[wp-meta] [Making WordPress.org] #6059: Display style variations for block themes in the theme directory

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#6059: Display style variations for block themes in the theme directory
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 Reporter:  poena            |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  enhancement      |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal           |   Milestone:
Component:  Theme Directory  |  Resolution:
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Comment (by dufresnesteven):

 I added a patch attachment:6059.diff which along with the pull request
 referenced below will add style variations to theme views. Once the pull
 request is complete, I will deploy the diff which will add the
 functionality and can be triggered via a query string parameter so we can
 test in production and iterate on feedback before the official rollout of
 the feature.

 On page load, the control does all-of-a-sudden push content down once the
 ajax request completes. We currently don't have a way on page load to
 determine if there are style variations in the theme. I have asked in the
 slack #themereview channel if there will be a tag added for style
 variations. If we had a tag, we could display the control while loading
 the variations and avoid the jump. The alternative is to add some metadata
 on theme upload which will work, but it's currently very cumbersome to add
 a new property to the theme API and backfill all the data. The tag
 approach would put the onus on the theme developer, but we would probably
 have style variations in themes where the developer has not added the tag.
 That's obviously not ideal.

 Regardless, I will push to find a solution here but it's currently not in
 place. I don't think it should block some live testing.


 **References:**
 Component Pull Request: [https://github.com/WordPress/wporg-mu-
 plugins/pull/289]
 Slack msg about style-variation tag:
 https://wordpress.slack.com/archives/C02RP4Y3K/p1664949151352129

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