In reply to Stephen Vaughan.
“Grouping/ungrouping looks good but we need padding and margins in the group, ”

The issue is, Gutenberg has morphed from it’s initial goal of being an improved layout tool to a kitchen sink-y design tool. That is, it is now trying to anticipate and replace the many design decisions that were made globally at the theme level. While the option to set individual groups’ padding and margins appear like it might help, it actually creates significant opportunities for inconsistencies. That’s not a positive.

Imagine a single user having to remember from group to group, from post to post from week to week what they used for padding/margins. Now imagine that, if more than one person is adding/editing content. Charlie! Foxtrot!!

It seems that while others are moving towards design systems (e.g., Andy Bell’s and Heydon Pickering’s new https://every-layout.dev) Gutenberg is creating a new mindset. Call it Cowboy Design (as inspired by cowboy coding). This isn’t a positive either.

Groups? Padding? And margins? That’s just grabbing a balloon.