diff --git a/docs/how-to-guides/curating-the-editor-experience.md b/docs/how-to-guides/curating-the-editor-experience.md index 584e6dc18b8a0..e95948eb5e941 100644 --- a/docs/how-to-guides/curating-the-editor-experience.md +++ b/docs/how-to-guides/curating-the-editor-experience.md @@ -12,7 +12,11 @@ Users have the ability to lock and unlock blocks via the editor. The locking UI ![Image of locking interface](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/WordPress/gutenberg/HEAD/docs/assets/Locking%20interface.png?raw=true) -Keep in mind that each block you want to lock will need to be individually locked as desired. There is not a way to mass lock blocks currently. +Keep in mind that you can apply locking options to blocks nested inside of a containing block by turning on the "Apply to all blocks inside" option. However, you cannot mass lock blocks otherwise. + +**Lock the ability to edit certain blocks** + +Alongside the ability to lock moving or removing blocks, the [Navigation Block](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/44739) and [Reusable block](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/39950) have an additional capability: lock the ability to edit the contents of the block. This locks the ability to make changes to any blocks inside of either block type. **Apply block locking to patterns or templates** @@ -300,11 +304,13 @@ To fully remove patterns bundled with WordPress core from being accessed in the ## Utilizing patterns -**Prioritize post content patterns for new pages** +**Prioritize starter patterns for any post type** + +When a user creates new content, regardless of post type, they are met with an empty canvas. However, that experience can be improved thanks to the option to have patterns from a specific type prioritized upon creation of a new piece of content. The modal appears each time the user creates a new item when there are patterns on their website that declare support for the `core/post-content` block types. By default, WordPress does not include any of these patterns, so the modal will not appear without at least two of these post content patterns being added. -When a user creates a page, they are met with an empty page. However, that experience can be improved thanks to the option to have patterns from a specific type prioritized upon page creation in a modal. The modal appears each time the user creates a new page when there are patterns on their website that declare support for the core/post-content block types. By default, WordPress 6.0 does not include any of these patterns, so the modal will not appear without some of these post content patterns being added. +To opt into this, include `core/post-content` in the Block Types for your pattern. From there you can control which post types the pattern should show up for via the Post Types option. [Here's an example of a pattern](https://gist.github.com/annezazu/ead4c4965345251ec999b716c0c84f32) that would appear when creating a new post. -Read more about this functionality in the [Page creation patterns in WordPress 6.0 dev note](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2022/05/03/page-creation-patterns-in-wordpress-6-0/). +Read more about this functionality in the [Page creation patterns in WordPress 6.0 dev note](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2022/05/03/page-creation-patterns-in-wordpress-6-0/) and [note that WordPress 6.1 brought this functionality to all post types](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2022/10/10/miscellaneous-editor-changes-for-wordpress-6-1/#start-content-patterns-for-all-post-types). **Lock patterns** @@ -330,3 +336,4 @@ Keep in mind that the above approaches can be combined as you see fit. For examp - [Builder Basics – Working with Templates in Full Site Editing (Part 3)](https://wordpress.tv/2022/05/24/nick-diego-builder-basics-working-with-templates-in-full-site-editing-part-3/) - [Core Editor Improvement: Curated experiences with locking APIs & theme.json](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2022/02/09/core-editor-improvement-curated-experiences-with-locking-apis-theme-json/) +- [Learn WordPress session on Curating the Editor Experience](https://wordpress.tv/2022/07/22/nick-diego-curating-the-editor-experience/)