[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #27177: Child themes should inherit parent theme customizer settings on activation / switching

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#27177: Child themes should inherit parent theme customizer settings on activation
/ switching
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 Reporter:  krogsgard    |       Owner:
     Type:  enhancement  |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal       |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Appearance   |     Version:  3.8
 Severity:  normal       |  Resolution:
 Keywords:               |     Focuses:  administration
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Comment (by nacin):

 The customizer simply uses whatever storage the theme declares. If they're
 using an option, then it depends on how the theme keys its options
 (`get_template() . '_options'` versus `my_theme_options` versus
 `get_stylesheet() . '_options', for example). For theme mods, they are
 particular to get_stylesheet(), so a child theme does indeed have its own
 set of options.

 Perhaps a child theme could say "Yes, please inherit the theme mods from
 the parent" but it's tough to make this uniform, especially at the
 customizer level.

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