How to render block in edit mode by default or trigger edit on load? - Meta Box

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December 14, 2019 at 1:43 AM #17521

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Hello, is it possible to render a block (at admin side) in edit mode instead of preview by default?
It seems there's no such option so far (it's in ACF), however, I wonder if it could be done by firing some javascript via mb_blocks_preview on load.

Thanks in advance!
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December 14, 2019 at 11:01 AM #17524

Anh Tran
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I'm afraid there's no such option. Just wondering why would you want that?

December 14, 2019 at 4:29 PM #17527

Przemek
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I just had clients recently who needed to fill a large number of inputs within multiple blocks across many posts and they didn't want to click edit every single time.

Also, I have some blocks that do not render anything interesting but store important data.

December 16, 2019 at 4:58 PM #17538

Anh Tran
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I got it. I'll add a param mode for the block that you can specify the initial mode: edit or preview (default).

December 16, 2019 at 6:00 PM #17544

Przemek
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That's great! Thank you.

December 19, 2019 at 2:45 PM #17582

Anh Tran
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I've just added the param in the latest version. Please update.

December 19, 2019 at 4:50 PM #17585

Przemek
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Such small while so useful!
Thank you!

December 21, 2020 at 10:08 AM #23660

Jacob Hill
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Excellent! Can this be added to the blocks extension's documentation? https://docs.metabox.io/extensions/mb-blocks/
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