[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #14466: Widget position uses footer position styling

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#14466: Widget position uses footer position styling
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 Reporter:  newkind                |       Owner:  koopersmith
     Type:  enhancement            |      Status:  reopened
 Priority:  normal                 |   Milestone:  3.2
Component:  Widgets                |     Version:  3.0
 Severity:  normal                 |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch 2nd-opinion  |
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Comment (by andrewryno):

 > Yes it brakes, the position named 'Footer' in WP < 3.2 was only changing
 the styling but in WP 3.2 the whole position is unusable because it acts
 like it cannot be opened and it's holder appears in the admin footer.
 Talking about prefixing widget position names doesn't have sense for me as
 it's not something that has to be unique. Having it the way it is right
 now with CSS styling for the admin opens a huge variety of names that
 cannot be used as widget position names without avoiding style conflicts.
 If something must be prefixed here I'd say that all div ID's for the admin
 backend.

 It broke before and it's still broken now. Theme developers should have
 known before 3.2 that it broke, and changed it. Now, if we change it this
 late in the cycle, it can break plugins that were working before. So what
 azaozz is saying that it's better to leave things 'broken' than fix one
 thing and potentially break other things.

 While I'd love to see this get into 3.2, I agree with azaozz and think
 it's too late. There's always 3.2.1 (that's a fun version number).

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