Pattern Placeholder blocking editing of template parts in site editor #79145
Description
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Status: Work around in place, issue is being left open while root cause is addressed
There seems to be a bug in the site editor when editing a Header or Footer template part where you see Pattern Placeholder block, and you can’t edit.
This has been reported so far on simple sites, and on a range of themes.
Workaround: editing the template from the Page Editor works as expected.
Tasks
- Stop triggering the GB bug: Don't add post types to patterns #79238
- Open a PR in GB to fix the issue @arthur791004 Edit Site: Fix the pattern with the post types becomes the placeholder pattern when editing template part WordPress/gutenberg#52503
- Revert Don't add post types to patterns #79238 once the GB fix has been deployed to dotcom
Steps to reproduce
- Pick one of these themes: Appleton, jinjang, Barnett
- Click to go to Site Editor
- Go to template parts
- Click to edit Header or Footer template parts
What you expected to happen
To edit the blocks that are part of the template part
What actually happened
Can't see blocks, so can't edit.
Impact
Some (< 50%)
Available workarounds?
Yes, easy to implement
Platform (Simple and/or Atomic)
Simple
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