Consider Allowing "Force Footer to Bottom of Page"

[masperber]

What

In some cases, a user may choose to create a page with relatively little content that does not fill an entire page. In this case, the user might wish for the footer to appear at the bottom of the screen instead of immediately below the content.

Why

For pages where there is enough content to fill an entire page, the footer will appear at the bottom of the page when the visitor scrolls to the bottom. If the footer appears floating in the middle of a page with not enough content to fill the page, it may cause that page to not appear cohesive with the rest of the site.

How

Add a toggle option to Footer template parts and/or Group Blocks, similar to the toggle that allows Group blocks to be designated as "sticky headers."

[karenroldan]

📌 ACTIONS

• Replaced issue type with a bug
• Requested author feedback

📌 Message to Author

• Can you share the theme used for this? The footer appearing in the middle of the page should not be the intended behavior.

[masperber]

@karenroldan this can be reproduced with any FSE theme.

[cuemarie]

I can replicate the footer not sticking to the bottom of a short page in simple and AT sites:

Simple Site, TT2 Theme

Atomic Site, Blank Canvas Theme

[cuemarie]

Still working on determining where best to take this next - it feels like it would pertain to FSE work in /gutenberg, so I've asked for some help connecting it to any existing issues, before I report it anew. p1684868062118849-slack-C03EUR81G3V

[cuemarie]

Ok, my conversation over in p1684868062118849-slack-C03EUR81G3V was helpful! Hat tip to @kathrynwp for their assistance. A couple takeaways:

First, this is working by design; in fact, the same thing happens in Classic Themes as well (Example: Morden):

Second, the best /gutenberg issue to follow for this is this one:

• Fixed / Sticky position follow up tasks WordPress/gutenberg#47043
  • Specifically, there's an item in that project: Look into position UI for top/left/right/bottom positions and offsets, in particular support for fixed/sticky footers

📌 ACTIONS

• Relabeled as a Feature Request again
• Feature request kept