Global Styles: Layout Dimensions can't be changed

[msilbers]

Quick summary

On at least two themes, the Global Styles layout setting does not actually save changes to the dimensions. You can input a new number, but when you hit Save they are set back to default.

Steps to reproduce

1. Activate an FSE theme, tested on Blank Canvas and Quadrat
2. Go to Appearance > Editor
3. On the top right, select Global Styles
4. Select Layout
5. Change the Content or Wide dimensions to anything else, click Save

What you expected to happen

To save new dimensions for the site's content area

What actually happened

The values reverted to what they originally showed

Context

Reported by a customer, reproduced by HE

reported in

• 5510316-zen

Platform (Simple, Atomic, or both?)

Simple, Atomic

Theme-specific issue?

Applies at least to:

Blank Canvas
Quadrat

Browser, operating system and other notes

No response

Reproducibility

Consistent

Severity

Some (< 50%)

Available workarounds?

No but the platform is still usable

Workaround details

No response

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Support References

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• 5510316-zen
• 5493921-zen
• 5532506-zen
• 5588431-zen
• 5847270-zen

[rw-ye]

Another report here: 5493921-zd-woothemes

Theme: Blank Canvas

[kerrynicl]

USer report - 36522030 - hc
User unable to remove block spacing, defaults to 1.5 rem

[cuemarie]

📌 SCRUBBING : RESULT

• Tested on Simple: Replicated
• Tested on AT: Could Not Replicate
• Tested on Self-hosted: Could Not Replicate
• Replicable on Core? Not so far

📌 FINDINGS/SCREENSHOTS/VIDEO

• Based on my findings below, this issue seems to be site-specific, not theme specific. Take a look:

Testing Round One:

• AT Site on Quadrat White: Could Not Replicate
• Simple Site on Blockbase: Replicated
• Self-Hosted Site on Blank Canvas: Could Not Replicate

Theme Swap:

• AT Site on Blockbase: Could Not Replicate
  - Simple Site on Quadrat White: Replicated
• Self-Hosted on Blockbase: Could Not Replicate

➡️ The issue was reproducible, but in my tests, it followed the site, not the theme.

📌 ACTIONS

• Marked as Triaged for Quality Squad review

[dcoleonline]

Another in 5532506-zen

[hanananah]

Another in 3698984-hc

Meraki theme, but they've tried other themes as well with the same issue

[lunasera41]

Another in 5588431-zd-woothemes Zoologist theme

[Copons]

@mmtr this looks similar to #67344
Would you mind checking this within the same context?

Note that the initial report mentioned Atomic, but a following comment can't repro anymore.

[mmtr]

@Copons Yes, this is the same issue as #67344 which is caused by this Gutenberg bug: WordPress/gutenberg#45520

[msilbers]

This was reported in 37532163-hc on Appleton theme

[dolgelukkig]

Another report 38364437-hc theme Payton

[mmtr]

This is being fixed upstream in Gutenberg: WordPress/gutenberg#46388

[mmtr]

Turns out that WordPress/gutenberg#46388 has fixed #67344 (block gap), but not this issue (dimensions).

@andrewserong I think Gutenberg needs to add more properties to INDIRECT_PROPERTIES_METADATA in order to properly handle the the layout dimensions.

If no one beats me to it, I'll try to look into it tomorrow.

[mmtr]

I opened WordPress/gutenberg#46712 as a fix for this.

[louinel]

New case in 5847270-zd-woothemes Twenty Twenty-Three theme

[Copons]

Note that we have provided a fix in Core Gutenberg, which is included in Gutenberg 14.9, which should be released on Dotcom this week.

[mmtr]

Gutenberg v14.9.1 is now running on all WP.com sites, so this issue should be solved.