Post Comments Form block

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The Post Comments Form block displays a post’s comments form. This block is located inside a Comments block and lets you customize the appearance of the post comments form.

Post Comments Form block

You can only insert the Post Comments Form block inside a Comment Template block within the Comment block. 

Click the (+) icon inside the comment template block to open the block inserter pop-up window and search for the Post Comments Form block.

You can also use the keyboard shortcut /post-comments-form to quickly insert a Post Comments Form block inside a Comment Template block.

Adding a Post Comments Form block

If your post has comments disabled, you can still add the Post Comments Form and enable the comments again while adding the block:

Enabling comments from within the Post Comments Form block

Detailed instructions on adding blocks can be found here.

Block toolbar

Block toolbar in the Post Comments Form block

The block toolbar contains the tools to customize each block. The Post Comments Form block’s toolbar consists of the following tools:

Transform to

You can transform a Post Comments Form block into a Columns, or a Group block. 

Transform to in the Post Comments Form block

Block-moving tools

Block moving tools in the Post Comments Form block

Use the block-moving tools to move the block up and down inside the editor. Use the six dots icon to drag and drop the Post Comments Form block and reposition it anywhere on the editor. Alternatively, click on the up and down arrows to move the block up or down the editor.

Change text alignment

Change text alignment in the Post Comments Form block

Text alignment options let you align the Edit button towards the left, center, or right.

More options

 

The drop-down menu to the left of the More options menu contains a range of additional rich text editing options such as highlighting, inline code, strikethrough, and more.

Details about More options can be found in this support article.

Block settings

The block settings panel contains customization options specific to the block. To open it, select the block and click the settings icon next to the Publish or Update button.

Post Comments Form block settings.

Here are the options for the Post Comments Form block:

Color

The Post Comments Form block provides Color settings options to change the text, background, and link colors.

For details refer to this support article: Color settings overview

Typography

The Post Comments Form block provides typography settings to change the font family, appearance, line height, letter spacing, decoration, letter case, and font size.

For details refer to this support article: Typography settings overview

Dimension

The Post Comments Form block provides spacing settings to change the margin and padding.

For details refer to this support article: Dimension controls overview

Advanced

The Advanced tab lets you add CSS class(es) to your block. This will allow you to write custom CSS and styles to the block.

Advanced settings in the Post Comments Form block

Changelog

  • 2023-03-30
    • Updated screenshots
    • Added information about spacing settings
  • Created 2022-11-22

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