[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #40951: New Text Widget - Switching Between Visual/Text Editor Strips Out Code

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#40951: New Text Widget - Switching Between Visual/Text Editor Strips Out Code
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 Reporter:  dwrippe       |       Owner:  westonruter
     Type:  defect (bug)  |      Status:  accepted
 Priority:  normal        |   Milestone:  4.8.1
Component:  Widgets       |     Version:  4.8
 Severity:  major         |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  needs-patch   |     Focuses:
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Comment (by philclothier):

 Replying to [comment:71 westonruter]:

 >The Text widget should have supported TinyMCE from the start when the
 widget was introduced in WordPress 2.2, so this is essentially fixing a
 long-standing deficiency.

 In my mind, it would have made more sense to rename the Text widget "HTML"
 then create a new Visual widget called "Text" which faux-replaced the old
 version. Then you get 100% backwards compatibility and the new features.
 Everyone's a winner.

 Anyone which was desperate for this kind of functionality has long been
 using https://wordpress.org/plugins/black-studio-tinymce-widget/ anyway.
 So I don't see why "They get the new experience by default and don't have
 to do any migration" was a high priority. People were using the Text
 widget for years - they know what it can and can't do.

 Anyway, I'll stop being a negative-nancy. What's done is done. I just wish
 you'd admit it was a bad idea like everyone else is thinking :D

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