[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #23119: UX Improvements to nav-menus.php

[WordPress Trac]

#23119: UX Improvements to nav-menus.php
-----------------------------------------------+------------------
 Reporter:  lessbloat                          |       Owner:
     Type:  enhancement                        |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal                             |   Milestone:  3.6
Component:  Menus                              |     Version:
 Severity:  normal                             |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch needs-testing 3.6-menus  |
-----------------------------------------------+------------------

Comment (by ramiy):

 Guys, let's examine again the "Theme Customizer" (or "Live Preview")
 approach - to change the theme design workflow.

 ----

 The new worklfow i propose:

 * '''Manage menus/sidebars''' - both '''Menus UI''' and '''Widgets UI'''
 will use ''WP_List_Table'' to add/edit/delete custom menus and sidebars.

 * '''Manage theme locations''' - to assign specific menu to a theme-
 location (or widget-set to theme-sidebar) we will do it throw the '''theme
 live preview'''.

 Which means - remove the "Menus within your theme" meta box from the Menus
 screen.

 ----

 Disadvantages:

 * Two step workflow.
 * New approach, hard to adopt.

 Advantages:

 * Increase "Live Preview" usage.
 * Same workflow for menus and widgets.
 * All the design changes will be controlled from one place ("Live
 Preview"), and the user will see how the changes effect his site.

-- 
Ticket URL: <http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/23119#comment:133>
WordPress Trac <http://core.trac.wordpress.org/>
WordPress blogging software