Header Block + Move blocks before the "Page Title" and other possibilities

[CreativeDive]

Creating custom blocks is awesome with the new block editor.

BUT, are there any considerations for the following?

What can we do, if we want to add a custom "Header", which appears above the "Entry Page Title" and the possibility to edit the "Header" like a block inside the block editor?

Which conditions must be fulfilled in the example for a header block?

1. Always the first position of the block.

--> The block should be positioned above the "Entry Page Title".

2. Restricting the multiple use of blocks.

--> The block should only be used once without the option to "duplicate" it or add it several times.

3. Restricting the moving of blocks.

--> The header block should not be movable.

What will the future bring?

Is there a plan about this point in the future?

It would make the editor even better.

[CreativeDive]

This is only an example for a full page header, which is overlaid from the site logo and the site navigation.

At this time there is no possibility to add custom headers like this in a user friendly way inside the block editor.

[swissspidy]

There are plans to support this, for example by making the title field an actual block that can be moved.

You can follow #11553 for any progress on this.

[epiqueras]

Hi @CreativeDive 👋, this is well on it's way to being done, but we don't have documentation for it yet.

Here are the related PRs in case you want to get a "preview" by piecing them together:

Prototype: #16565

Required Refactoring PRs: https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pulls?q=is%3Apr+author%3Aepiqueras+is%3Aclosed+project%3AWordPress%2Fgutenberg%2F13

New Feature PRs:

• Editor: Implement EntityProvider and use it to refactor custom sources with a backwards compatibility hook for meta sources. #17153