Border allows custom color picker even when custom color is set to false in theme.json

Description

In theme.json having a custom color setting as false still allows the color picker for border color. The goal is to allow theme users to be able to choose from the color palette for border colors, but not have access to the color picker to choose any of the custom Hex, RGB, HSL color options

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In theme.json, set custom color setting to false and note that the custom color option is still available in core/group block under styles > border.

  "settings": {
    "color": {
      "custom": false,

Note that I can set border color to false in theme.json settings overall or for each block, but this also removes the ability to choose from my theme's color palette as well as removing the custom color picker.

  "settings": {
    "border": {
      "radius": true,
      "color": false,
      "style": false,
      "width": false
    },

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In the screenshot below, the limited color palette is shown but custom color picker is also shown for border color

Environment info

Tested in WP 6.4.3 and 6.5-beta3 (no Gutenberg plugin)
Also tested with Gutenberg Plugin v17.8.0-rc.4 +WP 6.5-beta3
Mac / Chrome

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Thank you for opening this! Added a few more labels.

Tested in WP 6.4.3 and 6.5-beta3 (no Gutenberg plugin)

Because this is present in both 6.4.3 and 6.5 beta 3, I'm afraid this isn't a bug isolated to just the beta period of 6.5. We enter RC1 tomorrow where we focus on fixing bugs found during the beta period/related to the beta period. As a result, I'm not going to add this to the 6.5 board.

If you don't mind, I'd like to work on this feature for the March 24th Contributor table at WordCamp Torrelodones 2024.

The problem is with the redux store "core/block-editor"
In the post editor is it not loaded and in the site editor it is loaded but without state.
For site editor - we need to import register from @wordpress/data to packages/block-editor/src/store/index.js
and add in line 38:

register( store );

Back on this issue in Yoast contributor day, the register is done in a different file, so that was not the issue.

This problem is both in the block editor when editing a post and in the site editor when editing a page.
Testing specifically in Group block.
This bug is applicable for text color and background color as well.
Not sure why we are not using initialState when registering a store.
The disableCustomColors is not true to the store value in packages/components/src/color-palette/index.tsx

is there any update on this? we are having this issue on the latest version 6.8.2 Thanks!

I'll be looking into this issue this week. 🙂

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Border allows custom color picker even when custom color is set to false in theme.json #59567

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Border allows custom color picker even when custom color is set to false in theme.json #59567

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