Join blocks

Which blocks cannot be joined?

If I have two paragraphs and I go to the front of the second one and hit backspace, then it combines them into one paragraph block without issue.

You’re right, I’m sorry, English is not my natural language and I have trouble expressing myself.

I want to say that there is a contextual option for the blocks, but not to combine them. It is possible to combine them manually, of course.

It’s just a comment.

thanks for your help

• This reply was modified 6 years ago by andrespaiva.

Ah, I understand.

Yes, there is no combine blocks option because that doesn’t really make sense except when it is done contextually.

Let’s say I had two paragraph blocks. Then the natural way to combine them is as I stated before, just backspace one into the other to make them a single paragraph.

But if I somehow “selected” both of the blocks, then had something like a menu option or button or whatever to combine them, then what would I expect the result to be? A paragraph block contains a single paragraph, not two. So if the expected result would the the same backspace outcome, then the more natural way would be better. An option or button or something would produce the same result, but may not be what is expected in such a case.

And for nearly all pairs of blocks you can think of, “combining” them doesn’t make any sense. I can’t combine an image block with a paragraph block. A combine operation would need every block to define every other block that it can be combined with in a way that makes sense. Most of those don’t make sense.

So, yeah, I don’t see the need for a combine feature. Combining different blocks together isn’t something you really ever do.

I do see a need for it.

When I do a copy paste from word, my bullet lines all get broken down into individual paragraphs. I want them to be all combined and in a single bullet list.

I agree. I have a group of paragraphs and bulleted lists that would be great if it could be in one reusable block but it appears to be impossible to save it all as one block. It’s an action list for hurricanes.

It would be nice if there was a way to chain the blocks together and save that reusable chain of blocks.

UPDATE: Okay I figured-out how to make multiple blocks a Reusable Block.

Build the Reusable Block at https://yourdomain.com/wp-admin/edit.php?post_type=wp_block

* Choose Add New
* Build the Reusable Block even if it has multiple blocks
* Publish. This will NOT publish the block onto your site for the public to see but will put the block into your Reusable Block list.

Note: You can also get to this when on a Post edit page by clicking the vertical three dots on the upper right, and choose Tools/Manage All Reusable Blocks

• This reply was modified 5 years, 8 months ago by mediabaron.
• This reply was modified 5 years, 8 months ago by mediabaron.
• This reply was modified 5 years, 8 months ago by mediabaron.