From a2d1d37a1ad803c92645220a3afa45fe1dc2459e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Riad Benguella <benguella@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2023 15:19:41 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Editor: Cleanup default editor mode handling (#56819)

---
 packages/edit-post/src/editor.js                  |  8 +-------
 packages/edit-site/src/components/editor/index.js | 14 +-------------
 packages/editor/src/components/provider/index.js  |  6 ++++++
 3 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/edit-post/src/editor.js b/packages/edit-post/src/editor.js
index 2394ebb3a3a742..cff867c3f7a2cb 100644
--- a/packages/edit-post/src/editor.js
+++ b/packages/edit-post/src/editor.js
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import {
 	store as editorStore,
 	privateApis as editorPrivateApis,
 } from '@wordpress/editor';
-import { useEffect, useMemo } from '@wordpress/element';
+import { useMemo } from '@wordpress/element';
 import { SlotFillProvider } from '@wordpress/components';
 import { store as coreStore } from '@wordpress/core-data';
 import { store as preferencesStore } from '@wordpress/preferences';
@@ -142,12 +142,6 @@ function Editor( { postId, postType, settings, initialEdits, ...props } ) {
 		keepCaretInsideBlock,
 	] );
 
-	// The default mode of the post editor is "post-only" mode.
-	const { setRenderingMode } = useDispatch( editorStore );
-	useEffect( () => {
-		setRenderingMode( 'post-only' );
-	}, [ setRenderingMode ] );
-
 	if ( ! post ) {
 		return null;
 	}
diff --git a/packages/edit-site/src/components/editor/index.js b/packages/edit-site/src/components/editor/index.js
index 1d3fca36f5f4c0..5a2f1e2ec4d1a9 100644
--- a/packages/edit-site/src/components/editor/index.js
+++ b/packages/edit-site/src/components/editor/index.js
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import classnames from 'classnames';
 /**
  * WordPress dependencies
  */
-import { useSelect, useDispatch } from '@wordpress/data';
+import { useSelect } from '@wordpress/data';
 import { Notice } from '@wordpress/components';
 import { useInstanceId } from '@wordpress/compose';
 import { store as preferencesStore } from '@wordpress/preferences';
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ import {
 } from '@wordpress/editor';
 import { __, sprintf } from '@wordpress/i18n';
 import { store as coreDataStore } from '@wordpress/core-data';
-import { useEffect } from '@wordpress/element';
 
 /**
  * Internal dependencies
@@ -149,7 +148,6 @@ export default function Editor( { listViewToggleElement, isLoading } ) {
 			),
 		};
 	}, [] );
-	const { setRenderingMode } = useDispatch( editorStore );
 
 	const isViewMode = canvasMode === 'view';
 	const isEditMode = canvasMode === 'edit';
@@ -192,16 +190,6 @@ export default function Editor( { listViewToggleElement, isLoading } ) {
 		( ( postWithTemplate && !! contextPost && !! editedPost ) ||
 			( ! postWithTemplate && !! editedPost ) );
 
-	// This is the only reliable way I've found to reinitialize the rendering mode
-	// when the canvas mode or the edited entity changes.
-	useEffect( () => {
-		if ( canvasMode === 'edit' && postWithTemplate ) {
-			setRenderingMode( 'template-locked' );
-		} else {
-			setRenderingMode( 'all' );
-		}
-	}, [ canvasMode, postWithTemplate, setRenderingMode ] );
-
 	return (
 		<>
 			{ ! isReady ? <CanvasLoader id={ loadingProgressId } /> : null }
diff --git a/packages/editor/src/components/provider/index.js b/packages/editor/src/components/provider/index.js
index 3bd5860501d4e0..3e32c7f80f48e1 100644
--- a/packages/editor/src/components/provider/index.js
+++ b/packages/editor/src/components/provider/index.js
@@ -199,6 +199,7 @@ export const ExperimentalEditorProvider = withRegistryProvider(
 			updateEditorSettings,
 			__experimentalTearDownEditor,
 			setCurrentTemplateId,
+			setRenderingMode,
 		} = unlock( useDispatch( editorStore ) );
 		const { createWarningNotice } = useDispatch( noticesStore );
 
@@ -243,6 +244,11 @@ export const ExperimentalEditorProvider = withRegistryProvider(
 			setCurrentTemplateId( template?.id );
 		}, [ template?.id, setCurrentTemplateId ] );
 
+		// Sets the right rendering mode when loading the editor.
+		useEffect( () => {
+			setRenderingMode( settings.defaultRenderingMode ?? 'post-only' );
+		}, [ settings.defaultRenderingMode, setRenderingMode ] );
+
 		if ( ! isReady ) {
 			return null;
 		}