[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #19270: Current theme's "OPTIONS:" links should be filter-able

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#19270: Current theme's "OPTIONS:" links should be filter-able
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 Reporter:  jaredh123    |       Owner:
     Type:  enhancement  |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal       |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Themes       |     Version:  3.3
 Severity:  normal       |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch    |
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Comment (by jaredh123):

 * regarding menus: I understand that menus can be added via widgets, but
 by putting a link to the menus page right next to the current theme, it
 implies that this is a basic way you interact with and customize the theme
 * regarding top-level menus: yes, usually appearance sub-menus are
 correct, but very powerful themes with multiple pages often move to a top
 level menu to avoid cluttering the appearance menu.  Even many plugins do
 this -- if a theme author has determined this is the best route for a
 particular theme, why not allow them to also filter these links and add
 them to this area.
 * regarding support links: yeah, I suppose you're right, but it could give
 the user a really warm and fuzzy feeling if these links were really dialed
 in, so that they pointed to the correct options pages, and optionally
 something like a help forum.

 I don't see any cost to '''not''' doing this -- the overhead of the single
 function call has to be negligible, right?

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