Use labels in getVisualTypeName()

What problem does this address?

gutenberg/packages/block-editor/src/components/link-control/search-item.js

Line 150 in 8899bb5

function getVisualTypeName( suggestion ) {

In the getVisualTypeName() function, the results are usually going to be the slugs for the post types, rather than all nice human readable labels from the Post Type Objects.

What is your proposed solution?

Is there a way for the getVisualTypeName() to extract and return the single label from the Post Type Object? Does it come along in the suggestion?

Thanks for the suggestion.

I think the getVisualTypeName() function itself should be completely refactored. Each strings are hardcoded, so it can't be localized.

The text-transform: capitalize should be removed as well:

gutenberg/packages/block-editor/src/components/link-control/style.scss

Lines 145 to 149 in 8899bb5

    
           .components-menu-item__shortcut { 
        
           	color: $gray-700; 
        
           	text-transform: capitalize; 
        
           	white-space: nowrap; // tags shouldn't go over two lines. 
        
           }

Custom post types would need a separate core WordPress ticket to add type_label to the /wp/v2/search REST API response.

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	.components-menu-item__shortcut {
	color: $gray-700;
	text-transform: capitalize;
	white-space: nowrap; // tags shouldn't go over two lines.
	}

Use labels in getVisualTypeName() #71492

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t-hamano commented on Sep 4, 2025

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Use labels in `getVisualTypeName()` #71492