Natural/Aquene: File Button No Longer Appearing

[CodeAllNightNDay]

Quick summary

No response

Steps to reproduce

1. Install the Natural theme on a simple site from Blog RC (retired theme)
2. Add the FIle Block
3. Select a file
4. Enable the "show download button" option.

What you expected to happen

To see the "download" text enclosed in a button.

What actually happened

The button doesn't display, even with the option toggled on

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Context

A user has the issue here: 5376503-zen

So, I tested this on my own site as simple and atomic with the Natural theme installed. I'm able to reproduce.

The button is not visible in the editor or the live page.

I also tested with another retired theme (Contempt) and reproduced the issue.

Platform (Simple, Atomic, or both?)

Simple, Atomic

Theme-specific issue?

It could be for multiple retired themes. (I found it happening on Contempt and Natural) but did not encounter it on other themes so far.

Browser, operating system and other notes

I see the issue on desktop and mobile.

Reproducibility

Consistent

Severity

Some (< 50%)

Available workarounds?

Yes, easy to implement

Workaround details

If CSS is an option, we can use it to show the background color. Something like this:

a.wp-block-file__button.wp-element-button {
  background-color: red;
}

[jp-imagines]

• Another report in 5398718-zd-woothemes.

This user is on the Aquene theme (Atomic site). I'm able to replicate the same on a test site: on some themes, the button has styling, but on Aquene all styling is missing (and it's styled as just a plain link instead).

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Support References

• 5376503-zen
• 5398718-zen

[Robertght]

📌 HOUSEKEEPING

• Labels ✅
• Priority ✅
• Replicable on Core - No

📌 SCRUBBING

• Tested on P2 ✅
• Tested on Simple ✅
• Tested on AT ✅
• Tested on Self-hosted ✅

📌 FINDINGS/SCREENSHOTS/VIDEO

• Both themes mentioned here are retired ones and classic themes. It doesn't seem to happen with Natural lite at the moment.
• Possibly related: Buttons block: altered styling(colors, padding, border-radius) wp-calypso#64917 cc @scruffian for a quick check if this issue is caused by the update a few weeks back

📌 ACTIONS

• Transferred to https://github.com/Automattic/themes