Nested Template Locking... this would be a game changer for us

[tdsmoore]

We use the classic editor for 99% of projects and the biggest hurdle we have in adopting Gutenberg is that the editor offers too many options to clients who seriously freak out when they are presented with so many choices.

I love the idea of templateLock="contentOnly" as it hides everything from the editor and just allows my client to fill in the content. That's fine for very well-structured layouts, but what if we want to give some freedom in certain containers?

We'd like to have the ability to create patterns that set templateLock="contentOnly" on a block but then 'unset' it at a child block.

Take this simple pattern with 2 columns - I really want to hide all of the containers but then allow the editor to add blocks inside the columns. Sadly templateLock="false" can't override contentOnly.

Is there a workaround?

<!-- wp:group { "templateLock": "contentOnly" } -->
<div class="wp-block-group">
	<!-- wp:columns { } -->
	<div class="wp-block-columns">
		<!-- wp:column { "templateLock": false } -->
		<div class="wp-block-column">
			<!-- wp:paragraph { "placeholder": "Content for column 1"} /-->
		</div>
		<!-- /wp:column -->
		<!-- wp:column { "templateLock": false } -->
		<div class="wp-block-column">
			<!-- wp:paragraph { "placeholder": "Content for column 2"} /-->
		</div>
		<!-- /wp:column -->
	</div>
	<!-- /wp:columns -->
</div>
<!-- /wp:group -->