Icons: New icon for paragraph and preformatted

[jasmussen]

Right now we use the same text icon for text, freeform and preformatted:

We should consider renaming Text to "Paragraph", and give it a paragraph icon, like the early mockups:

We should also give preformatted a new icon. Maybe one of these? https://developer.wordpress.org/resource/dashicons/#media-code — CC: @field2 for input.

[buzztone]

I feel this issue would be significantly improved by finding more appropriate icons for freeform and preformatted blocks. They definitely need to be different.

[buzztone]

I don't feel Paragraph is a suitable name for the Text block.

When I Insert a Text block, I get a series of options in the first drop-down menu that are not paragraphs.

I see Paragraph as 1 of the options in that list - though it is the default option & not listed.

A related issue that occurs to me is how does a user change from a Quote back to Paragraph? Perhaps it makes sense to add Paragraph as the default selected option in the first drop-down menu with the proposed Paragraph icon.

[youknowriad]

When I Insert a Text block, I get a series of options in the first drop-down menu that are not paragraphs.

FWIW Te first drop-down menu in the block toolbar is what we call the "Block Switcher". It's a menu to switch to another block. Thus, it's not really options for the current block.

[jasmussen]

Yep, that's the switcher component. But I think it might be worth revisiting #493. Going to mock up a thing there.

[buzztone]

Thus, it's not really options for the current block.

Interesting - I'm still a new user at this stage & I was sure the Block Switcher was a drop-down list of options available for the Block type I'd selected.

For me this interpretation was confirmed by the items shown being all html text formatting tags.

Now that you've given it a name & explained it's purpose I can see it from that perspective - but I definitely didn't interpret it that way.

I think the fact that I'd selected a Text block locked me into thinking that whatever followed, in terms of options, was based on the selected block type.

It might be useful to see if other new users make similar assumptions.

[buzztone]

The first drop-down menu in the block toolbar is what we call the "Block Switcher".

Could be helpful for new contributors to add diagram showing terms used by the development team to describe the UI at http://gutenberg-devdoc.surge.sh

[jasmussen]

Great point. Will do that.

[jasmussen]

Closing as fixed!