Requesting new container block

[steve.mcconnell]

steve.mcconnell

July 7, 2020 at 1:38 pm

I’m really happy with Kadence Blocks Pro for its flexibility, RWD options and consistency, as well as the well-chosen suite of blocks. I’m hoping you’ll be open to adding one more simple one: a Wrapper or Group block that would extend the Kadence toolset even further.

In my case, I’m creating a bunch of block patterns (using Justin Tadlock’s Block Pattern Builder) to give my authors a set of preformatted design elements, all based on one or more Kadence blocks. But sometimes, to make this work within our site style, I need to be able to apply backgrounds, padding/margin or typography selections to these multiblock patterns. That’s easy enough if I’m working from scratch within a Row Layout container, but I need the ability to drop these block patterns anywhere on a page, without bringing along the full columnar formatting.

What I’m hoping for is, effectively, a Wrapper block that includes the flexibility and conventions of the Kadence Blocks Pro suite, has the responsive styling tools of Row Layout and its component Columns (padding/margin, background color/image, border, shadow, alignment, text color & typography, structure settings and anchor/additional CSS options) without the column layout overhead. I know I can sort of achieve this by building my patterns within a 1-column Row Layout block, but that’s a lot of unnecessary code and raises the odds of conflicts with something else on the page.

Thanks for your consideration.

~ Steve