Can no longer reliably select left/right aligned blocks

[maddisondesigns]

Describe the bug
I raised #10300 because it's impossible to move right aligned blocks.

With WP 5.0 Beta 2 this has gotten even worse, and I can no longer reliably select right (or left) aligned blocks.

When trying to select a simple Image Block that has been right (or left) aligned, it selects the Paragraph block next to it instead and in the sidebar, it seems to think that it's selected 2 blocks and gives me some sort of weird "Coming Soon" message.

Sometimes the image blocks actually selects, as expected, but the majority of the time it doesn't.

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behaviour:

1. Add multiple paragrph blocks
2. Add image block and right align it in the middle of the paragraph blocks
3. Try and select the image block

Expected behaviour
It shouldn't be this hard to select a block, even if it's right aligned

Desktop (please complete the following information):

• OS: MacOS Sierra 10.12.6
• Browser: Firefox Quantum 62.0.2 (64-bit)
• WP 5.0-beta2-43859
• TwentyNineteen

Additional context

• See also: Floated blocks don't get Move or Drag Controls #10300

[maddisondesigns]

Another side effect to this is that you can no longer edit the text on a Cover Block

[designsimply]

First, it's worth noting that there is some work in progress at #11357 to refactor the contextual toolbar to work better with floats and there's an open call for testing out for that PR. Since that work is in progress, to test it you would want to use WP 4.9.8 and using the "Clone or download" button for the branch try/float-fixes branch which you can find at https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/tree/try/float-fixes

For the issue at hand in current versions, first I tested with WordPress 4.9.8 and Gutenberg 4.2.0 using Firefox 63.0.1 on macOS 10.13.6 and was unable to reproduce.

I also tested with WordPress 5.0-beta3-43876 with similar results. (1m25s)

Closing for now and would like to note that I appreciate the report and if you are still having trouble with this in WP 5.0 beta 3, please reply back and let me know what specific version you're up to and I can try re-testing with you.

[maddisondesigns]

I've just retested with 5.0-beta3-43876 and the selection is working better now so happy for you to keep this closed.

[dameer]

That issue is NOT FIXED at all. Left or Right aligned/floated elements are no longer selectable once off the focus. Embedded stuff, pull quotes, etc. This is sooooo frustrating! Awful. Impossible to work with. Literally.

[designsimply]

@dameer would you mind re-checking this and opening a new issue noting an example set of steps to reproduce and mentioning the latest WP version number you've tested with?