Lost Editing in Blocks

  • Unknown's avatar
    harryrankin · Member ·

    I’ve lost ability to Bold or Italics in my posts editing when I add a block

  • staff-doublebassd · Staff ·

    Hi there,

    Is there a specific page or post that this in reference to and are you adding the Paragraph Block ?

    Paragraph Block

    Please provide a URL of an example post/page that is having this issue and I’d be happy to take a look.

    Thanks,

  • Unknown's avatar
    harryrankin · Member ·

    Thanks for getting back to me I really appreciate it. The thing is I don’t get the Paragraph toolbar when I add the paragraph block so I can’t align text, bold or italic it. Likewise with adding an image, I can’t centre it ?

    Thanks

  • staff-mckluskey · Staff ·

    Right now, it seems that you’re using the Classic editor on your site, I understand that everything works correctly then, is that right?
    If you switch to the Block editor and add a paragraph text, after clicking on the block itself, the toolbar will appear above like this:

    Similarly with adding an image block. When you click on the block, you’ll see more options and you’ll be able to center the image:

    Image Block

    If you still don’t see the toolbar, try clearing your browser’s cache. You can find here more information on how to clear the cache depending on your browser:

    Solve Common Browser Issues

    Let us know how it goes.

  • Unknown's avatar
    harryrankin · Member ·

    Thanks fresatomica
    I switched to classic editor when I couldn’t get the paragraph block editor.

    AG

  • staff-mckluskey · Staff ·

    I see, if you decide to go back to the Block editor and have any problems with it, let us know :)

  • Unknown's avatar
    harryrankin · Member ·

    Thanks. Sorry to be a pain but how do I switch it back to Block Editor ?

  • staff-zinnia · Staff ·

    I’ve made that change on the back end of things for your site. Write back if you need anything else.

  • Unknown's avatar
    harryrankin · Member ·

    Thanks you’re most helpful. I think it might be ok now.

    One other thing if you don’t mind ? My last blog I deleted because I found out someone who lives nearby had been reading it for the purposes of intimidating and harassing me. This new blog I’ve started under a pseudonym rather than my real name. However I log into WordPress under my real name and email. How can I make sure when I go public that my email and real name does not come up ?

    Thanks

  • staff-blorbo · Staff ·

    Sure, you’ll want to make sure that the Public Display Name at https://wordpress.com/me is your pseudonym.

    Also, since your username appears to be your full name (or a full name at least), you may want to change that: https://en.support.wordpress.com/change-your-username/

  • Unknown's avatar
    harryrankin · Member ·

    Thanks for that.
    Incidentally I still can’t get the Paragraph Toolbar when I switch to Block Editor. I’ve now switched back to Classic Editor for the time being. Likewise I don’t get the editor when I add an image so I can’t align the image when uploaded. I think you’ve got a bug somewhere ?

    For now I’m using Twenty Twenty theme. I want to use a Free theme for now and when I go public ( my blog is set private at the moment ) I’ll see how my readership builds up before I pay for a theme. I think that’s reasonable ?

  • fstat · Staff ·

    Hi there,

    The block toolbar is showing up on our end, therefore this is not a bug.

    Can you please switch back to the Block editor and take a screenshot of what you see when you select the Paragraph and the Image block? Then upload the images to your Media Library so I can see them. Here’s how to take a screenshot:

    Take a Screenshot

  • Unknown's avatar
    harryrankin · Member ·

    Ok done that and uploaded to media library. Basically what happens is that I switch to Block Editor. Add New Post The Title bar comes and If I select the plus key and select the Paragraph or Image key I do not get the associated Editor.
    I’m happy for now to keep using the Classic Editor.
    Thanks
    AG

  • staff-blorbo · Staff ·

    It does appear to be the correct block. The formatting button are hidden intentionally so they don’t get in the way of writing. If you hover your mouse near the top-left of the block, they should pop back up.

  • Unknown's avatar
    harryrankin · Member ·

    Ok so I’ve hovered the mouse near the top left of the block and it doesn’t pop back up. I’m fed up with this now so i’ll just stick to classic editor.

    Thnaks

  • Unknown's avatar
    ellenmay36 · Member ·

    I also seem to have lost my ability to edit individuals blocks in my post, even when I am in the Block Editor (at least that’s what I assume I’m in). I no longer see the little edit toolbar show up at the top left of each block, and clicking on the “edit” at the top bar does absolutely nothing.

    I have no idea why this editing ability went away in the first place. Can someone assist in getting my edit capabilities back to where they were?

  • kokkieh · Staff ·

    @harryrankin,

    What browser are you using? Can you please check if it makes a difference if you try to use the block editor in another browser?


    @ellenmay36    ,

    Can you also please answer the browser question, and also let us know what site you need help with?

  • Unknown's avatar
    ellenmay36 · Member ·

    Hi – I typically use IE for browser, haven’t tried it any other at the moment. Site is verynearlyteatime.com.
    Thanks!

  • staff-zinnia · Staff ·

    ellenmay36 –

    Thanks for that. Go to https://browsehappy.com/ to see which version of IE is in use. There are some other reports with certain browser and the block editor so updating the browser may help.

  • Unknown's avatar
    harryrankin · Member ·

    I’m using Microsoft edge. For now I’m going to stick with that and keep using Classic Editor. Apologies but I can’t be bothered with messing around with Block Editor at the moment.

1 2
  • The topic ‘Lost Editing in Blocks’ is closed to new replies.