[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #38013: Static Front Page section/controls should be contextual and allow assignment to page stubs

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#38013: Static Front Page section/controls should be contextual and allow
assignment to page stubs
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 Reporter:  westonruter      |      Owner:
     Type:  feature request  |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal           |  Milestone:  Future Release
Component:  Customize        |    Version:
 Severity:  normal           |   Keywords:
  Focuses:                   |
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 With the introduction of the ability to add new page stubs via Nav Menu
 Items (#34923) this also brings focus to the Static Front Page. If there
 are no created published pages, the registration of this section and its
 controls is skipped entirely (checking `get_pages()`). However, since a
 page (stub) can actually be created inside the customizer, it would stand
 to reason that this newly created page should also be able to be assigned
 as the static front page or page for posts.

 There are a few part to this:

 1. Register `static_front_page` section and controls regardless if there
 are published pages, and add `active_callbacks` that return true if `0 !==
 count( get_pages( 'number' => 1 ) )`
 2. Sync the page stubs created via nav menus into the `dropdown-pages`
 controls for `page_on_front` and `page_for_posts`.
 3. And then lastly there is providing a seamless way to actually edit the
 content of these pages that get assigned to the homepage or the page for
 posts. See #38002 (Customize: provide a path to editing posts created in
 nav menus)

 Related: #16379 (Better UI for doing "Page on Front")

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