Add a switch to the navigator that toggles syncing it with the canvas selection

Feature Requests
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Currently the navigator is not syncing with the selected block in the canvas.

While the priority from my perspective is restoring this behaviour, I was thinking it will be great to be able to turn it on and off occasionally as sometimes you may want to keep the navigator focused on a different block (e.g. for the purpose of selecting, copying and then pasting a block in a different location).

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Would you mind sharing a screencast of what you’re experiencing as I cannot reproduce it on my end.

Cheers,

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Hi @Louis, apologies for the lack of detail in my original post, it had been a very very long day that lasted more than a day!

Steps to repeat:

  1. I created a minimal test case page by simply adding blocks to the canvas until the Navigator had a vertical scrollbar.
  2. I then selected blocks in the canvas showing they are correctly highlighted in the Navigator
  3. I then selected any of the blocks that are hidden by the scroll overflow in the Navigator - note - the Navigator does not scroll to these blocks
  4. Also, I added new blocks using the Quick Inserter bar into any container not currently visible in the scroll area of the Navigator - note that the Navigator does not scroll to these blocks

In summary, the expected behaviour is that the Navigator will automatically scroll to the selected/added block. The current behaviour is that it does not.

Here is a screen recording:

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I constantly run into this myself. I add a block on a page full of content and have to go on an exploration to locate it each time. I try to make certain its within a div with few elements so it can’t go too far. It would be lovely if once you add a block the navigator has it highlighted and in the view port.

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Hello @StrangeTech,

Thanks for taking the time to record this and give a step by step, helps me see through your eyes.
I have finally been able to reproduce this on my end.

We will have a fix for this in the next update.

Interesting proposal for toggling the navigator sync. Definitely something to explore and add if it picks up a bit of interest!

Thanks once again.

Cheers,

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Hi,
I hear you totally, this is a very smart request :+1:

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Hi @StrangeTech,

Thank you for sharing this!

With 1.4.1, you can now toggle on/off whether the Navigator scrolls to the block or not from the Navigator settings:

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Moving to done.

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