[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #24335: Structured format support should be tied to format-specific sub-UI's

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#24335: Structured format support should be tied to format-specific sub-UI's
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 Reporter:  DrewAPicture  |      Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)  |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal        |  Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Post Formats  |    Version:  trunk
 Severity:  normal        |   Keywords:  dev-feedback
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 Since we're now making all 9 formats accessible to users regardless of
 theme support, all of the sub-UI's such as the meta field groups and media
 insertion workflows are also accessible regardless of declared theme
 support.

 At this point, declaring structured-post-formats support really only
 serves to short-circuit core output for a select few of the formats. And
 so, if a theme isn't supporting structured data for some of the formats,
 users will be adding structured data that likely won't be handled by their
 theme, creating confusion.

 We should tie declared support for structured formats to their respective
 sub-UI's.

 IMHO, I think the best solution is to keep the sub-UI's visible but have
 some kind of obvious notation that the theme doesn't support handling
 structured data for that format with maybe a reference link for extending
 their theme to support it.

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