Footer margin

This seems to be isolated to the footer’s wp-block-template-part class. The header doesn’t behave this way. Why does the footer?

More context: Somehow on https://2024.wordpress.net/, there’s no margin above the footer. But, if you go to other pages, like https://2024.wordpress.net/index.php/sample-page/ or https://2024.wordpress.net/index.php/services-cta/, you’ll see the margin. I’m just trying to get rid of the margin above the footer.

Hey @joshuagellock ! It looks like this is coming from the default block spacing. You can find the option by going to the site editor, and then to Styles > Layout > Block spacing

If you don’t want to modify this global setting, you can use some custom css like this:

.wp-site-blocks > footer.wp-block-template-part {
  margin-block-start: 0;
}

There’s some discussion in this Github issue about this in case you’re interested in looking.

I appreciate you helping me with this, @properlypurple. Thank you.

Bringing this to others, they also suggested CSS as a way to fix this. However, to me, that’s masking the issue. I’m also not going to modify the entire site’s block spacing for this one element. I don’t feel I should have to either.

The confusing thing is that on the theme site, you see two different experiences and the why is what I’m trying to get to. Why does one page have the margin and the other doesn’t?

What’s more is that this issue isn’t identified as a bug per the GitHub link you sent. That’s concerning. By definition, a bug is a mistake that causes unintentional behavior. This padding was intentional? If that’s the case, that’s really, really concerning. It doesn’t seem to follow logic. I should be the one to determine if padding should be there – not the theme. Not the dev. What’s the benefit of the padding?

• This reply was modified 4 months ago by Josh Gellock.

@joshuagellock I understand that using css is basically masking the issue. I’d highly recommend continuing discussion about this on the Github issue report about this, since this does look like a bug.

@properlypurple, rereading my responses here, I realize I could have come across as aggressive when that wasn’t my intention. I apologize! I was just really struggling with this issue and couldn’t make heads or tails of it.

I’ve gone ahead and posted on GitHub about this. I am concerned that the individuals in that conversation don’t feel it’s a bug when in a user’s mind, it absolutely is. I don’t know what to do about that. Do you know how often issues like that are looked at and what kind of realistic expectation I should have about this getting fixed?

Thanks!

@joshuagellock No worries, these things can be frustrating ??

About this specific bug, I can’t comment on how the developers and community will handle this. From a user point of view, the easiest way now is to use some css, or try out a plugin that gives more control over block properties, perhaps one such as Editor plus or Spectra.

@properlypurple ok thanks! I’m all set. Appreciate your help. ??