[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #35243: Extending the text widget to also allow visual mode

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#35243: Extending the text widget to also allow visual mode
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 Reporter:  paaljoachim                          |       Owner:
     Type:  enhancement                          |  westonruter
 Priority:  normal                               |      Status:  closed
Component:  Widgets                              |   Milestone:  4.8
 Severity:  major                                |     Version:
 Keywords:  has-patch commit needs-dev-note      |  Resolution:  fixed
  2nd-opinion ux-feedback                        |     Focuses:  ui,
                                                 |  accessibility
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Comment (by BackuPs):

 Replying to [comment:69 theMikeD]:
 > The decision to update the text widget rather than create a new rich
 text widget was a very poorly thought through one. In one step you have
 destroyed the custom code in countless widgets using the existing text
 widget, and rendered invalid every tutorial on adding custom code into a
 widget.
 >
 > Other related bugs are filling up with issues around code being removed
 by this new feature.
 >
 > This need to be reverted in 4.8.1 and re-introduced as a Rich Text
 widget. IMHO this is an urgent issue that needs to be resolved asap.


 I could not agree more... but this will be like talking to a deaf person
 if you ask me as i dont expect the wp core team to acknowledge or change
 this.

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