[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #27403: Improve UI for linking areas of Customizer preview to corresponding controls (desktop and mobile)

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#27403: Improve UI for linking areas of Customizer preview to corresponding
controls (desktop and mobile)
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 Reporter:  westonruter  |       Owner:
     Type:  enhancement  |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal       |   Milestone:  Future Release
Component:  Widgets      |     Version:  3.9
 Severity:  minor        |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  needs-patch  |     Focuses:  ui, accessibility, javascript
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Comment (by paaljoachim):

 Manipulating areas in the preview screen.
 What about checking out various page builders to see how they accomplish
 this task?
 - Some have some kind of edit button. Click it to go into edit mode. Then
 hover over various areas that can be manipulated and thin frames/borders
 are seen around the content. One can then click inside these
 frames/borders and some builders can adjust the content directly there.
 Other builders will have another area of the page where the content can be
 changed.
 - Having extra visual content (edit buttons etc) that does not belong to
 the page inside a preview page creates visual clutter.

 It would be good to throughly go through various UI options and perhaps
 also run some user tests.

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