Block drag and drop tracking issue

[talldan]

Prioritised list of tasks (good to aim for in WP 6.5)

If possible, it'd be good to fix or explore solutions for the following for WordPress 6.5.

• [x] https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/issues/56463
• [x] https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/issues/56182
• [x] https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/issues/13202
• [x] Drag images onto image block to make a gallery (Images: Support for drag-and-drop multiple images onto image block #9783, Use drag and drop to transform an Image block → Gallery block #32819)
• [x] https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/issues/24174
• [x] https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/issues/26049
• [ ] https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/issues/54952
• [x] https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/issues/33684
• [x] https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/issues/33686

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Full list including nice to haves / tracking

The issues below have not been prioritised, but anyone is free to pick up a task of course!

Bugs

• [ ] No drop indicator shown when dragging into an empty (e.g. group/column) block list (Reported in #32880), #44064
• [x] #28790
• [x] #33678
• [ ] #29511
• [ ] #24173

Enhancements

General

• [x] https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/issues/56182
• [x] #24174
• [x] Allow for more space around drop zones (#32438, #26049, https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/issues/55474)
• [ ] #29931
• [ ] #24750
• [x] #33685
• [x] #33684
• [x] #33686
• [ ] #54952
• [ ] https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/issues/36457

Block-specific drag and drop enhancements

• [x] #13202
• [ ] Drag images onto image block to make a gallery (#9783, #32819)
• [x] #32820
• [x] #18501
• [x] #29145

Performance

• [ ] #33435
• [x] #33478

Automated tests

• [x] #31356
• [ ] Add more e2e tests for drag and drop (drop/insertion point positioning, nesting, etc.)

API

• [ ] Make useDropZone stable (#14335)

Needs feedback or some other kind of progress

• [ ] Improve scroll while dragging behavior (#24770)
• [ ] Dragging blocks with 'top-toolbar' mode enabled (#20078, #25237)
• [x] #20762

[jasmussen]

One suggestion left in a comment is to default all nesting groups to closed by default, and persist that state between opening and closing the list view panel. If you then select a nested block in the canvas, the list view if open should expand that tree view, potentially even scroll to it. Are any aspects of this behavior tracked? The scrolling bit I feel has been discussed somewhere. Happy to open a new ticket if need be.

[ellatrix]

@talldan It seems most issues here are addressed. Could we close this, and maybe move any remaining important items to #63255?