Allow filtering the alignment options of blocks via theme.json

[oandregal]

Related #34316

The align options of blocks can be filtered using the block_type_metadata filter. It'd be easier for themes if they could filter those options via theme.json as we do with other settings such as units.

[oandregal]

Ran this by Riad and this is the context I've gathered:

• themes now define layout.contentWidth and layout.wideSize which already control the visibility of the alignment controls
• float options (left, center, right) are unaffected by the existing layout (they are always visible if the block supports it)
• disabling alignment options per block can be confusing to users
• we have different layout options (flow, flex) and alignments are contextual to the particular layout

I'm not sure we want to do this yet.

[fabiankaegy]

From my perspective, the ability to filter the alignment options of blocks via theme.json would be a significant improvement. It currently is the primary thing the blocks.registerBlockType hook in JS gets used for.

function addWideAlignmentOptions(settings, name) {
	if (name !== 'namespace/block-name') {
		return settings;
	}

	return {
		...settings,
		attributes: {
			...settings.attributes,
			align: {
				'wide',
				'full'
			},
		},
	};
}

addFilter(
	'blocks.registerBlockType',
	'add-wide-alignment-options',
	addWideAlignmentOptions,
);

Not having to manually filter the options but instead having a more declarative way of achieving this would reduce a lot of code that by nature is modifying settings at a relatively low level in the block API.

[oandregal]

Closing this one and it hasn't seen any movement in +2 years.