Description

It is possible to register a default block variation to customize the settings of any block, including the Separator.

This works when inserting the separator in most ways, but not when creating a separator by typing --- + ENTER.

I would expect all new blocks to use the default block variation settings regardless of how they are created.

Step-by-step reproduction instructions

1. Register a default block variation for the Separator (see code below)
2. Insert Separator block using block inserter.
3. Observe correct variation is used with div instead of hr
4. Type --- and ENTER to make a Separator block.
5. Observe that the Separator block is still using the hr element, contrary to the default block variation

namespace Gutenberg\Bug\Report;

add_filter( 'get_block_type_variations', __NAMESPACE__ . '\block_variations', 10, 2 );
/**
 * Register block variations in PHP for the block editor
 *
 * @param array $variations array of arrays for each block's variations
 * @param object $block block meta for each block, useful for checking $block->name to target a specific block
 * @return array $variations updated array containing variations to register
 */
function block_variations( $variations, $block ) {
	$block_name = $block->name;
	switch ( $block_name ) {
		// use non-semantic separator by default
		case 'core/separator':
			$variations[] = [
				'name' => 'separator',
				'isDefault' => true,
				'attributes' => [
					'tagName' => 'div',
				],
			];
			break;
	}

	return $variations;
}

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Environment info

• WP 6.9.1
• Custom Theme
• No Gutenberg plugin

Please confirm that you have searched existing issues in the repo.

• Yes

Please confirm that you have tested with all plugins deactivated except Gutenberg.

• Yes

Please confirm which theme type you used for testing.

• Block
• Classic
• Hybrid (e.g. classic with theme.json)
• Not sure