Inconsistency in Image block settings if it is inside Row, Stack or Grid block.

[devNigel]

Context and steps to reproduce

The Image Block is resizable from block settings and by dragging on the sides by default. This also works if the Image block is inside the Group block.

However, if you change the Group block to Row, Stack or Grid block, these properties will disappear, making it difficult to customize the image block when inside it.

The issue is reproducible both on simple site and atomic site.

Steps to reproduce:

1. On page or post editor, add Image block.
2. Observe you can adjust image size from settings and by dragging on the corners.
3. Add Image block in Group block, these features are still available.
4. Convert the Group block to Row, Stack or Grid to observe that these features are no longer available.

Screen recording:

CleanShot.2025-04-23.at.07.05.20.mp4

Site owner impact

More than 60% of the total website/platform users

Severity

Minor

What other impact(s) does this issue have?

No revenue impact

If a workaround is available, please outline it here.

Move the Image block outside the Row, Stack or Grid block to resize it and then add it back.

Platform

Atomic, Simple

[devNigel]

User report: 9692805-zd-a8c

[arunsathiya]

📌 REPRODUCTION RESULTS
- Tested on Simple – Replicated
- Tested on Atomic – Replicated
- Replicable outside of Dotcom – No

📌 FINDINGS/SCREENSHOTS/VIDEO
I can see the issue on Dotcom sites, both on sites with and without plugins installed:

Screen Recording 2025-04-28 at 11.53.13 AM.mov

I cannot see the issue outside of Dotcom though:

Screen Recording 2025-04-28 at 11.51.45 AM.mov

I have been checking the Gutenberg repository but haven't found an existing report yet. I don't know if it's a Gutenberg issue that's fixed in one of the recent versions, but we are currently on Gutenberg 20.6.0.

I tested with unmanaged Gutenberg 20.7.0 on a Dotcom site as well, but the issue remains:

Screen Recording 2025-04-28 at 12.12.52 PM.mov

User reported that this started happening between "11 and 2pm EST" on April 22/23, which matches with the timeline when we updated to Gutenberg 20.6.0.

At this point, I am not sure what's wrong. Leaving this on the triage queue for another review.

📌 ACTIONS
- Triaged

📌 Message to Author
Thanks for reporting.

[arunsathiya]

I can see the issue on a non-Dotcom site with Gutenberg 20.6.0:

Screen Recording 2025-04-28 at 12.25.48 PM.mov

And with Gutenberg 20.7.0 as well:

Screen Recording 2025-04-28 at 12.27.27 PM.mov

This seems to be a Gutenberg issue and not a platform issue, so I've reported here:

• Inconsistency in Image block settings if it is inside Row, Stack or Grid block WordPress/gutenberg#69997