[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #16342: Administration Menu management abstraction

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#16342: Administration Menu management abstraction
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 Reporter:  jltallon         |       Owner:
     Type:  feature request  |      Status:  assigned
 Priority:  normal           |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  UI               |     Version:
 Severity:  minor            |  Resolution:
 Keywords:                   |
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Comment (by jltallon):

 Indeed this has proven to be a major effort: not only would we need to
 replace the menu management internals, but also patch all the
 drawing/client code (got a quite complete list of these already)

 I'm going to send a draft API first (hopefully tomorrow/in a couple days),
 since I don't really have that much time to spare --- I can't afford
 coding everything and then having the code thrown away :(

 @nacin: can I assume that, even though the codex says to
 "print_r($GLOBALS['menu'])" in order to see the positions, the menu API is
 essentially private and can be modified??
 It really is a major hassle to keep compatibility with plugins mucking up
 with the $menu / $submenu globals while changing the internals this much.

 If, as I believe, allowing "Admin Themes" is a long-term goal (WP 4
 maybe?), this might be a first step in the right direction.

 My proposal so far includes the blocks:
 - Menu "manager" (including the main API)
 - Menu class ("top-level menu")
 - MenuItem class ("submenu")
 - compatibility wrappers ( add_menu_page, add_submenu_page, etc)
 - Menu "renderer" (à la category walkers)

 Does this sound acceptable to you all ?

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