Limit theme blocks

[sarussss]

Is it possible to limit blocks on theme blocks like on section blocks?
Limit: The number of blocks of this type that can be used.

[ludoboludo]

One of the way to do that at the moment would be to use targeting. So that your section is specifically supporting certain blocks. And if those aren't supporting any nesting then that'd be the way to do it.
Eg: You can see the targeting in action on the slideshow section that's currently on /main. It's only allowing slide blocks as a direct child. The slide block does support nesting but it could also be a block(s) that doesn't.

{% schema %}
{
  "name": "Slideshow",
  "class": "section--has-background",
  "blocks": [{ "type": "slide" }], <-- targeting 
  "settings": [

[ludoboludo]

ah gotcha! My bad, re reading your original post, it was clear 🤦 Ill make sure to pass along the feedback 🙂

[sarussss]

@ludoboludo Thanks a ton!

[uniwebthemes]

@ludoboludo Hi there,
Is there any progress on this? I think it is a must needed for a controlled blocks design

[ludoboludo]

Hey @uniwebcommerce, the team is aware of this need and looking into it 👍

[rubenbristian]

Is this still in progress? This is definitely required.

[mxstbr]

@sarussss you can set max_blocks in the section settings to limit the total number of blocks that can be used as a child of that section.

[sarussss]

@sarussss you can set max_blocks in the section settings to limit the total number of blocks that can be used as a child of that section.

Hi @mxstbr
It is not a desirable behavior to achieve, one of the reasons for which has also been mentioned here.

[MatthewRCrigger]

Insane this wasn't part of the initial release

[stijns96]

Hu @ludoboludo and @mxstbr,

I'm a bit surprised this issue has been open for quite some time—I only came across it now via this related comment.

In my view, setting a limit on nested blocks feels like a fundamental feature. For example, I have a private "buy button" block that should be draggable into a private "group" block within the theme. However, this button block should only be allowed once. Right now, there's no native way to enforce that constraint, which makes structuring these kinds of components much trickier than it should be.

What is the status about this?

p.s. would be nice to have something like {{ blocks.size }} as well to determine how many blocks there currently are on that block level

[rubenbristian]

Along with {{ block.index }} and more stuff.. I feel that this was just dumbed to meet some deadlines and now completely left over. WIth the current limitations, theme blocks are almost impossible to use in a proper theme context. :(

Hope they will pick it up and improve at least some basic issues like these.

[uniwebthemes]

@ludoboludo Hi there,
Any progress on "Limit theme blocks in nested blocks"?
And also, when will flex sections and new "style settings" be released?