Support forum block editor should support formatting multiple blocks and paste functionality

[bozzmedia]

It's difficult to work with multiple lines of text separated into blocks on the support forum. If I paste multiple lines (when pasting works) it is not possible to select those lines and format them as code for example. I would need to manually convert each block.

Pasting does not always seem to work when pasting from log files. Sometimes if I paste into a text editor and then paste into a post it will work but it is inconsistent. Did not run into this issue in the old forum post setup.

Please see:
​https://wordpress.org/support/topic/new-support-forum-block-editor-painful-to-use-cant-style-multiple-blocks/
​https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-copy-paste-in-the-new-forum-text-editor/

[Otto42]

Too often people paste large sections of text and don't format it correctly. If you are pasting a large amount of text, you should create a code block first, and paste your code into that.

Alternatively, you can turn off the block editor in your forum profile. If you prefer.

[bozzmedia]

I hear that, though that's not really my workflow and slows things down considerably. This is a broad issue with block editor to expect users to create one block at a time instead of bringing in their text and then formatting in the editor.

In my most recent instance I was pasting about 8 lines with line breaks that held relevant info. If the paste works it comes out much more sloppily without changing it to code.

I have switched the block editor off for me personally on the forums though I hope this UI tweak (allow style/block type changes to multiple blocks) and a technical fix (for pasting issues) will still be considered.