[wp-trac] Re: [WordPress Trac] #6556: Impossible to move text/rss widgets between sidebars

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#6556: Impossible to move text/rss widgets between sidebars
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 Reporter:  bryan868        |        Owner:  anonymous
     Type:  enhancement     |       Status:  new      
 Priority:  lowest          |    Milestone:  2.7      
Component:  Administration  |      Version:  2.5      
 Severity:  minor           |   Resolution:           
 Keywords:  needs-patch     |  
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Comment (by Viper007Bond):

 Only single instance widgets can retain their data because there's no
 unique ID tied to them. Multiple instance widgets, like the text and RSS
 ones, get a unique ID and storing that data after it's removed would do no
 good. How would you select that old widget to add it back to the other
 sidebar? You'd have to have duplicates on the left side and that's be a
 major step backwards.

 A much better solution would be a way for widgets to be directly moved
 from one sidebar to another -- no removing/adding involved.

 As for 2.7, that's just what milestone tickets are set to if they have no
 code or solution attached. If someone writes up code (you're welcome to
 BTW), it'll be bumped down to 2.6 or possibly 2.5.1. ;)

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