberg issue 45497.

[brookedot]

#56965 was marked as a duplicate.

[desrosj]

Just a note, the fix for this was merged in ​GB-45542 and is marked for inclusion in 6.1.1.

I'm marking this close, as it should be noted as "Fixed" when the commit is made merging upstream changes.

[desrosj]

In 54811:

Editor: Update block editor packages to the latest patch releases.

This updates the block editor related npm dependencies to their latest patch versions ahead of WordPress 6.1.1.

For a full list of what’s included in this update, see ​https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/compare/432ed388f8d0614f9de775738b24b0ea96664715...6566f5fe9ece6ad5ae550349d3b1f0944a011040.

Props aaronrobertshaw, ntsekouras, bernhard-reiter, ramonopoly, isabel_brison, andrewserong, get_dave, scruffian, andraganescu, talldanwp, mciampini, noisysocks, cbravobernal, bph, tyxla, ellatrix, czapla, mcsf, ironprogrammer, wildworks, peterwilsoncc, mamaduka, mikachan, spacedmonkey, cybr, youknowriad, alexstine, aristath, kevin940726, ndiego, 0mirka00, poena, joen, ryankienstra, desrosj, vtad, nithins53, audrasjb, kacper3355, sabernhardt.
Fixes #57038, #56818, #56955, #56923.

[desrosj]

In 54812:

Editor: Update block editor packages to the latest patch releases.

This updates the block editor related npm dependencies to their latest patch versions ahead of WordPress 6.1.1.

For a full list of what’s included in this update, see ​https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/compare/432ed388f8d0614f9de775738b24b0ea96664715...6566f5fe9ece6ad5ae550349d3b1f0944a011040.

Props aaronrobertshaw, ntsekouras, bernhard-reiter, ramonopoly, isabel_brison, andrewserong, get_dave, scruffian, andraganescu, talldanwp, mciampini, noisysocks, cbravobernal, bph, tyxla, ellatrix, czapla, mcsf, ironprogrammer, wildworks, peterwilsoncc, mamaduka, mikachan, spacedmonkey, cybr, youknowriad, alexstine, aristath, kevin940726, ndiego, 0mirka00, poena, joen, ryankienstra, desrosj, vtad, nithins53, audrasjb, kacper3355, sabernhardt.
Merges [54811] to the 6.1 branch.
Fixes #57038, #56818, #56955, #56923.