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Confusing + button behavior #7271

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@jancavan

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There's a + sign that shows up next to a block. I think it's great because if I have multiple long blocks, my mouse cursor doesn't have to travel all the way up to the toolbar:
screenshot 2018-06-11 10 50 09

However, I was confused on how I could get it to show up again. @karmatosed pointed out that I'd have to hit return, but this wasn't intuitive to me.

I think part of the reason why is because the + button is being used in two different ways depending on the context: on the toolbar, it adds new blocks. If it's next to the block itself, it can also change the type of block (e.g. Paragraph to a Quote) then automatically adds a new Paragraph block beneath it.

Maybe this is even just a verbiage issue since it says "Add block", but the action of adding a block is fulfilled by hitting enter, not by clicking the + button.

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Apart from hitting return to add a block, maybe clicking on the white space beneath the block adds a new block under it.

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    [Feature] InserterThe main way to insert blocks using the + button in the editing interface[Type] EnhancementA suggestion for improvement.

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