[6.5 HelpHub] Preferences overview

[estelaris]

Link to article: https://wordpress.org/documentation/article/preferences-overview/

Updates for 6.5

• Accessibility section with new options
• Appearance section with new options

General

• Make sure all screenshots are relevant to the latest version
• Make sure videos, if any, are up to date
• Add ALT tags for the images
• Make sure the headings are in sentence case
• Convert all reusable blocks to a ‘regular block’.
• Update the changelog at the end of the article

[github-actions]

Heads up @WordPress/docs-issues-coordinators, we have a new issue open. Time to use 'em labels.

[CalolanC]

/assign

[github-actions]

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[CalolanC]

Hello @estelaris I hope you are doing well. Please /review and let me know if there's anything else needed.

Updates for 6.5

• Accessibility section with new options
• Appearance section with new options

General

• Make sure all screenshots are relevant to the latest version
• Make sure videos, if any, are up to date
• Add ALT tags for the images
• Make sure the headings are in sentence case
• Convert all reusable blocks to a ‘regular block’.
• Update the changelog at the end of the article

Next, you'll find the correct order of the content. Based on the changes in V6.5:

General

ALT: General tab in Preferences in WordPress Block Editor

Interface

Always open list view: When you toggle this on, the list view sidebar is open by default every time you open the Block Editor.
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Display block breadcrumbs CHANGES TO -> Show block breadcrumbs
Show block breadcrumbs: When you toggle this one, WordPress Block Editor shows block breadcrumbs at the bottom of the editor. Block breadcrumbs allow you to easily get a sense of where you are in the content and offer a way to easily select parent blocks. This is particularly helpful when you’re dealing with layers of nested blocks or more complicated arrangements.
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Allow right-click contextual menus: THIS INFORMATION IS MISSING IN THE ARTICLE
https://github.com/WordPress/Documentation-Issue-Tracker/assets/82057148/100d54f1-232d-4fd0-9bf9-b553270a8fe0

Document settings: This section lets you choose what panels appear in the Page/Post Settings Sidebar. If you toggle an item off here, it will hide that section in the page/post settings sidebar. If you find that you don’t use a specific panel in the settings sidebar and want to simplify your editing experience, this option is helpful.
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Publishing: This lets you customize the options related to publishing a post or page.

Include pre-publish checklist CHANGES TO -> Enable pre-publish checks
Enable pre-publish checklist: By toggling this on, you are enabling an extra step to appear before publishing a post/page. You will be asked to review the settings for Visibility and Publish date and add settings such as Categories and Tags. This checklist will only appear after you click Publish. You can make the relevant changes and click Publish one more time to Publish the post/page.
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Additional CHANGES TO -> Advanced
Advanced: This section lets you add extra areas to the editor.

ALT: Enable Custom Fields

Appearance

Top toolbar: THIS INFORMATION IS MISSING IN THE ARTICLE

Distraction free: When you toggle this on, it creates a clean interface with fewer distractions while you’re writing. WordPress turns off various options and panels in the toolbar and removes breadcrumbs at the bottom of the editor. Keep in mind that these options don’t go away! They are simply hidden while you’re writing.
Hovering over or moving focus to the top part of the editor reveals a limited toolbar with selection tools, undo and redo, save, publish, and the button with the tree dots, which opens the options menu.
https://github.com/WordPress/Documentation-Issue-Tracker/assets/82057148/34317b64-f8d8-4ba7-8012-8d0a56e2ddaf

Spotlight mode: When you toggle this on, WordPress Block Editor is set to Spotlight mode. All blocks are greyed out except for the one you’re working on so that you can focus on a single block at a time.

ALT: Spotlight mode

Use theme styles: This option is what allows your editor to look like your theme so that, as you’re creating content, you have a strong sense of what it will look like upon publishing. If you’d rather focus on the content itself and not necessarily on how it will look, you can toggle this option off to have your theme styles removed.
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Accessibility

Navigation

Contain text cursor inside block: This option aids screen readers by stopping the text caret from leaving blocks.
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Interface

Show button text labels: When you toggle this option, it allows you to show text instead of icons in the Toolbar. This applies to both the Top Toolbar in the Block Editor and the individual Block Toolbar.
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Blocks

Inserter

Show most used blocks: When you toggle this option on, it enables a section in the Block Inserter that shows all the blocks that you use the most. This can be helpful to easily find the blocks that you use frequently to build your page or post content.
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Visible blocks CHANGES TO -> Manage block visibility
Manage block visibility: This section lets you disable blocks that you don’t want to appear in the inserter. They can always be toggled back on later.

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1. You can search for blocks easily by typing in the name in the search box.
2. You can check or uncheck the boxes to show or hide the blocks from the list.
3. As you uncheck the blocks from the list, you will get a message at the top showing how many blocks have been hidden. If you want to undo these changes, just click the “Reset” button.

Preferences in the Site Editor

This section covers preference settings when you are in the Site Editor. There are fewer settings in the Site Editor but the options work similarly to the ones in the WordPress Block Editor Preferences.

General

ALT: General tab in the Preferences in Site Editor

Appearance

ALT: Appearance tab in the Preferences in Site Editor

Accessibility

ALT: Accessibility tab in the Preferences in Site Editor

Blocks

ALT: Blocks tab in the Preferences in Site Editor