ENH Skip validation when creating a new elemental block

src/GraphQL/Resolvers/Resolver.php

@@ -94,10 +94,10 @@ public static function resolveAddElementToArea(
 
         if ($afterElementID !== null) {
             /** @var ReorderElements $reorderer */
-            $reorderer = Injector::inst()->create(ReorderElements::class, $newElement);
+            $reorderer = Injector::inst()->create(ReorderElements::class, $newElement, true);
             $reorderer->reorder($afterElementID); // also writes the element
         } else {
-            $newElement->write();
+            $newElement->write(skipValidation: true);
         }
 
         return $newElement;

src/Models/BaseElement.php

@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 use SilverStripe\ORM\CMSPreviewable;
 use SilverStripe\Core\Config\Config;
 use SilverStripe\ORM\DataObjectSchema;
+use SilverStripe\ORM\ValidationResult;
 
 /**
  * Class BaseElement
@@ -304,13 +305,18 @@ public function canCreate($member = null, $context = array())
         return Permission::check('CMS_ACCESS', 'any', $member);
     }
 
-    public function write($showDebug = false, $forceInsert = false, $forceWrite = false, $writeComponents = false)
-    {
+    public function write(
+        $showDebug = false,
+        $forceInsert = false,
+        $forceWrite = false,
+        $writeComponents = false,
+        bool $skipValidation = false
+    ) {
         // Skips writes for broken blocks, so that we can still publish the page to allow all other blocks to publish.
         if ($this->ObsoleteClassName) {
             return $this->ID;
         }
-        return parent::write($showDebug, $forceInsert, $forceWrite, $writeComponents);
+        return parent::write($showDebug, $forceInsert, $forceWrite, $writeComponents, $skipValidation);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -553,7 +559,7 @@ public function getContentForCmsSearch(): string
         }
         // Allow projects to update contents of third-party elements.
         $this->extend('updateContentForCmsSearch', $contents);
-        
+
         // Use |#| to delimit different fields rather than space so that you don't
         // accidentally join results of two columns that are next to each other in a table
         $content = implode('|#|', array_filter($contents));

src/Services/ReorderElements.php

@@ -16,12 +16,14 @@ class ReorderElements
      */
     protected $element;
 
+    private bool $elementIsNew;
+
     /**
      * Create reordering service for specified Element
      *
      * @param BaseElement $element
      */
-    public function __construct(BaseElement $element)
+    public function __construct(BaseElement $element, bool $elementIsNew = false)
     {
         if (!($element instanceof BaseElement)) {
             throw new InvalidArgumentException(sprintf(
@@ -32,6 +34,7 @@ public function __construct(BaseElement $element)
             ));
         }
 
+        $this->elementIsNew = $elementIsNew;
         $this->setElement($element);
     }
 
@@ -125,7 +128,7 @@ public function reorder($elementToBeAfterID = 0)
 
         // Now use the ORM to write a new version of the record that we are directly reordering
         $element->Sort = $newBlockPosition;
-        $element->write();
+        $element->write(skipValidation: $this->elementIsNew);
 
         return $element;
     }

tests/Behat/features/validation-failure.feature

@@ -50,3 +50,13 @@ Feature: Don't lose content when page or block is invalid
     Then the "Content" field for block 1 should contain "New sample content"
       And the "Title" field for block 1 should contain "Charlie's Block"
       And I should see the ".element-editor-header__version-state--draft" element
+
+  Scenario: New blocks don't automatically trigger validation errors
+    Given I add an extension "DNADesign\Elemental\Tests\Src\ValidationFailedExtension" to the "DNADesign\Elemental\Models\BaseElement" class
+      And I go to "/admin/pages"
+      And I left click on "Blocks Page" in the tree
+    Then I should see a list of blocks
+    When I press the "Add block" button
+    Then I press the "Content" button in the add block popover
+    Then I should see "Untitled Content block" as the title for block 1
+    And I should see "Alice's Block" as the title for block 2