Parsing patterns when idling (performance follow-up for inserting patterns into containers)

lib/block-patterns.php

@@ -62,3 +62,23 @@
 						<!-- /wp:columns -->',
 	)
 );
+
+for ( $i = 0; $i < 1000; $i++ ) {
+	register_block_pattern(
+		'query/small-posts' . $i,
+		array(
+			'title'   => __( 'Small' . $i, 'gutenberg' ),
+			'scope'   => array(
+				'inserter' => true
+			),
+			'content' => '<!-- wp:columns {"verticalAlignment":"center"} -->
+							<div class="wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-center"><!-- wp:column {"verticalAlignment":"center","width":"25%"} -->
+							<div class="wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center" style="flex-basis:25%"><!-- wp:post-featured-image {"isLink":true} /--></div>
+							<!-- /wp:column -->
+							<!-- wp:column {"verticalAlignment":"center","width":"75%"} -->
+							<div class="wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center" style="flex-basis:75%"><!-- wp:post-title {"isLink":true} /--></div>
+							<!-- /wp:column --></div>
+							<!-- /wp:columns -->',
+		)
+	);
+}

packages/block-editor/src/components/block-list/index.js

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import useInsertionPoint from './insertion-point';
 import BlockPopover from './block-popover';
 import { store as blockEditorStore } from '../../store';
 import { useScrollSelectionIntoView } from '../selection-scroll-into-view';
+import { usePreParsePatterns } from '../../utils/pre-parse-patterns';
 
 export const BlockNodes = createContext();
 export const SetBlockNodes = createContext();
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@ export default function BlockList( { className } ) {
 	const [ blockNodes, setBlockNodes ] = useState( {} );
 	const insertionPoint = useInsertionPoint( ref );
 	useScrollSelectionIntoView( ref );
+	usePreParsePatterns();
 
 	return (
 		<BlockNodes.Provider value={ blockNodes }>

packages/block-editor/src/components/block-patterns-list/index.js

@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 /**
  * WordPress dependencies
  */
-import { useMemo } from '@wordpress/element';
-import { parse } from '@wordpress/blocks';
 import {
 	VisuallyHidden,
 	__unstableComposite as Composite,
@@ -11,16 +9,22 @@ import {
 } from '@wordpress/components';
 import { useInstanceId } from '@wordpress/compose';
 import { __ } from '@wordpress/i18n';
+import { useSelect } from '@wordpress/data';
 
 /**
  * Internal dependencies
  */
 import BlockPreview from '../block-preview';
 import InserterDraggableBlocks from '../inserter-draggable-blocks';
+import { store as blockEditorStore } from '../../store';
 
 function BlockPattern( { isDraggable, pattern, onClick, composite } ) {
-	const { content, viewportWidth } = pattern;
-	const blocks = useMemo( () => parse( content ), [ content ] );
+	const { name, viewportWidth } = pattern;
+	const { blocks } = useSelect(
+		( select ) =>
+			select( blockEditorStore ).__experimentalGetParsedPattern( name ),
+		[ name ]
+	);
 	const instanceId = useInstanceId( BlockPattern );
 	const descriptionId = `block-editor-block-patterns-list__item-description-${ instanceId }`;
 

packages/block-editor/src/components/block-preview/index.js

@@ -24,10 +24,11 @@ export function BlockPreview( {
 	__experimentalLive = false,
 	__experimentalOnClick,
 } ) {
-	const settings = useSelect(
-		( select ) => select( blockEditorStore ).getSettings(),
-		[]
-	);
+	const settings = useSelect( ( select ) => {
+		const _settings = { ...select( blockEditorStore ).getSettings() };
+		_settings.__experimentalBlockPatterns = [];
+		return _settings;
+	}, [] );
 	const renderedBlocks = useMemo( () => castArray( blocks ), [ blocks ] );
 	if ( ! blocks || blocks.length === 0 ) {
 		return null;

packages/block-editor/src/store/selectors.js

@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ import {
 	filter,
 	mapKeys,
 	orderBy,
-	every,
 } from 'lodash';
 import createSelector from 'rememo';
 
@@ -1757,13 +1756,18 @@ export const __experimentalGetAllowedBlocks = createSelector(
 	]
 );
 
-const __experimentalGetParsedPatterns = createSelector(
-	( state ) => {
+export const __experimentalGetParsedPattern = createSelector(
+	( state, patternName ) => {
 		const patterns = state.settings.__experimentalBlockPatterns;
-		return map( patterns, ( pattern ) => ( {
+		const pattern = patterns.find( ( { name } ) => name === patternName );
+		if ( ! pattern ) {
+			return null;
+		}
+
+		return {
 			...pattern,
-			contentBlocks: parse( pattern.content ),
-		} ) );
+			blocks: parse( pattern.content ),
+		};
 	},
 	( state ) => [ state.settings.__experimentalBlockPatterns ]
 );
@@ -1778,17 +1782,19 @@ const __experimentalGetParsedPatterns = createSelector(
  */
 export const __experimentalGetAllowedPatterns = createSelector(
 	( state, rootClientId = null ) => {
-		const patterns = __experimentalGetParsedPatterns( state );
-
+		const patterns = state.settings.__experimentalBlockPatterns;
 		if ( ! rootClientId ) {
 			return patterns;
 		}
 
-		const patternsAllowed = filter( patterns, ( { contentBlocks } ) => {
-			return every( contentBlocks, ( { name } ) =>
+		const parsedPatterns = patterns.map( ( { name } ) =>
+			__experimentalGetParsedPattern( state, name )
+		);
+		const patternsAllowed = filter( parsedPatterns, ( { blocks } ) =>
+			blocks.every( ( { name } ) =>
 				canInsertBlockType( state, name, rootClientId )
-			);
-		} );
+			)
+		);
 
 		return patternsAllowed;
 	},

packages/block-editor/src/store/test/selectors.js

@@ -3375,10 +3375,12 @@ describe( 'selectors', () => {
 			settings: {
 				__experimentalBlockPatterns: [
 					{
+						name: 'pattern-a',
 						title: 'pattern with a',
 						content: `<!-- wp:test-block-a --><!-- /wp:test-block-a -->`,
 					},
 					{
+						name: 'pattern-b',
 						title: 'pattern with b',
 						content:
 							'<!-- wp:test-block-b --><!-- /wp:test-block-b -->',
@@ -3409,10 +3411,12 @@ describe( 'selectors', () => {
 			settings: {
 				__experimentalBlockPatterns: [
 					{
+						name: 'pattern-a',
 						title: 'pattern a',
 						scope: { block: [ 'test/block-a' ] },
 					},
 					{
+						name: 'pattern-b',
 						title: 'pattern b',
 						scope: { block: [ 'test/block-b' ] },
 					},

packages/block-editor/src/utils/pre-parse-patterns.js

@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+/**
+ * WordPress dependencies
+ */
+import { useSelect, select } from '@wordpress/data';
+import { useEffect } from '@wordpress/element';
+
+/**
+ * Internal dependencies
+ */
+import { store as blockEditorStore } from '../store';
+
+const requestIdleCallback = ( () => {
+	if ( typeof window === 'undefined' ) {
+		return ( callback ) => {
+			setTimeout( () => callback( Date.now() ), 0 );
+		};
+	}
+
+	return window.requestIdleCallback || window.requestAnimationFrame;
+} )();
+
+const cancelIdleCallback = ( () => {
+	if ( typeof window === 'undefined' ) {
+		return clearTimeout;
+	}
+
+	return window.cancelIdleCallback || window.cancelAnimationFrame;
+} )();
+
+export function usePreParsePatterns() {
+	const patterns = useSelect(
+		( _select ) =>
+			_select( blockEditorStore ).getSettings()
+				.__experimentalBlockPatterns,
+		[]
+	);
+
+	useEffect( () => {
+		if ( ! patterns?.length ) {
+			return;
+		}
+
+		let handle;
+		let index = -1;
+
+		const callback = () => {
+			index++;
+			if ( index >= patterns.length ) {
+				return;
+			}
+
+			const marker = `[usePreParsePatterns] process ${ index } ${ patterns[ index ]?.name }`;
+			window.console.time( marker );
+			select( blockEditorStore ).__experimentalGetParsedPattern(
+				patterns[ index ].name,
+				index
+			);
+			window.console.timeEnd( marker );
+
+			handle = requestIdleCallback( callback );
+		};
+
+		window.console.time( '[usePreParsePatterns] initiate' );
+		window.console.timeEnd( '[usePreParsePatterns] initiate' );
+
+		handle = requestIdleCallback( callback );
+		return () => cancelIdleCallback( handle );
+	}, [ patterns ] );
+
+	return null;
+}

packages/edit-post/src/editor.js

@@ -82,10 +82,6 @@ function Editor( {
 		const isFSETheme = getEditorSettings().isFSETheme;
 		const isViewable = getPostType( postType )?.viewable ?? false;
 
-		// Prefetch and parse patterns. This ensures patterns are loaded and parsed when
-		// the editor is loaded rather than degrading the performance of the inserter.
-		select( 'core/block-editor' ).__experimentalGetAllowedPatterns();
-
 		return {
 			hasFixedToolbar:
 				isFeatureActive( 'fixedToolbar' ) ||

packages/edit-site/src/components/editor/index.js

@@ -67,10 +67,6 @@ function Editor( { initialSettings } ) {
 		const postType = getEditedPostType();
 		const postId = getEditedPostId();
 
-		// Prefetch and parse patterns. This ensures patterns are loaded and parsed when
-		// the editor is loaded rather than degrading the performance of the inserter.
-		select( 'core/block-editor' ).__experimentalGetAllowedPatterns();
-
 		// The currently selected entity to display. Typically template or template part.
 		return {
 			isInserterOpen: isInserterOpened(),