Why limit max 50 blocks count for section

[hekichine]

I want my section to be as customized as possible with small details and am currently receiving notice that there is a maximum of 50 blocks in a section. Is there any solution?

[stephanie-shopify]

We would need to up the limit from 50 to something higher. otherwise, to get around this now, you will need to split your section into multiple sections.

Out of curiosity, could you share more about your use case and how granular you are going to hit the 50 limit per section? We'd like to understand how common this might be and how other theme developers are thinking about designing sections with theme blocks

[mnj-novicell]

Hi @stephanie-shopify ,
We were thinking about having a block for each element, so if we were to have a slider section with a block for each slide, each containing a blocks for an image, a heading, a description, a group/row block containing 2 button blocks, then the 50 block limit on section would decide the number of slides. Instead a 50 direct child block limit would give more flexibility.

[bogdanbeniaminb]

We're doing the same for a mega menu and for the footer. Using theme blocks (heading, paragraph, image, button) seems a great opportunity for such sections. However, if we are given a 50 blocks limit, if you also take into account wrapper blocks (columns etc), you end up limiting what the client needs to do.

Mega menu:

• 6 items
• 6 panels
• 3-4 columns per panel
• 3-4 elements per column
  You need around 100 blocks for this situation, which is just a regular situation. We have clients which need much more mega menu items.

[bogdanbeniaminb]

Yes, I agree, this limit is very prohibitive. For example, building a table block using theme blocks (row blocks + cell blocks) limits us to only around 40 cells or less, depending on what content is displayed. It really limits the granularity of blocks and forces us to build bigger blocks with toggleable options, which limits the actual benefits of "blocks everywhere". We return to sections with endless options, instead of giving clients the granularity they need.

[prestarocket]

Like @bogdanbeniaminb , we use theme blocks to build a megamenu section, which is a very relevant use for theme blocks.
The limit of 50 blocks per section is quickly reached

[bogdanbeniaminb]

To add to what has been said, the limit of 50 blocks also doesn't make sense given the fact that we're allowed to have nested blocks up to 8 levels. If you only have 2 elements per level, having 8 levels would rise the number of blocks to 128. So the limit of 50 blocks cannot be achieved with 8 levels unless we have a tree without branches (only 2 levels could have 2 items).