Patterns: Display descriptions in the UI

[carolinan]

What problem does this address?

Patterns have an optional Description parameter. When patterns register a description, it is visually hidden, only available for screen reader users.

If there are many patterns registered, there can often be subtle differences between them, and it would benefit all users to have the description visible. Not having the description leads to needing to make the pattern titles as descriptive as possible.

What is your proposed solution?

Display pattern descriptions in selected places in the UI.

[richtabor]

Maybe if we had detail views of the locked theme patterns, then it could show on the details view. I don't think we should have details view unless we can edit them like you can a theme's template parts.

[unscripted]

I've had two clients ask me about pattern descriptions in the last week. Both were during training sessions where they wanted more detail than the title offered.

This was requested for patterns we include in the theme and the patterns they create (#55244).

cc: @WordPress/outreach.

[annezazu]

This might be neat to have as part of data views work where folks can optionally show descriptions similar to toggling on/off other fields.

[richtabor]

where folks can optionally show descriptions similar to toggling on/off other fields.

Yup, could be a field here.

[richtabor]

It would be nice to also show the description when a pattern is inserted, instead of the default description:

This description here does not render for the pattern's block card: