[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #26890: Add a switch themes link to the Theme Customizer

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#26890: Add a switch themes link to the Theme Customizer
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 Reporter:  celloexpressions  |      Owner:
     Type:  enhancement       |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal            |  Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Appearance        |    Version:  3.4
 Severity:  normal            |   Keywords:  ui-focus
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 While typically (and historically) the theme customizer has been accessed
 primarily from `themes.php`, it is now quite easy to visit the customizer
 outside of the context of the list of available themes.

 The idea of the customizer is to provide an easy way to make visual tweaks
 to your site with a live preview, but the changes are primarily made at a
 theme-specific level. Adding a link/button to switch themes would help
 users make the connection that beyond the minor tweaks that can be made in
 the customier, the theme can be changed entirely (similar to the language
 used in the Dashboard Welcome panel).

 I'm thinking that an appropriate place for this would be as either a link
 or a secondary-button-formatted link at the bottom of the theme
 description section, but there could certainly be other, better solutions.
 Even though the "close" button often goes to `themes.php`, depending on
 where the customizer was accessed from, the addition of a more-
 specifically-worded "switch" or "browse" themes button would help make the
 relation between themes and the customizer/theme options more apparent,
 particularly for new users.

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/26890>
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