[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #36474: Revamp meta boxes

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#36474: Revamp meta boxes
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 Reporter:  iseulde      |       Owner:
     Type:  enhancement  |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal       |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Editor       |     Version:
 Severity:  normal       |  Resolution:
 Keywords:               |     Focuses:  ui
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Comment (by celloexpressions):

 If we're going to change it, I would want to be sure that we're doing it
 right, in a way that we're confident we'll keep for a long time. Which is
 why I bring up looking at whether the concept of "boxes" is still
 necessary (I don't have an opinion either way yet, but think we should
 explore it).

 I think the primary reason for using sliding panels instead of accordions
 in the customizer was that with accordions there is a constant lack of UX
 consistency because navigational elements (headings) and UI controls
 (section contents) move around and are mixed together. Separating out the
 menu of sections (navigation, the top level headings), and then sliding in
 to each section of UI control keeps the user experience consistent because
 things are where you would expect them to be with a clear separation of
 navigation and content. @folletto can speak more to the reasoning behind
 it.

 While my initial though would be that sliding panels could be somewhat
 annoying in the context of the editor because they break the ability to
 quickly flow through all of the UI controls sequentially, in terms of UX,
 it would make a lot of sense. The key is designing the UI so that those
 ideas are reinforced, and for example it could be much easier to make the
 entire metabox sidebar visible at once and sticky when scrolling, which
 could improve navigation.

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