[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #31640: Menus: hiding all sections from the left column using "Screen Options" makes it confusing to add new menu items (was: Hiding all modules in nav-menus.php makes UI unusable)

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#31640: Menus: hiding all sections from the left column using "Screen Options"
makes it confusing to add new menu items
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 Reporter:  melanieharari  |       Owner:
     Type:  enhancement    |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal         |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Menus          |     Version:  4.1.1
 Severity:  normal         |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch      |     Focuses:  ui
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Changes (by designsimply):

 * keywords:   => has-patch
 * type:  defect (bug) => enhancement


Comment:

 Tested using the following steps:

 1. Go to Appearance > Menus in the dashboard
 1. Click the "Screen Options" tab at the top right
 1. Uncheck all of the options under "Show on screen"
 1. Click "Screen Options" tab to close the panel
 1. Try to add new menu items to a menu

 * Results: existing menus can still be edited, but it's hard to figure out
 how to add new menu items if all menu controls in the left column are
 hidden via "Screen Options."

 Note: I would consider this pretty low priority because it's unlikely
 someone would hide all menu controls using Screen Options and then forget
 they did that. But I still attempted a patch. :) It's pretty basic. It
 loads a message in the left column if all menu controls in the left column
 are hidden on page load.

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