Gutenberg: Block toolbar should move to by block

Created on 16 Dec 2019  Â·  4Comments  Â·  Source: WordPress/gutenberg

On a mobile device, it would be nice to move the block to the top and connect with the toolbar when interacting. There is a movement to connect back, however, there is still a disconnected space. For example here, I am interacting with the image block.

2019-12-16 21 42 13

Mobile Web Needs Technical Feedback

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Sorry, "active block indication" was kind of a brain fart, I couldn't remember what to call it.

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Seems like something a stronger active block indication could help with?

Is this tested in the iOS simulator? It's hard to tell without the soft-keyboard showing. If it's from the simulator, here's how to toggle it:

Screenshot 2019-12-17 at 09 47 23

I ask because the way Mobile Safari handles the soft keyboard and viewport scrolling is notoriously bad, and as a result is unfortunately the lowest common denominator we have to design for.

Seems like something a stronger active block indication could help with?

I disagree specifically on the term "active block indication", though I would agree making it much more clear what actually has _focus_ is very very important. It may sound like a subtle distinction but I think it matters:

  • If you click in text, what matters is that the text caret — where you clicked to type — is immediately identifiable, and where your eye expects it to be. Given that caret is often gray, I doubt additional borders will help here.
  • If you click an image, it's very important that the image itself has a distinctly visible focus style, so you know what you're editing.

You should always know exactly what you're editing, and making sure it's in expected view is important.

Sorry, "active block indication" was kind of a brain fart, I couldn't remember what to call it.

@jasmussen it wasn't but that might be what forces this.

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