Patterns: Change the icon and label for pattern section to use the pattern icon and name #73203
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scruffian added [Type] Enhancement 
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ramonjd reviewed Nov 13, 2025
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I like the direction, thanks for getting it up! I tested with theme and user patterns. There were no errors when I deleted a pattern in the site admin and refresh the page.
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How do you think we should handle blocks with "templateLock":"contentOnly" and template parts? The icons in the list view/tool bar/inspector don't match.
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Also, not for this PR but a general question: when two blocks are selected we show "n blocks" in the sidebar. Not a biggie really.
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scruffian force-pushed the update/pattern-details branch from 49a95a5 to bb25d87 Compare Contributor Author
Good point. I removed the icons from template parts and contentOnly locked blocks. |
ramonjd force-pushed the update/pattern-details branch from 296cde4 to b7cded8 Compare ramonjd approved these changes Nov 17, 2025
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Thanks for the changes. LGTM
Here's what I'm seeing:
Kapture.2025-11-18.at.10.16.22.mp4
And in trunk (patterns show icons of their root blocks)
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| Nice one, I think this follows @fcoveram's instinct too. |
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What?
Changes the block icon, name and description to be pattern icons/description, for patterns that are sections.
From #72574
Why?
This helps to consolidate the behaviour were adding to section blocks, by updating the UI to treat patterns as blocks in their own right.
How?
Add exceptions for section blocks
Testing Instructions
Screenshots or screencast