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Forms: child blocks should be connected semantically so you can easily transform and change “type”
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- PHP
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Description
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> I think all the form child blocks should be connected semantically so you can easily transform and change their “type”. I imagine the switching to be similar to how we do block variation type switching, which is exposed prominently in the sidebar. It should be easy to switch a “date” field to an “email” field, and so on, in both transforms and the sidebar.
From core forms blocks:
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Research direction
Start by locating the core forms blocks and the existing block variation type-switching behavior. Compare how transforms and the sidebar expose switching, then define the semantic connections and confirm that date, email, and other child blocks can change type through both paths.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- javascript, php, react, wordpress
- Domain
- frontend, web-dev
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100