blocks beside each other

  • Resolved oakhillman

    (@oakhillman)


    6 years, 10 months ago

    I can’t figure out how to place blocks beside each other. It appears that they can only be placed one on top of another. Can anyone enlighten me?

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  • Plugin Author Gary Pendergast

    (@pento)

    Hey @oakhillman!

    There are a few different aspects to this question, depending on exactly what you want to do.

    If you want to place an image beside some text, insert the image, then in the Image Block toolbar, click the “Align Left” or “Align Right” button. subsequent paragraphs will wrap around the image. Depending on your theme, you might also need to adjust the image size (check the Size setting in the Image Block sidebar).

    For text blocks, there’s a Text Column Block that might fit your requirements.

    For a more generic solution, allowing any blocks to sit beside each other, that’s currently in progress. The basic idea is looking pretty good, but it’s still going to need some work. Keep an eye on that PR for updates, it should hopefully be in a Gutenberg release soon!

    Thread Starter oakhillman

    (@oakhillman)

    Gary,

    Thanks for the reply. I saw the image alignment and also saw the text column blocks. As I’m sure you know, those aren’t quite what I’m after, but it looks like you guys are working on it. I’ll be keeping an eye for updates.

    By the way, I did have a little trouble with aligning buttons. Left and right alignment worked fine, but center alignment did not work for me.

    oakhillman

    Plugin Author Gary Pendergast

    (@pento)

    Thanks for the bug report, @oakhillman!

    This is fixed in the development repo, it’ll be included in the next release. ??

    Thread Starter oakhillman

    (@oakhillman)

    You are welcome sir. If I might be so bold as to suggest that there be a bit more space between blocks when editing. Right now when working with a block, the buttons at the top overlap the bottom of the block above, and for me it’s visually confusing and maybe even gives it a cluttered look.

    I would also suggest that the border around the active block be a little bolder. It’s just not quite visible enough to give me a good indication that it’s the active block, at least on my monitor.

    I also wouldn’t mind if each block was clearly identified with text as to what type of block it is. I find myself struggling to figure that out.

    Thanks for the work you and the Gutenberg team are doing. Looking forward to using it on a live site when it’s ready.

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