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try adding max columns to grid #60941

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@SaxonF SaxonF commented Apr 22, 2024

What?

Adds a maximum column control to grid when in auto mode.

Why?

If we move forward with all grid items being manually positioned when in manual mode, we'll be missing a way to create an adaptive grid with a set number of columns.

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This is great @SaxonF and is exactly what I was hoping for 😄

One question I have though is whether we're set on using columnCount. I like re-using this option because it feels like it aligns with the idea of these being "constraints" on the grid's behavior. Having the presence of minimumColumnWidth define whether or not it's responsive feels intuitive.

With that said, however, I wonder if we should be cautious of backward incompatibility here. Anyone using both columnCount and minimumColumnWidth would start seeing different behavior. This might be the case if they set layout using the spread operator without correctly clearing the inverse option.

I don't think it's a problem since this behavior feels more likely to be intentional. In my case, for instance, I expected it to work this way in the first place and was surprised that it didn't. It's just important to highlight that as something worth thinking about.

@@ -351,7 +393,7 @@ function GridLayoutTypeControl( { layout, onChange } ) {
minimumColumnWidth || '12rem'
);

const isManual = !! columnCount ? 'manual' : 'auto';
const isManual = !! minimumColumnWidth ? 'auto' : 'manual';
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Nit: Since this isn't a boolean, isManual feels a bit misleading. Maybe something like columnMode? Names are hard 😄

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Any thoughts on this moving forward @SaxonF @tellthemachines? I'm currently looking at ways to move forward but it depends a bit on this.

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@ObliviousHarmony we're days away from feature freeze for WP 6.6 so it's extremely unlikely at this point that this PR will make it in.

Would you be able to create a temporary workaround for your use case in the meantime, bearing in mind that this feature will likely ship in 6.7?

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@tellthemachines My thinking was we might be able to get away with overriding supports.layout the same way Gutenberg does. Essentially, unhook render_block, create our own hook, and call the existing ones when dealing with blocks other than ours. This would work great on the PHP side. We could then copy the inspector controls and have the slightly modified version.

This is nice because we can make modifications while still benefitting from the wider things we get from layout like theme integration.

The caveat, however, is that I don’t see a similarly easy way to replace the client-side style generation.

Another thought I had but haven’t deeply explored yet is the use of a custom layout type. Take the same approach as above but add a custom layout type and related styles. A custom hook on the block can then generate those layout styles. Assuming it doesn’t use the list by default when an invalid type is set (it shouldn’t as far as I could tell), this lets us benefit from some of the same things without needing to try and modify the existing client style rendering.

Do you have any other ideas? I’m just really wanting to avoid a wooLayout attribute with 99.9% copy/pasted code except for this one tiny difference.

Thanks for any insight!

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The caveat, however, is that I don’t see a similarly easy way to replace the client-side style generation.

On the editor side layout is added as a filter to BlockListBlock so you could add your own filter on top of it. If nothing else, the BlockListBlock wrapperProps prop takes a style object that you can use to inject inline styles on the block.

Another thought I had but haven’t deeply explored yet is the use of a custom layout type.

This is probably only worth it if you want to add features that are unlikely to ever be built into core. The major downside imo is that once it's being used out in the wild, you'll be stuck with supporting it forever 😅

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Thanks @tellthemachines, this is great guidance.

On the editor side layout is added as a filter to BlockListBlock so you could add your own filter on top of it. If nothing else, the BlockListBlock wrapperProps prop takes a style object that you can use to inject inline styles on the block.

This should work great!

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Now that #61025 has been merged, I'm closing this in favour of #62777 which expands on that approach. The expected target for this enhancement is still WP 6.7.

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