[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #25952: Allow widgets to be dropped onto closed sidebars

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#25952: Allow widgets to be dropped onto closed sidebars
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 Reporter:  shaunandrews  |       Owner:
     Type:  enhancement   |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal        |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Widgets       |     Version:  trunk
 Severity:  normal        |  Resolution:
 Keywords:                |
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Comment (by azaozz):

 In 25952.5.patch:
 - Include the sidebar title in the sortable making it possible to drop
 widgets on the title. That increases the drop area and lets the user drop
 on a closed sidebar.
 - Fix expanding widgets.
 - Some css and js cleanup.

 This works well but requires that we change the html outputted from
 wp_list_widget_controls() a bit. That may break couple of plugins. It is
 possible to add another agr to output the "new" html.

 However I'm still not fully convinced this makes it more useful. As the
 new widgets screen layout emphasizes the sidebars, perhaps better would be
 to have them all open on page load. Also, maybe the left and right areas
 can scroll independent from each other making it possible for the user to
 see the desired widget and the desired sidebar side by side.

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