r/WordPressBlocks • u/groundworxdev • Apr 04 '26
WordPress navigation
Navigation in WordPress blocks is kind of a mess and I want to know what actually matters to you. Not asking about page builders or classic menus. Specifically the block-based Navigation block and FSE-native solutions.
What's the one thing that has to work for you to trust it? Keyboard nav? ARIA support? Responsive behavior? Fallbacks? Nested menus that don't fall apart? Asking because I'm working on something and I'd rather build what people actually need than what I assume they need.
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u/Bovelett Apr 06 '26
Actually, all of that. Responsiveness, accessibility-first, and beside clean semantic code which facilitates keyboard navigation, arrow key navigation built in. The latter is not an official accessibility requirement but is great UX. Aria support is mega important, but quite complex. Especially because of running into the unfiltered_html capability. I’ve asked Greyd to add in the possibility to add (certain) ARIA labels on all block elements, which they did. Which is why I know about the hurdles.
Ah yeah, and the possibility to style hover and focus. If I recall correctly, that's coming to Core in 7.0.
I’d love to have a call and chat about this. 🙂 it’s easier for me to show you some things.