- What is Astra Pro Add on?
- What Is a Child Theme and How To Install It for Astra?
- How to Activate Astra Pro Addon License?
- How to Get License Key of Astra Pro?
- How to Install Astra Pro Plugin?
- Getting Started with Astra Pro Addon Plugin
- Getting error – The package could not be installed. The theme is missing the style.css stylesheet?
- Do Not See License Activation Form for Astra Pro Addon Plugin?
- How to Install Astra Theme?
- Astra – Customize the Submenu
- The Blank Screen in the Customizer Area
- How to use the color palette of the Astra theme
- How to Import / Export Astra Customizer Settings
- How To Disable Logo Cropping
- How to Create a Sticky Sidebar for Your WooCommerce Shop Page
- How to use dynamic customizer from Astra 4.0.0
- How to Change the Typography of the Astra Menu
- Simplify Your Site Design with the New Style Guide
- How to Translate Astra Theme / Plugins in Your Own Language using GlotPress?
- How to Turn Astra Multilingual with WPML?
- How To Translate Site Builder With WPML?
- How to Translate Astra Strings with WPML?
- How Translations can be Manually Exported and Uploaded to the Site?
- How to Turn Astra Website Multilingual with Polylang?
- How to Translate Categories, Tags, and Astra Strings with Polylang
- How to Turn Astra Website Multilingual with TranslatePress?
- How to translate the WooCommerce string?
- Footer Custom Text Helper Strings
- Does Astra support Beaver Themer Plugin?
- Increasing the PHP Memory Limit of Your Website
- How to Disable Header or Footer for a Landing Page or Post?
- Where Does Astra Primary Color Setting Take Effect?
- How to Adjust the Width of Your Sidebar?
- How to Update the Plugin Manually from WordPress Backend?
- Recommended Settings for Elementor and the Astra Theme
- Recommended Settings for Beaver Builder and the Astra Theme
- How Do License Upgrades Work?
- How to Renew Yearly License?
- How to Apply For Brainstorm Force Affiliate Program? (Become Astra Affiliate)
- How to Manage License on Store?
- How To Update Your Payment Method?
- How do I check my Support Ticket History?
- Frequently Asked Questions – VIP Priority Support
- How to Process Refund Requests?
- Fix Swap Sections Not Working on Mobile (Old Astra Header)
- How to Remove Google Fonts Suggestions in Astra Theme?
- Remove default stretched block layout spacing
- How to Change the Logo on Specific Pages?
- How to remove horizontal & vertical gallery layouts from a single product page?
- Introducing New Filter to Enable/Disable Rank-Math Theme Support
- Enable/Disable YouTube videos from Astra admin dashboard
- How to Fix the Line Height Unit being converted to “EM”?
- How to Change WordPress Post labels to Projects
- Fix for – The PCLZIP_ERR_BAD_FORMAT (-10) Error
- Fix for – Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_FUNCTION
- How to fix Fatal Error / White Screen of Death?
- Fix for- cURL error 51: SSL: no alternative certificate subject name matches target host name ‘websitedemos.net’
- Getting error – The package could not be installed. The theme is missing the style.css stylesheet?
- ‘The preview could not be loaded’ Pop Up with Astra and Elementor
- Troubleshooting Steps ( with Health Check & Troubleshooting plugin )
- How to Deal with Update Issues in Astra Theme and Astra Pro Addon?
- Blog Featured Image Size Not Working / Error in Image Processing Library
Gutenberg Editor And Frontend UI Improvements With Astra (3.7.4)
Astra Theme version 3.7.4 brought interesting Gutenberg UI improvements for both Block editor and frontend user interface.
This document will show you the changes we added and how to apply these improvements when you update your theme to 3.7.4.
Gutenberg UI Improvements Overview
We added Gutenberg UI improvements to several blocks as well as the whole Block editor:
- Block layouts
- “Spacer” block;
- “Pullquote” block;
- “File” block;
- Block edit controles;
- Block selection in the editor.
Let’s check out some details for each improvement:
Block layouts
We added layout compatibility for multiple blocks. The block layout now provides the following options:
- Default Layout – a default boxed layout;
- Wide Layout – this layout will inherit the width of the container you set on your website;
- Full-width Layout – this layout will go edge-to-edge of the screen.

This layout is available for Group, Cover, Columns, Heading, and Media & Text blocks. This structure is available for these blocks even when they are nested. Check out this visual representation of improvement:

This improvement works both for the block editor and front end.
Spacer Block
The Spacer blocks were previously hard to notice. You would notice this block only when you clicked on it. Otherwise, the block stayed almost hidden.

We made the block improvements by adding a light background and by displaying its assigned height.

Pullquote Block
We added a quote icon for the Pullquote block both in the editor and in the front end. This is how the Pullquote Block looked like previously:

The improvements make the block more visible and emphasize that the block content is a quote.

File Block
Previously the File block didn’t have Style support which was improved in the mentioned update.

The style support is now available in the editor and the front-end as well.

Block Edit Controls
In previous versions, the block controls had a lighter color making them less visible.
The block edit controls are more visible now, as we gave them a darker color.

Block Selection
Before improvements, it was not easy to tell what space is some block taking and where to click to start editing it.
The improvement now allows you to see each block and its borders by simply hovering over it with a mouse.
How To Get These Impovements?
For all new websites, Gutenberg UI improvements will be applied automatically when the theme is updated.
As these improvements can reflect on the front end, you’ll need to activate changes by adding a filter for existing websites. This way, you can check how these changes apply to your website and make any adjustments if needed.
To apply the improvements to your website, add the following filter to the functions.php file of your Child Theme:
// Filter to enable Astra 3.7.4 Gutenberg UI improvements add_filter( 'astra_get_option_improve-gb-editor-ui', '__return_true' );
If you don’t have your Child Theme installed, please check this article on how to do it.
If you are not sure how to add this code, please check this article.
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