Why is the Categories block rendered inside a div, while other similar blocks are not?

[kjellr]

During the course of the Block Audit, I noticed that the Categories block is rendered inside of a container div:

<!-- Categories Block -->
<div class="wp-block-categories wp-block-categories-list aligncenter">
  <ul>
    <li class="cat-item cat-item-1"><a href="#">Category</a></li>
    <li class="cat-item cat-item-2"><a href="#">Category</a></li>
    <li class="cat-item cat-item-3"><a href="#">Category</a></li>
  </ul>
</div>

This is at odds with the way the Latest Posts and Archives posts are handled. Those also render simple ul elements, but they have no outer div wrapper:

<!-- Latest Posts Block -->
<ul class="wp-block-latest-posts">
  <li><a href="#">Blog Post 1</a></li>
  <li><a href="#">Blog Post 2</a></li>
  <li><a href="#">Blog Post 3</a></li>
</ul>

<!-- Archives Block -->
<ul class="wp-block-archives alignnone">
  <li><a href="#">August 2018</a></li>
  <li><a href="#">July 2018</a></li>
  <li><a href="#">June 2018</a></li>
</ul>

Is there a reason for this inconsistency? (If not, I suggest we align these one way or another.)

[mtias]

@kjellr this seems like an oversight on the categories case. Would you mind updating it?

[kjellr]

this seems like an oversight on the categories case. Would you mind updating it?

Opened #9798 to address this. 👍