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How to add alternate styles to blocks so that they work in the WordPress admin
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<style> | |
/* Default styles */ | |
.section-text { | |
color: black; | |
} | |
.section-image { | |
width: 100%; | |
} | |
</style> | |
<div class="parent-container"> | |
<div class="main-content-area"> | |
<div class="section-text"> | |
<p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.</p> | |
</div> | |
<div class="section-image"> | |
<img src="//via.placeholder.com/700x500?text=Example" alt="Example"> | |
</div> | |
</div> | |
<div class="sidebar"> | |
<p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.</p> | |
</div> | |
</div> | |
<style> | |
/* | |
* Please DON'T do this | |
* | |
* Alternate styles | |
* | |
* This is how it was done in a previous project | |
* | |
* The alternate section styles will not work in the WordPress block editor as the | |
* 'parent-container` will not be present | |
*/ | |
.parent-container--alt .section-text { | |
color: red; | |
} | |
.parent-container--alt .section-image { | |
width: 50%; | |
} | |
</style> | |
<div class="parent-container parent-container--alt"><!-- Note `parent-container--alt` class --> | |
<div class="main-content-area"> | |
<div class="section-text"> | |
<p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.</p> | |
</div> | |
<div class="section-image"> | |
<img src="//via.placeholder.com/700x500?text=Example" alt="Example"> | |
</div> | |
</div> | |
<div class="sidebar"> | |
<p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.</p> | |
</div> | |
</div> | |
<style> | |
/* | |
* Please USE THIS method instead. | |
* | |
* Alternate styles | |
* | |
* Our preferred method for adding alternate styles to sections | |
* | |
* Note that the alternate styles are added directly to the section (block/row). | |
* That way the section can be used in the WordPress block editor independent of the | |
* parent containers. | |
*/ | |
.section-text--alt { | |
color: red; | |
} | |
.section-image-alt { | |
width: 50%; | |
} | |
</style> | |
<div class="parent-container"> | |
<div class="main-content-area"> | |
<div class="section-text section-text--alt"><!-- Note `section-text--alt` class --> | |
<p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.</p> | |
</div> | |
<div class="section-image section-image--alt"><!-- Note `section-image--alt` class --> | |
<img src="//via.placeholder.com/700x500?text=Example" alt="Example"> | |
</div> | |
</div> | |
<div class="sidebar"> | |
<p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.</p> | |
</div> | |
</div> | |
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