Block Library: Add Description List block - #81728
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All GitHub checks are passing. 🎉 I believe the functional implementation is ready for review. All three elements of the typical description list are represented by individual blocks. The term and details blocks are flexible and can be arranged in any order. A keyboard transform was also included for a convenient way to toggle between There are still a couple of visual questions that I expect may benefit from design feedback:
I'm not much of a designer, but I'd be happy to try to address either of those in this PR if they are considered important to the initial block experience. For now, I wanted to keep this first pass focused on something lightweight that provided a good authoring experience. Whenever someone has an opportunity, I’d appreciate a review of the implementation and guidance on whether or how to connect this effort with additional design or other block-editor processes as we carry it forward. |
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I think this is nice and we should add the block. My biggest request is adding e2e tests and removing all the unit tests. They will test the actual user experience rather than implementation details.
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This could probably use a comment. Why was it needed? Do some browsers not provide a default style? We should probably also make sure it has the same specificity as dd so themes can override easily.
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This will re-subscribe on every key stroke
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Fixed in e61c59. The listener no longer depends on the changing attributes object, so editing content does not tear it down and subscribe again. The stable handler reads the current attributes from a ref when the keyboard transform occurs. All eight e2e tests still passing.
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I see you're taking over tab, which is normally used for moving focus. Fine with me, but this makes #82314 very much needed.
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Yep, agreed. The branch is now based on trunk containing #82314. I added focused e2e coverage confirming that Escape reaches the accessible “Editor canvas” focus stop after interacting with a Description List child. No additional block-specific Escape handling needed.
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Should this block have raw transforms so pasting DL elements from the web works?
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It would be better to add e2e tests instead of unit tests, as they test the actual user experience rather than implementation details.
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Addressed in 71ac8f7 by replacing the implementation-focused unit tests with Playwright coverage in test/e2e/specs/editor/blocks/description-list.spec.js. The six tests cover initial child insertion, toolbar and Tab/Shift+Tab transforms with content preservation, the editor-canvas Escape hatch, and save/reload persistence.
The refocused e2e run still passes. 👍
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This all seems a little odd. Isn't this handled by the editor? Are other blocks doing this?
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After manually testing: I'd sort of expect Enter to create term/definition entries in an altering way. When you press Enter at the end of a term, shouldn't it create a definition description block? And at the end of that block, a new term block? |
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I haven't reviewed the detailed implementation of this PR yet, but my two main concerns are as follows: The children of a Description List element must start with Another concern is how to make the <dl>
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<dt>HTTP</dt>
<dd>HyperText Transfer Protocol. The application-layer protocol used to transfer web resources.</dd>
</div>
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<dt>DNS</dt>
<dd>Resolves human-readable hostnames into IP addresses.</dd>
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<dt>TLS</dt>
<dd>Successor to SSL; current version is 1.3.</dd>
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📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughAdds ChangesDescription list block foundation
Description item transforms
Block documentation and release notes
Serialization and editor validation
Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant Editor
participant useKeyboardTransform
participant BlockEditorActions
participant DescriptionItem
Editor->>useKeyboardTransform: capture Tab or Shift+Tab
useKeyboardTransform->>BlockEditorActions: create replacement block
BlockEditorActions->>DescriptionItem: preserve attributes and selection offset
BlockEditorActions->>Editor: replace current block
Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to Common keyboard transforms can produce semantically invalid lists or lose the current text selection, so these editor regressions should be fixed before merge. 🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 4 | ❌ 1❌ Failed checks (1 warning)
✅ Passed checks (4 passed)
Full details: Docstring CoverageExplanation Docstring coverage is 0.00% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 12 functions across 20 files. (32 skipped: 32 unsupported.)
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In `@packages/block-library/src/description-detail/README.md`:
- Line 66: Update the source-file list template in generate-block-docs.mjs to
stop adding index.php, then regenerate both description block README files using
the existing docs:blocks-detail workflow so the generated documentation reflects
the template.
In `@packages/block-library/src/description-term/use-keyboard-transform.js`:
- Around line 70-71: Update the selectionChange call in the keyboard
transformation logic to preserve non-collapsed selections: obtain the selection
end via getSelectionEnd() and pass its offset as the endOffset argument, while
retaining selectionStart.offset for the start. Add a test covering a selected
range and verifying both bounds are preserved.
- Around line 64-65: Update the keyboard transformation flow around createBlock
and replaceBlock so the term-to-detail path requires a previous sibling and the
detail-to-term path requires a next sibling before replacing the block;
otherwise leave the boundary block unchanged. Add regression tests covering Tab
on the first core/description-term and Shift+Tab on the last
core/description-detail.
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🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win
Preserve valid description-list boundaries.
When Tab transforms the first core/description-term, the saved <dl> starts with <dd>. When Shift+Tab transforms the last core/description-detail, the saved <dl> ends with <dt>. Before calling replaceBlock, require a previous sibling for the term-to-detail path and a next sibling for the detail-to-term path. Add regression tests for both boundaries.
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lines 64 - 65, Update the keyboard transformation flow around createBlock and
replaceBlock so the term-to-detail path requires a previous sibling and the
detail-to-term path requires a next sibling before replacing the block;
otherwise leave the boundary block unchanged. Add regression tests covering Tab
on the first core/description-term and Shift+Tab on the last
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What?
Adds native semantic Description List support to the block library through three static blocks:
core/description-listserializes to<dl>.core/description-termserializes to<dt>.core/description-detailserializes to<dd>.The parent Description List block starts with one term and one detail, and allows flexible valid sequences of terms and details rather than enforcing one-to-one pairing.
Why?
WordPress does not currently provide a native way to author semantic description list markup, even though
<dl>,<dt>, and<dd>are appropriate for glossaries, metadata, specifications, and other term/description relationships.Fixes #4880.
This supersedes the implementation explored in #20760, updating the block architecture to current Gutenberg APIs and conventions.
How?
core/description-termandcore/description-detailas allowed children.Tabchanges a Description Term to a Description Detail, whileShift+Tabchanges a Description Detail to a Description Term.Testing Instructions
Taband confirm it becomes a Description Detail with its content preserved.Shift+Taband confirm it becomes a Description Term with its content preserved.<dl>,<dt>, and<dd>markup.Screenshots
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OpenAI and Codex assisted with investigation, implementation, tests, and PR preparation; the implementation was manually reviewed and tested in wp-env.
Scope / Follow-ups
This initial PR intentionally does not include arbitrary InnerBlocks inside
<dd>,<div>grouping inside<dl>, decorative description-list styles, parent-level transforms, raw HTML transforms, PHP rendering, or frontend JavaScript. In particular, supporting the optional<div>wrappers identified in this importer use case would likely require an additional constrained grouping structure and remains a possible follow-up.Summary by CodeRabbit