Improvements to how blocks with a 'disabled' editing mode behave

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

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import { getDefaultBlockName } from '@wordpress/blocks';
 import DefaultBlockAppender from '../default-block-appender';
 import ButtonBlockAppender from '../button-block-appender';
 import { store as blockEditorStore } from '../../store';
+import { unlock } from '../../lock-unlock';
 
 function DefaultAppender( { rootClientId } ) {
 	const canInsertDefaultBlock = useSelect( ( select ) =>
@@ -46,13 +47,15 @@ function useAppender( rootClientId, CustomAppender ) {
 				getTemplateLock,
 				getSelectedBlockClientId,
 				__unstableGetEditorMode,
-			} = select( blockEditorStore );
+				getBlockEditingMode,
+			} = unlock( select( blockEditorStore ) );
 
 			const selectedBlockClientId = getSelectedBlockClientId();
 
 			return {
 				hideInserter:
 					!! getTemplateLock( rootClientId ) ||
+					getBlockEditingMode( rootClientId ) === 'disabled' ||
 					__unstableGetEditorMode() === 'zoom-out',
 				isParentSelected:
 					rootClientId === selectedBlockClientId ||

packages/block-editor/src/components/block-list/content.scss

@@ -161,15 +161,6 @@
 	padding: 0;
 }
 
-.block-editor-block-list__layout,
-.block-editor-block-list__block {
-	pointer-events: initial;
-
-	&.is-editing-disabled {
-		pointer-events: none;
-	}
-}
-
 .block-editor-block-list__layout .block-editor-block-list__block {
 	// With `position: static`, Safari marks a full-width selection rectangle, including margins.
 	// With `position: relative`, Safari marks an inline selection rectangle, similar to that of
@@ -178,12 +169,17 @@
 	// We choose relative, as that matches the multi-selection, which is limited to the block footprint.
 	position: relative;
 
-	// Re-enable text-selection on editable blocks.
-	user-select: text;
-
 	// Break long strings of text without spaces so they don't overflow the block.
 	overflow-wrap: break-word;
 
+	pointer-events: auto;
+	user-select: text;
+
+	&.is-editing-disabled {
+		pointer-events: none;
+		user-select: none;
+	}
+
 	.reusable-block-edit-panel * {
 		z-index: z-index(".block-editor-block-list__block .reusable-block-edit-panel *");
 	}

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

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import createSelector from 'rememo';
 /**
  * WordPress dependencies
  */
-import { createRegistrySelector } from '@wordpress/data';
+import { select } from '@wordpress/data';
 import { store as blocksStore } from '@wordpress/blocks';
 
 /**
@@ -72,35 +72,33 @@ export function getLastInsertedBlocksClientIds( state ) {
  * @return {BlockEditingMode} The block editing mode. One of `'disabled'`,
  *                            `'contentOnly'`, or `'default'`.
  */
-export const getBlockEditingMode = createRegistrySelector(
-	( select ) =>
-		( state, clientId = '' ) => {
-			const explicitEditingMode = getExplicitBlockEditingMode(
-				state,
-				clientId
-			);
-			const rootClientId = getBlockRootClientId( state, clientId );
-			const templateLock = getTemplateLock( state, rootClientId );
-			const name = getBlockName( state, clientId );
-			const isContent =
-				select( blocksStore ).__experimentalHasContentRoleAttribute(
-					name
-				);
-			if (
-				explicitEditingMode === 'disabled' ||
-				( templateLock === 'contentOnly' && ! isContent )
-			) {
-				return 'disabled';
-			}
-			if (
-				explicitEditingMode === 'contentOnly' ||
-				( templateLock === 'contentOnly' && isContent )
-			) {
-				return 'contentOnly';
-			}
-			return 'default';
-		}
-);
+export const getBlockEditingMode = ( state, clientId = '' ) => {
+	const explicitEditingMode = getExplicitBlockEditingMode( state, clientId );
+	const rootClientId = getBlockRootClientId( state, clientId );
+	const templateLock = getTemplateLock( state, rootClientId );
+	const name = getBlockName( state, clientId );
+	// TODO: Terrible hack! We're calling the global select() function here
+	// instead of using createRegistrySelector(). The problem with using
+	// createRegistrySelector() is that then the public block-editor selectors
+	// (e.g. canInsertBlockTypeUnmemoized) can't call this private block-editor
+	// selector due to a bug in @wordpress/data. See
+	// https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/50985.
+	const isContent =
+		select( blocksStore ).__experimentalHasContentRoleAttribute( name );
+	if (
+		explicitEditingMode === 'disabled' ||
+		( templateLock === 'contentOnly' && ! isContent )
+	) {
+		return 'disabled';
+	}
+	if (
+		explicitEditingMode === 'contentOnly' ||
+		( templateLock === 'contentOnly' && isContent )
+	) {
+		return 'contentOnly';
+	}
+	return 'default';
+};
 
 const getExplicitBlockEditingMode = createSelector(
 	( state, clientId = '' ) => {

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

@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import deprecated from '@wordpress/deprecated';
  */
 import { mapRichTextSettings } from './utils';
 import { orderBy } from '../utils/sorting';
+import { getBlockEditingMode } from './private-selectors';
 
 /**
  * A block selection object.
@@ -1539,6 +1540,10 @@ const canInsertBlockTypeUnmemoized = (
 		return false;
 	}
 
+	if ( getBlockEditingMode( state, rootClientId ?? '' ) === 'disabled' ) {
+		return false;
+	}
+
 	const parentBlockListSettings = getBlockListSettings( state, rootClientId );
 
 	// The parent block doesn't have settings indicating it doesn't support
@@ -1633,6 +1638,7 @@ export const canInsertBlockType = createSelector(
 		state.blocks.byClientId.get( rootClientId ),
 		state.settings.allowedBlockTypes,
 		state.settings.templateLock,
+		state.blockEditingModes,
 	]
 );
 
@@ -1663,21 +1669,19 @@ export function canInsertBlocks( state, clientIds, rootClientId = null ) {
  */
 export function canRemoveBlock( state, clientId, rootClientId = null ) {
 	const attributes = getBlockAttributes( state, clientId );
-
-	// attributes can be null if the block is already deleted.
 	if ( attributes === null ) {
 		return true;
 	}
-
-	const { lock } = attributes;
-	const parentIsLocked = !! getTemplateLock( state, rootClientId );
-	// If we don't have a lock on the blockType level, we defer to the parent templateLock.
-	if ( lock === undefined || lock?.remove === undefined ) {
-		return ! parentIsLocked;
+	if ( attributes.lock?.remove ) {
+		return false;
 	}
-
-	// When remove is true, it means we cannot remove it.
-	return ! lock?.remove;
+	if ( getTemplateLock( state, rootClientId ) ) {
+		return false;
+	}
+	if ( getBlockEditingMode( state, rootClientId ) === 'disabled' ) {
+		return false;
+	}
+	return true;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -1709,16 +1713,16 @@ export function canMoveBlock( state, clientId, rootClientId = null ) {
 	if ( attributes === null ) {
 		return;
 	}
-
-	const { lock } = attributes;
-	const parentIsLocked = getTemplateLock( state, rootClientId ) === 'all';
-	// If we don't have a lock on the blockType level, we defer to the parent templateLock.
-	if ( lock === undefined || lock?.move === undefined ) {
-		return ! parentIsLocked;
+	if ( attributes.lock?.move ) {
+		return false;
 	}
-
-	// When move is true, it means we cannot move it.
-	return ! lock?.move;
+	if ( getTemplateLock( state, rootClientId ) === 'all' ) {
+		return false;
+	}
+	if ( getBlockEditingMode( state, rootClientId ) === 'disabled' ) {
+		return false;
+	}
+	return true;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -2812,6 +2816,13 @@ export function __unstableGetTemporarilyEditingAsBlocks( state ) {
 }
 
 export function __unstableHasActiveBlockOverlayActive( state, clientId ) {
+	// Prevent overlay on disabled blocks. It's redundant since disabled blocks
+	// can't be selected, and prevents non-disabled nested blocks from being
+	// selected.
+	if ( getBlockEditingMode( state, clientId ) === 'disabled' ) {
+		return false;
+	}
+
 	// If the block editing is locked, the block overlay is always active.
 	if ( ! canEditBlock( state, clientId ) ) {
 		return true;

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

@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+/**
+ * WordPress dependencies
+ */
+import { select } from '@wordpress/data';
+
 /**
  * Internal dependencies
  */
@@ -8,6 +13,10 @@ import {
 	isBlockSubtreeDisabled,
 } from '../private-selectors';
 
+jest.mock( '@wordpress/data/src/select', () => ( {
+	select: jest.fn(),
+} ) );
+
 describe( 'private selectors', () => {
 	describe( 'isBlockInterfaceHidden', () => {
 		it( 'should return the true if toggled true in state', () => {
@@ -117,11 +126,9 @@ describe( 'private selectors', () => {
 			const __experimentalHasContentRoleAttribute = jest.fn(
 				() => false
 			);
-			getBlockEditingMode.registry = {
-				select: jest.fn( () => ( {
-					__experimentalHasContentRoleAttribute,
-				} ) ),
-			};
+			select.mockReturnValue( {
+				__experimentalHasContentRoleAttribute,
+			} );
 
 			it( 'should return default by default', () => {
 				expect(