[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #39752: Customize: add a post editing flow

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#39752: Customize: add a post editing flow
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 Reporter:  mattwiebe                |       Owner:
     Type:  enhancement              |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal                   |   Milestone:  4.8
Component:  Customize                |     Version:
 Severity:  normal                   |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  ux-feedback ui-feedback  |     Focuses:  ui
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Comment (by westonruter):

 @mattwiebe I gave your plugin a spin. I like the low profile, but I'm
 nervous about users getting used to the post changes being non-previewable
 and not-bundled with the changeset, like they're already perhaps used to
 with the media library modal (see #37887), though many are likely unaware
 of the details for how everything in the customizer should only be
 previewed/staged before an explicit saving. Maybe there is a better way to
 communicate, “hey, you're stepping outside the customizer so you are no
 longer previewing changes.” If the UX can be polished to communicate this
 to users, then I would endorse this as it could surely be ready before the
 customizer infrastructure for modeling posts/postmeta.

 I opened a [https://github.com/Automattic/customize-edit-post-flow/pull/1
 PR] with some enhancements, including:

 * Show link back to customizer before an update is made, if they decide no
 change needs to be made.
 * Hide admin bar, admin menu, and admin footer in edit post screen when
 editing post opened from customizer. The intention is to keep the user
 from navigating away from editing the post. This could be extended
 further, such as for the revisions link. In fact, `sessionStorage` could
 be used to store the `customizer_return` and injected in more places via
 JS.
 * Show `cursor:progress` once clicking link in preview to show while
 pending changes are written to changeset.
 * Add notice about post changes made not being previewable nor being part
 of customizations.
 * Add support for edit post links added via infinite scroll.

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