It appears your table and chart gutenberg blocks do not work/are not supported within patterns. I say this because (a) trying to create a pattern from a pair of related chart/data blocks causes the gutenberg editor to crash and (b) if I try to create a pattern from within Appearance -> Patterns, your data/chart blocks do not show up in the list of blocks that can be added.
Is this a known limitation?
If so, I'm not surprised, since in order for the data and chart blocks to interact with each other on a page (e.g., follow filter) there must be some sharing going on within the page/post, and that sharing capability may not exist within a pattern.
Currently, wpDataTables' Table and Chart blocks are designed to function dynamically within individual posts/pages, allowing for interactions such as filtering and data synchronization.
Because Gutenberg Patterns primarily serve as static templates, they might not fully support the real-time interactions needed for our blocks to function properly.
Regarding the crash when attempting to create a pattern from our blocks, we appreciate the report and will investigate whether there's an underlying compatibility issue.
I am personally not familiar with Gutenberg Patterns, but we will pass this to our QA Team and the developers, they will test and investigate it further.
As for the missing blocks in Appearance → Patterns, this could be due to the way our blocks are registered, but we will also look into potential improvements.
We agree that having wpDataTables blocks work within patterns as 'out of the box' would be a valuable enhancement, so we’ll consider it for future development.
In the meantime, if you have any specific use cases, we’d love to hear them so we can better understand how this feature would help you.
If possible, you could record your screen to show us the exact steps of how you set everything up and also to show how the builder crashes, etc.
If the Video can't be sent here, you can upload it anywhere online, such as weTransfer and send us a download link, so our QA Team can review it.
If it has any sensitive details, you can send it as a PRIVATE reply, then only we can see it.
It appears your table and chart gutenberg blocks do not work/are not supported within patterns. I say this because (a) trying to create a pattern from a pair of related chart/data blocks causes the gutenberg editor to crash and (b) if I try to create a pattern from within Appearance -> Patterns, your data/chart blocks do not show up in the list of blocks that can be added.
Is this a known limitation?
If so, I'm not surprised, since in order for the data and chart blocks to interact with each other on a page (e.g., follow filter) there must be some sharing going on within the page/post, and that sharing capability may not exist within a pattern.
But it'd be a cool addition to your feature set.
Hi Mark,
Thank you for this report.
Currently, wpDataTables' Table and Chart blocks are designed to function dynamically within individual posts/pages, allowing for interactions such as filtering and data synchronization.
Because Gutenberg Patterns primarily serve as static templates, they might not fully support the real-time interactions needed for our blocks to function properly.
Regarding the crash when attempting to create a pattern from our blocks, we appreciate the report and will investigate whether there's an underlying compatibility issue.
I am personally not familiar with Gutenberg Patterns, but we will pass this to our QA Team and the developers, they will test and investigate it further.
As for the missing blocks in Appearance → Patterns, this could be due to the way our blocks are registered, but we will also look into potential improvements.
We agree that having wpDataTables blocks work within patterns as 'out of the box' would be a valuable enhancement, so we’ll consider it for future development.
In the meantime, if you have any specific use cases, we’d love to hear them so we can better understand how this feature would help you.
If possible, you could record your screen to show us the exact steps of how you set everything up and also to show how the builder crashes, etc.
If the Video can't be sent here, you can upload it anywhere online, such as weTransfer and send us a download link, so our QA Team can review it.
If it has any sensitive details, you can send it as a PRIVATE reply, then only we can see it.
Thanks again for your feedback.
Kind Regards,
Miloš Jovanović
[email protected]
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