Flow for editing the styles of a specific block type

[mtias]

In the global styles context, it should be possible to go from block to editing that block's global styles properties. Maybe a first start could be adding an action to the ellipsis menu "Edit Global Styles":

[jorgefilipecosta]

An additional possibility discussed in a conversation with @mtias was a design tool/ block global styles select tool

The tool can be a top-level button on the toolbar, when we press the button we activate a block select mode. When we click on a block we automatically open the global styles panel for that block.

This tool is implemented in addition to the system referred to on this issue.

[jasmussen]

This seems related to "push styles to global", and it would be good to consolidate. A use case, I'm writing a post on my brand new blog and using a Quote block for the first time, and realizing it looks poor. I might want to style it locally there, then push it to global. While this is possible with "push to global", it can be refined with a modal before/after preview. It can perhaps take inspiration from how you update components in Figma.

[jameskoster]

Since it's possible to apply a block styles globally now we might consider this issue complete.

But that flow could use some improvements. For example:

• Displaying a before/after preview & diff, either in a modal or the multi-entity save panel.
• The shortcut suggested in the OP could open the global styles panel with the style book focussed on the selected block
• Consider granularity of pushable changes in the local context. Currently you can only push all local changes, there might be an argument for a more selective experience.

[annezazu]

Closing this out considering the above discussion and the fact that "Apply globally" is an option under advanced. For improving this, let's open up individual issues going forward like so #57740 and potentially consolidate with an iteration issue if we want to see something ship in a future release.