From c4b422a08ab21811538552da8b93f785253eda26 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: George Mamadashvili <georgemamadashvili@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2024 11:38:38 +0400
Subject: [PATCH] Gallery: Set the 'defaultBlock' setting for inner blocks
 (#59168)

* Gallery: Set the 'defaultBlock' setting for inner blocks
* Set 'directInsert' to true

Co-authored-by: Mamaduka <mamaduka@git.wordpress.org>
Co-authored-by: aaronrobertshaw <aaronrobertshaw@git.wordpress.org>
---
 packages/block-library/src/gallery/edit.js | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/packages/block-library/src/gallery/edit.js b/packages/block-library/src/gallery/edit.js
index 226e4da673d95..0a9dd631dfe52 100644
--- a/packages/block-library/src/gallery/edit.js
+++ b/packages/block-library/src/gallery/edit.js
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ const MOBILE_CONTROL_PROPS_RANGE_CONTROL = Platform.isNative
 	? { type: 'stepper' }
 	: {};
 
+const DEFAULT_BLOCK = { name: 'core/image' };
 const EMPTY_ARRAY = [];
 
 function GalleryEdit( props ) {
@@ -496,6 +497,8 @@ function GalleryEdit( props ) {
 	};
 
 	const innerBlocksProps = useInnerBlocksProps( blockProps, {
+		defaultBlock: DEFAULT_BLOCK,
+		directInsert: true,
 		orientation: 'horizontal',
 		renderAppender: false,
 		...nativeInnerBlockProps,