Improve override indication for editable blocks in synced patterns #60599
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I'm into this, seems a big improvement over the dashed outlines. I can't test in more detail at the moment, but just a quick thumbs up for now. |
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I'm seeing a blue border in the post editor:
And a purple outline in the site editor:
Presumably it should be purple in both places? |
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I like this, it's an improvement, but sometimes the overlay isn't super clear, typically when applied to images or when the background is darker. Would it be overkill to include a solid border too?
How come? Shouldn't they be the same? 🤔 |
I think a better empty placeholder for core/post-content within Site Editor pages would work much better than highlighting much of the page with purple (nor outlines, like it is now):
The UX issue on the pages front is that it's not clear where on the "Add new page" flow you actually start adding content. Here's what we have in trunk; the outlines in trunk, or proposed background animations, don't solve for that:
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Yea, that's the one drawback. It feels a bit so with both. And with just a border it's intermixing with the hover/selected styles, making it feel like the block is selected temporarily. |
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I think we can try it with varying degrees of opacity/visual effect, but if we're good with the concept I'd like to get this iteration in, to keep driving the related parts of #60286 forward. |
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I tweaked it a bit, to work better with dark backgrounds. What do you think of this @jameskoster? CleanShot.2024-04-10.at.11.17.16.mp4 |
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The dark background challenge is a bit of a misnomer as the outlines have the same problem. Can you use the inspector on that pattern and see if there's an instance of an |
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I think the border helps a little, but yeah, definitely not perfect. From a quick look it seems You'll probably think it's too much, but a simpler alternative could be a stronger initial state in the animation. This is outline opacity .9 and bg opacity .3, which makes it super-obvious: indocator.mp4 |
It's not localized per block/pattern, only per useDarkThemeBodyClassName, based on the site's background color. |
Was coming here to call out the same issue, especially with a dark background. I wish we had a way to pick up on the darker background and change the highlight color that's used. I also noticed some oddness imagining being a user and trying to double click on a field I can't override: Screen.Recording.2024-04-10.at.4.48.01.PM.movInstead of just surfacing the blocks I could edit, some weird selection happened with this PR. |
The thing here is: before we didn't have anything, and I found that to be a better experience than this. The overlay is a step in the right direction because it isn't about adding blinking elements in the UI, it's about reducing them. IMO the next step wouldn't be to add borders, but to revert the original addition of these and explore other solutions, such as diming surrounding UI instead. |
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Probably fine to remove the border if the animation begins with a more opaque overlay like in #60599 (comment). Spotlighting is worth a try too, but I'm curious how would that work? If you select a pattern, would non-overrideable blocks be dimmed, or would it be a temporary on-click thing? Obviously it would need to play nicely with Spotlight mode itself. |
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I've undone the outline attempt. If we're good with the premise, let's get this merged to further explore related alternates. I do think as-is this is a clear step forward. Any objections? |
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What?
A piece of #60286.
Removes the previously implemented dotted border animation in lieu of a subtle background animation, to help indicate which blocks within the synced pattern are editable (have overrides). Too many outlines make it difficult to discern what is being communicated.
Testing Instructions
Screenshots or screencast
Before
CleanShot.2024-04-09.at.08.23.40.mp4
After
CleanShot.2024-04-09.at.08.13.15.mp4
Note
This effort scopes the effect only to synced patterns. Editable blocks within a template will not have this effect, or the previous outlines, as seen below:
CleanShot.2024-04-09.at.08.27.56.mp4
Related: #57901 and #58159