Albert Juhé Lluveras

@aljullu added swatches to Add to Cart + Options block at the end of #radicalspeedmonth

@aljullu That is it. You can test the swatches on trunk right now by enabling WC Beta Tester > wc-visual-attribute. Happy to hear any thought/feedback on it and the new protocol.

@aljullu Or even this. The game is powered by Interactivity API btw

@aljullu As mentioned in the blog, I believe block should be extended by block. With new protocol, we can create something like this

@aljullu I have a write up here, btw tungdu.com/inner-block-pr…

@aljullu We can also have swatches inside Product Collection loop for preview variation images. Same concept applies, as long as the parent provide selectable items of variations, the same chips can be used

@aljullu Imagine Add to Cart + Options provides selectable items, we can use Chips with color swatches inside it, the same block inside Color filter. @aljullu is already making it happen

@aljullu The idea is simple: having a shared contract between parent and inner blocks. Blocks are now not coupled to other blocks, but to the protocol. Attribute don't pass filter data to List and Chips anymore, they pass selectable items. Price now doesnt pass price but range input data

@aljullu Filter blocks already have two layers: logic and presentation (parent and inner blocks). Filter blocks shared some inner blocks, but they coupled to filter blocks and can't be used inside others. The new protocol fills that gap.

@aljullu We want to build a complete solution in which the same color swatches is shared by filters, add to cart, and product collection. To make it happen, we create a new data contract between parent and inner block, we're calling it Inner Block Protocol. (The name isn't final)

@aljullu We got it working for Product Filters block, it's just the start

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