Try adding content roles to navigation blocks (#71747)

tellthemachines · aaronrobertshaw · getdave · web-flow · commit f0af5a3169bf · 2025-09-23T10:03:33.000+10:00
Co-authored-by: tellthemachines &lt;isabel_brison@git.wordpress.org&gt;
Co-authored-by: aaronrobertshaw &lt;aaronrobertshaw@git.wordpress.org&gt;
Co-authored-by: getdave &lt;get_dave@git.wordpress.org&gt;
diff --git a/docs/reference-guides/core-blocks.md b/docs/reference-guides/core-blocks.md
@@ -517,7 +517,7 @@ A collection of blocks that allow visitors to get around your site. ([Source](ht
 -	**Name:** core/navigation
 -	**Category:** theme
 -	**Allowed Blocks:** core/navigation-link, core/search, core/social-links, core/page-list, core/spacer, core/home-link, core/site-title, core/site-logo, core/navigation-submenu, core/loginout, core/buttons
--	**Supports:** align (full, wide), ariaLabel, inserter, interactivity, layout (allowSizingOnChildren, default, ~~allowInheriting~~, ~~allowSwitching~~, ~~allowVerticalAlignment~~), spacing (blockGap, units), typography (fontSize, lineHeight), ~~html~~, ~~renaming~~
+-	**Supports:** align (full, wide), ariaLabel, contentRole, inserter, interactivity, layout (allowSizingOnChildren, default, ~~allowInheriting~~, ~~allowSwitching~~, ~~allowVerticalAlignment~~), spacing (blockGap, units), typography (fontSize, lineHeight), ~~html~~, ~~renaming~~
 -	**Attributes:** __unstableLocation, backgroundColor, customBackgroundColor, customOverlayBackgroundColor, customOverlayTextColor, customTextColor, hasIcon, icon, maxNestingLevel, openSubmenusOnClick, overlayBackgroundColor, overlayMenu, overlayTextColor, ref, rgbBackgroundColor, rgbTextColor, showSubmenuIcon, templateLock, textColor
 
 ## Custom Link
@@ -557,7 +557,7 @@ Display a list of all pages. ([Source](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/tr
 -	**Name:** core/page-list
 -	**Category:** widgets
 -	**Allowed Blocks:** core/page-list-item
--	**Supports:** color (background, gradients, link, text), interactivity (clientNavigation), spacing (margin, padding), typography (fontSize, lineHeight), ~~html~~, ~~reusable~~
+-	**Supports:** color (background, gradients, link, text), contentRole, interactivity (clientNavigation), spacing (margin, padding), typography (fontSize, lineHeight), ~~html~~, ~~reusable~~
 -	**Attributes:** isNested, parentPageID
 
 ## Page List Item
diff --git a/packages/block-library/src/navigation-link/block.json b/packages/block-library/src/navigation-link/block.json
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@
 	"textdomain": "default",
 	"attributes": {
 		"label": {
-			"type": "string"
+			"type": "string",
+			"role": "content"
 		},
 		"type": {
 			"type": "string"
diff --git a/packages/block-library/src/navigation-submenu/block.json b/packages/block-library/src/navigation-submenu/block.json
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@
 	"textdomain": "default",
 	"attributes": {
 		"label": {
-			"type": "string"
+			"type": "string",
+			"role": "content"
 		},
 		"type": {
 			"type": "string"
diff --git a/packages/block-library/src/navigation/block.json b/packages/block-library/src/navigation/block.json
@@ -138,7 +138,8 @@
 			}
 		},
 		"interactivity": true,
-		"renaming": false
+		"renaming": false,
+		"contentRole": true
 	},
 	"editorStyle": "wp-block-navigation-editor",
 	"style": "wp-block-navigation"
diff --git a/packages/block-library/src/page-list/block.json b/packages/block-library/src/page-list/block.json
@@ -76,7 +76,8 @@
 				"padding": false,
 				"margin": false
 			}
-		}
+		},
+		"contentRole": true
 	},
 	"editorStyle": "wp-block-page-list-editor",
 	"style": "wp-block-page-list"
