Using role: content in blocks and why

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Discussed in #441

^{Originally posted by justintadlock January 23, 2026}
In light of the Pattern Editing experiment becoming stable, it's more important that block authors correctly use role: content in their blocks to let WP know when something is or is not content.

• Pattern editing: stabilize and remove the experiment flag gutenberg#74843

It's probably also worth exploring useBlockEditingMode() for displaying items based on the mode.

This is not a well-formed topic idea just yet. Just adding a few thoughts, and maybe we can get the ball rolling.