Gutenberg: New Block: Post Excerpt

[mapk]

As indicated in #15623, there will be a suite of Post blocks that make up the Post template.

This is the Post Excerpt block.

Features

• Allow editing of the word count.
• Allow direct editing of the "Read more" link.

Mockups

Selected (grays out the uneditable text)

Unselected (text resumes normal color)

Questions

• Should we show a placeholder screen that allows the selection of a particular post, category, or tag?
• Should this block inherit a parent block's settings like category type, or tag?

[mapk]

A placeholder screen might make sense if this block is ever used on it's own, but if it was the child block of a Posts template, I'd assume it would be repeated and that it would inherit the parent block's setting for a specific category, tag, or something like "recent."

Here's a quick mockup that doesn't take all this into account, but gets the point across.

[epiqueras]

This block should never manage its own post context. It will just inherit it from a parent Post block or the top-level post context.

Should this block inherit a parent block's settings like category type, or tag?

I don't see how category type or tag is a setting of the post excerpt.

[mapk]

I don't see how category type or tag is a setting of the post excerpt.

I imagined if I was creating a Category page, listing excerpts of all posts with that category, then I'd want my post excerpts reflect that from the parent or CPT, right? Maybe I'm thinking about this incorrectly?

[epiqueras]

This is a Post Excerpt block, not a Post Excerpts block. The category page would wrap this in a query block that renders multiple instances of it, each with a different post context.

[paaljoachim]

Would this be the block to also adjust the words "Read more.." or something else the user decides?
Example the user would like to instead use the words "Continue reading".

[epiqueras]

Yes

Allow direct editing of the "Read more" link.

[richtabor]

Is there any objection to using a RangeControl with a value entry field for "word count"? Seems it may be a similar solution than the proposed control.

I'm not sure how valuable multiple pre-determined count variations would be - as the user would likely manipulate the count based on the font size/content width/theme style (and how those look work together).

And what do we think about adding fontSize capability, like the Paragraph block (as these are paragraphs)?

[epiqueras]

Is there any objection to using a RangeControl with a value entry field for "word count"?

That's what I did.

I'm not sure how valuable multiple pre-determined count variations would be - as the user would likely manipulate the count based on the font size/content width/theme style (and how those look work together).

Agreed.

And what do we think about adding fontSize capability, like the Paragraph block (as these are paragraphs)?

Makes sense.