[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #7851: Switching to a theme with 1 widget sidebar from a theme with mulitple sidebars disables widgets in other sidebars

[WordPress Trac]

#7851: Switching to a theme with 1 widget sidebar from a theme with mulitple
sidebars disables widgets in other sidebars
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 Reporter:  apeatling  |       Owner:  anonymous                
     Type:  defect     |      Status:  new                      
 Priority:  normal     |   Milestone:  2.8                      
Component:  General    |     Version:                           
 Severity:  minor      |    Keywords:  widgets, sidebars, themes
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 This was in WordPress MU release 2.6.2 - but it's the same in WordPress
 2.6.2.

 To reproduce:

 1) Use a theme with multiple widget enabled sidebars.
 2) Add widgets to all sidebars.
 3) Switch to a theme with only 1 sidebar.

 Widgets in sidebars other than the first sidebar are still registered as
 "in use" so you cannot access them or add them into the first sidebar
 instead. You cannot get to those widgets to remove them from the other
 sidebars as those sidebars no longer exist in the currently activated
 theme.

 A few solutions:

 1) Put a "Remove" link on widgets in the left hand column when they are in
 use.
 2) Remove widgets automatically from sidebars that no longer exist in a
 new theme.
 3) Reset widgets when you change themes.

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Ticket URL: <http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/7851>
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