Block Editor Notes – Burrandong

Adding a Block

Enter to create a new empty block, type a “/” to open the quick select menu. Then begin typing the name of the block you want to add.

Select & Copy a Block

Click and drag your cursor: this works fine within blocks.

The select-all keyboard shortcut: press ctl-a & ctl-a again to select all blocks in the post. Namely: ctl-a to select a paragraph or ctl-a ctl-a to select the whole post.

Selecting multiple blocks: click on the first block then scroll to the last block and hold down the SHIFT key and click on it.

How to copy your entire post: select the 3 dots in the top right hand corner, then select the “Copy all content” entry.

Move & Rearrange Blocks

Move blocks with arrows: on the tool bar you can move blocks up and down.

Move multiple blocks at once: select multiple blocks, then use the toolbar arrows to move the multiple blocks.

How to Delete Blocks

Keyboard shortcut: click on any block and then press keys [alt + shift + z].

Delete by selecting the content:
1. click in the block,
2. press ctl-a to select the whole block content,
3. press delete to delete the content,
4. press delete again to delete the block.

Blocks side-by-side

Media and Text Block

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Column Block

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