Learn WordPress Content Error Report - Ticket

[ockham]

Error Description

• Content URL: https://learn.wordpress.org/lesson-plan/create-a-basic-child-theme-for-block-themes/

There's currently no mention of Style Variations: A block theme's child theme will currently not automatically include the parent's Style Variations. To have them included, the child theme's author will have to copy the parent theme's styles/ directory.

Originally reported in WP.org support forums here. I've filed a Gutenberg issue to change that behavior (i.e. to auto-include the parent's style variations), but for the time being, it'd be good to explain how to include them manually.

Per discussion with @jonathanbossenger, we might want to review the behavior of child themes for other block theme capabilities (e.g. template parts of block patterns) and add instructions (rather than focusing on style variations only).

Error Report Checklist:

• Error Validated
• Error fix proposed
• Error fix reviewed
• Error fix published

[jonathanbossenger]

I think a good way forward here is to create additional separate content about block theme capabilities in a child theme

1. Child theme basics (already covered by https://learn.wordpress.org/lesson-plan/create-a-basic-child-theme-for-block-themes/)
2. Theme.json in child themes
3. Templates and template parts in child themes
4. Patterns in child themes
5. Styles in child themes

[ockham]

Update, per WordPress/gutenberg#46554, child themes now inherit their parent theme's style variations. We might close this issue (and potentially file a new one for the items @jonathanbossenger mentioned in #1113 (comment)).

[nomad-skateboarding-dev]

Error Validated

Error was discussed by @ockham and @jonathanbossenger . Block child themes now inherit parent theme's style variations.

Proposed Fix

Close issue and follow up with @jonathanbossenger recommendations as proposed by @ockham

[kaitohm]

Thank you for the feedback. I'm closing this issue now and will follow up with Jonathan about opening a new issue for his other suggestions.