Opened 8 weeks ago
Closed 8 weeks ago
#61698 closed defect (bug) (invalid)
Cannot name or blocks in 6.6 in sidebar
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| Milestone: | Priority: | normal | |
| Severity: | minor | Version: | 6.6 |
| Component: | Editor | Keywords: | needs-testing |
| Focuses: | ui | Cc: |
Description
Was the Block Name field under the Advanced block settings removed in 6.6? The field is no longer in the right sidebar.
To rule out if any custom theme modifications were the culprit it, I switched to an unmodified TwentyTwentyFour theme, but it did not restore the field.
Fortunately, renaming is still possible by clicking on the “kebab” next to the block and selecting Rename.
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You are right that these controls are not found under the Advanced tab any more, you can read more about the background for why this change was made in the corresponding ticket at https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/issues/60118
The summary is that there were multiple ways to find the rename feature, which might add confusion over time. Keeping it in one fixed location, in the context of the block, is in most cases the more expected approach to discover this functionality, and avoids additional confusion that the various features found in the Advanced tab may expose a user to.
If you would like to see a change to this behavior, I would recommend creating a ticket for it on the Gutenberg GitHub repository though, as we welcome discussions on how things can be enhanced! Since it relates to the editor, and is an expected change for now, I'll close the ticket here on trac (the keyword used will be
invalid, as it is an expected behavior, and there are no more appropriate keywords for it, just to not cause any alarm or confusion, as your experience is still valid here).