[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:  Future Release
Component:  Customize                |     Version:
 Severity:  normal                   |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  ux-feedback ui-feedback  |     Focuses:  ui
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Changes (by westonruter):

 * keywords:   => ux-feedback ui-feedback
 * milestone:  Awaiting Review => Future Release


Comment:

 Changesets do provide a path to be able to suspend the customizer session
 to make edits to posts/pages via the edit post screen and then return to
 continue making changes customizer. (Another option would be a lightbox.)
 What I am wary of here is that the changes made are not actually part of
 the changeset even though the user would be editing the posts in the
 middle of a customization (live preview) session. I think the user should
 be able preview changes to the posts/pages along with the changes they are
 making to any corresponding nav menus and widgets, as well as be able to
 publish (even schedule) all of the changes together at once. I suppose it
 might be possible for changes made to posts/pages via the edit post screen
 to be routed to some autosave revision which can then be added to the
 changeset so that once the changeset is published the autosave revision
 could also be published as well (see [https://github.com/xwp/wp-customize-
 posts/issues/339 wp-customize-posts#339]). Nevertheless, while this could
 work technically, the UX of switching between the customizer interface and
 the edit post screen is jarring.

 I think that the problem with the customizer UI being unsuitable for
 editing posts will be addressed this year as part of the next-generation
 customizer work, which should make editing content/blocks inside the post
 much more seamless with editing content/blocks outside the post. This
 should be accompanied by a next-generation editor which would be able to
 be embedded/overlayed in the customizer context.

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