This is an idea that was mentioned in #1278 and could be part of the #1839 meta-issue...
So the idea is basically to have an additional "Place in layout" action available in the drop-button in the "Operations" column (mockup):

...this would pop up a dialog asking which layout to add the block to, and upon selecting a layout, would redirect to the "Manage blocks" page for the selected layout, perhaps with a "Select region" prompt?
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The simple way is - View source code - Copy and paste what you need - Bold can be easily added with <b> or <strong> tags
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I have had a read of what Lando provides, and it's an excellent development tool, and it would solve the problem. But, I would prefer to find out why the problem is there in the first...
How often is the settings.php loaded.
Thanks for the info. I will give it a try...
How often is the settings.php loaded.