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Site editor: Selecting block does not switch to the block tab #29620

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@jasmussen

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In the post editor, when you select a block, the block tab is selected to show contextual controls:

post editor

This is not the case in the site editor:

block tab

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Install a block-based theme (https://github.com/WordPress/theme-experiments) and go to the site editor. Click a block, and note the block tab is not selected.

Expected behaviour

The block tab should automatically be selected to show contextual controls for a block, when the block is selected.

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[Status] In ProgressTracking issues with work in progress[Type] BugAn existing feature does not function as intended

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