Version 23.7 Blocks

[Acorn]

Heartily agree with Chris that blocks should not be shared on variants. Far easier for blocks to be independent on separate variants.

Bill, not a solution, more a bodge.

Take @Chris's suggestion of hiding WB elements by totally hiding things at the FlexGroup level (or all content in a Freeform layout), on the Variant page.
Then set the Variant Properties' Width to 12800px so the cut is at 7040px, way wider than most screens can show [Yes, you could set the browser zoom to 20%].
The Variant content does not get published.

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The saner approach is to work with WBs on both until Main is complete.
You then clone your design file so you have XYZ-Main.xar and XYZ-Variant.xar.
Mangle XYZ-Variant around after changing Main's Width down to your required 'variant' width.
Finally, copy page-by-page from the Main design of XYZ-Main into a non-WB design and do the same from the design of XYZ-Variant.

I'm hoping Xara gets the clue that WBs are problematic.

Acorn

[Acorn]

If you copy a FlexGroup from a Modular Website to a Freeform (Conventional) website, you retain the FlexGroup functionality but lose the toolbar.
I am sure Xara can re-implement this.

Do not just drop a Web Block onto a conventional website design; Xara zaps out all the new functionality.

Without the toolbar, you cannot adjust the Flex Layout (toolbar values).
Instead you have to pick what you want in advance.

Next you select the FlexGroup and apply a Push to it and all other objects on the page.
The page bottom extends or decreases automatically.
Objects can be added, removed and rearranged.
Push can be switched off while passing a FlexGroup over another and then re-applied (Shift+Ctrl+H). Not as slick as a Web Block.

All without the need for a Variant.
Yes, you can include a Variant but you can now re-arrange the FlexGroups as you choose, adding or removing FlexGroups and enwrapped objects at will.

Sadly, pasting into a non-Plus application loses the FlexGroup capability so not block work for Magix software. Not checked for the Perpetual version.

@Xara - With the inclusion of the Flex Layout, 95% of current functionality in a traditional design is achieved.

Acorn