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Difficulty selecting a block with a long block reference in it #22

@natestell

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@natestell

Goofy question: how do you select a block with a long block ref in it to "active editing" without having to click the block above or below it? In the GIF, the action I take with the first block is what I'd like to be able to do with the second test block.

activate block with a reference in it

Someone on the Discord suggested the following:
Try clicking just to the right of lectus.
Or maybe click on the bullet to zoom and then press enter
It would be a nice affordance to be able to right click the bullet and choose edit this block, or similar thing in the menu when you click on a block ref or block embed

My reply:
The issue with long blocks is that there isn't any space to the right to click (at least none that I can tell).

Click to zoom on the bullet isn't great either because it forces a shift in context.

Their response:
I guess you could try creating a CSS rule that adds a padding or margin on the block refs

If you can manage to get the block selected (perhaps by selecting the previous and dragging down or shift-down), then press enter to edit

My reply:
I do something similar now. Referencing my GIF above, I'd click into the first block, and then just hit down.

This isn't a big deal by any means, it's just a slightly off UX element.

Another user's response:
Dev theme can do that

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