Current

Currently, when no block is selected (let's call this the "default" state), the Quick Toolbar isn't very useful. It looks like this:

Proposal

Static block (empty block, filled block):

Selected block (new block, filled block):

The idea is to show a more useful set of shortcuts by default (when the user doesn't have a block selected). The two key things are:

1. A stronger call-to-action for the Inserter
2. Allow the user to see recent/frequent block types for quick adding

This idea is basically an equivalent to the web-side's concept that is applied to new empty blocks:

Notes

There are a couple other things to note:

• The divider/background style of the toolbar itself is dependent on this style proposal
• This assumes that the undo/redo buttons will be moved to the navigation/app bar. I still need to gather data points to ensure this won't cause too many issues.

Related Issues

• Tapping on an empty editor area #358