[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #21761: Hide Appearance > Widgets menu when no sidebars are registered

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#21761: Hide Appearance > Widgets menu when no sidebars are registered
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 Reporter:  sabreuse     |      Owner:
     Type:  enhancement  |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal       |  Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  UI           |    Version:
 Severity:  normal       |   Keywords:
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 If a theme doesn't register any sidebars, the Appearance > Widgets menu is
 still shown and widgets.php displays

   No Sidebars Defined

   The theme you are currently using isn’t widget-aware, meaning that it
 has no sidebars that you are able to change. For information on making
 your theme widget-aware, please follow these instructions.

 This is bad UX -- we're offering a menu for a feature the user doesn't
 meaningfully have access to, and the Widgetizing Themes instructions
 offered in the link are really meant for theme designers. We should hide
 the menu when the feature isn't registered, as we do for Headers and
 Backgrounds.

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