WP_Theme_JSON::get_layout_styles( array $block_metadata, array $types = array() ): string

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Gets the CSS layout rules for a particular block from theme.json layout definitions.

Parameters

$block_metadataarrayrequired
Metadata about the block to get styles for.
$typesarrayoptional
Types of styles to output. If empty, all styles will be output.

Default:array()

Return

string Layout styles for the block.

Source

protected function get_layout_styles( $block_metadata, $types = array() ) {
	$block_rules = '';
	$block_type  = null;

	// Skip outputting layout styles if explicitly disabled.
	if ( current_theme_supports( 'disable-layout-styles' ) ) {
		return $block_rules;
	}

	if ( isset( $block_metadata['name'] ) ) {
		$block_type = WP_Block_Type_Registry::get_instance()->get_registered( $block_metadata['name'] );
		if ( ! block_has_support( $block_type, 'layout', false ) && ! block_has_support( $block_type, '__experimentalLayout', false ) ) {
			return $block_rules;
		}
	}

	$selector                 = isset( $block_metadata['selector'] ) ? $block_metadata['selector'] : '';
	$has_block_gap_support    = isset( $this->theme_json['settings']['spacing']['blockGap'] );
	$has_fallback_gap_support = ! $has_block_gap_support; // This setting isn't useful yet: it exists as a placeholder for a future explicit fallback gap styles support.
	$node                     = _wp_array_get( $this->theme_json, $block_metadata['path'], array() );
	$layout_definitions       = wp_get_layout_definitions();
	$layout_selector_pattern  = '/^[a-zA-Z0-9\-\.\,\ *+>:\(\)]*$/'; // Allow alphanumeric classnames, spaces, wildcard, sibling, child combinator and pseudo class selectors.

	/*
	 * Gap styles will only be output if the theme has block gap support, or supports a fallback gap.
	 * Default layout gap styles will be skipped for themes that do not explicitly opt-in to blockGap with a `true` or `false` value.
	 */
	if ( $has_block_gap_support || $has_fallback_gap_support ) {
		$block_gap_value = null;
		// Use a fallback gap value if block gap support is not available.
		if ( ! $has_block_gap_support ) {
			$block_gap_value = static::ROOT_BLOCK_SELECTOR === $selector ? '0.5em' : null;
			if ( ! empty( $block_type ) ) {
				$block_gap_value = isset( $block_type->supports['spacing']['blockGap']['__experimentalDefault'] )
					? $block_type->supports['spacing']['blockGap']['__experimentalDefault']
					: null;
			}
		} else {
			$block_gap_value = static::get_property_value( $node, array( 'spacing', 'blockGap' ) );
		}

		// Support split row / column values and concatenate to a shorthand value.
		if ( is_array( $block_gap_value ) ) {
			if ( isset( $block_gap_value['top'] ) && isset( $block_gap_value['left'] ) ) {
				$gap_row         = static::get_property_value( $node, array( 'spacing', 'blockGap', 'top' ) );
				$gap_column      = static::get_property_value( $node, array( 'spacing', 'blockGap', 'left' ) );
				$block_gap_value = $gap_row === $gap_column ? $gap_row : $gap_row . ' ' . $gap_column;
			} else {
				// Skip outputting gap value if not all sides are provided.
				$block_gap_value = null;
			}
		}

		// If the block should have custom gap, add the gap styles.
		if ( null !== $block_gap_value && false !== $block_gap_value && '' !== $block_gap_value ) {
			foreach ( $layout_definitions as $layout_definition_key => $layout_definition ) {
				// Allow outputting fallback gap styles for flex and grid layout types when block gap support isn't available.
				if ( ! $has_block_gap_support && 'flex' !== $layout_definition_key && 'grid' !== $layout_definition_key ) {
					continue;
				}

				$class_name    = isset( $layout_definition['className'] ) ? $layout_definition['className'] : false;
				$spacing_rules = isset( $layout_definition['spacingStyles'] ) ? $layout_definition['spacingStyles'] : array();

				if (
					! empty( $class_name ) &&
					! empty( $spacing_rules )
				) {
					foreach ( $spacing_rules as $spacing_rule ) {
						$declarations = array();
						if (
							isset( $spacing_rule['selector'] ) &&
							preg_match( $layout_selector_pattern, $spacing_rule['selector'] ) &&
							! empty( $spacing_rule['rules'] )
						) {
							// Iterate over each of the styling rules and substitute non-string values such as `null` with the real `blockGap` value.
							foreach ( $spacing_rule['rules'] as $css_property => $css_value ) {
								$current_css_value = is_string( $css_value ) ? $css_value : $block_gap_value;
								if ( static::is_safe_css_declaration( $css_property, $current_css_value ) ) {
									$declarations[] = array(
										'name'  => $css_property,
										'value' => $current_css_value,
									);
								}
							}

							if ( ! $has_block_gap_support ) {
								// For fallback gap styles, use lower specificity, to ensure styles do not unintentionally override theme styles.
								$format          = static::ROOT_BLOCK_SELECTOR === $selector ? ':where(.%2$s%3$s)' : ':where(%1$s.%2$s%3$s)';
								$layout_selector = sprintf(
									$format,
									$selector,
									$class_name,
									$spacing_rule['selector']
								);
							} else {
								$format          = static::ROOT_BLOCK_SELECTOR === $selector ? ':root :where(.%2$s)%3$s' : ':root :where(%1$s-%2$s)%3$s';
								$layout_selector = sprintf(
									$format,
									$selector,
									$class_name,
									$spacing_rule['selector']
								);
							}
							$block_rules .= static::to_ruleset( $layout_selector, $declarations );
						}
					}
				}
			}
		}
	}

	// Output base styles.
	if (
		static::ROOT_BLOCK_SELECTOR === $selector
	) {
		$valid_display_modes = array( 'block', 'flex', 'grid' );
		foreach ( $layout_definitions as $layout_definition ) {
			$class_name       = isset( $layout_definition['className'] ) ? $layout_definition['className'] : false;
			$base_style_rules = isset( $layout_definition['baseStyles'] ) ? $layout_definition['baseStyles'] : array();

			if (
				! empty( $class_name ) &&
				is_array( $base_style_rules )
			) {
				// Output display mode. This requires special handling as `display` is not exposed in `safe_style_css_filter`.
				if (
					! empty( $layout_definition['displayMode'] ) &&
					is_string( $layout_definition['displayMode'] ) &&
					in_array( $layout_definition['displayMode'], $valid_display_modes, true )
				) {
					$layout_selector = sprintf(
						'%s .%s',
						$selector,
						$class_name
					);
					$block_rules    .= static::to_ruleset(
						$layout_selector,
						array(
							array(
								'name'  => 'display',
								'value' => $layout_definition['displayMode'],
							),
						)
					);
				}

				foreach ( $base_style_rules as $base_style_rule ) {
					$declarations = array();

					// Skip outputting base styles for flow and constrained layout types if theme doesn't support theme.json. The 'base-layout-styles' type flags this.
					if ( in_array( 'base-layout-styles', $types, true ) && ( 'default' === $layout_definition['name'] || 'constrained' === $layout_definition['name'] ) ) {
						continue;
					}

					if (
						isset( $base_style_rule['selector'] ) &&
						preg_match( $layout_selector_pattern, $base_style_rule['selector'] ) &&
						! empty( $base_style_rule['rules'] )
					) {
						foreach ( $base_style_rule['rules'] as $css_property => $css_value ) {
							// Skip rules that reference content size or wide size if they are not defined in the theme.json.
							if (
								is_string( $css_value ) &&
								( str_contains( $css_value, '--global--content-size' ) || str_contains( $css_value, '--global--wide-size' ) ) &&
								! isset( $this->theme_json['settings']['layout']['contentSize'] ) &&
								! isset( $this->theme_json['settings']['layout']['wideSize'] )
							) {
								continue;
							}

							if ( static::is_safe_css_declaration( $css_property, $css_value ) ) {
								$declarations[] = array(
									'name'  => $css_property,
									'value' => $css_value,
								);
							}
						}

						$layout_selector = sprintf(
							'.%s%s',
							$class_name,
							$base_style_rule['selector']
						);
						$block_rules    .= static::to_ruleset( $layout_selector, $declarations );
					}
				}
			}
		}
	}
	return $block_rules;
}

Changelog

VersionDescription
6.6.0Updated layout style specificity to be compatible with overall 0-1-0 specificity in global styles.
6.5.3Add types parameter to check if only base layout styles are needed.
6.5.1Only output rules referencing content and wide sizes when values exist.
6.3.0Reduced specificity for layout margin rules.
6.1.0Introduced.

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