[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              |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  ui-focus has-patch  |
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Comment (by celloexpressions):

 Replying to [comment:2 helen]:
 > 1. If this were to be a thing, it should be a link, not a button. It
 links somewhere else.
 Good point, that would be better (only went with a button because it was
 more prominent).
 > 2. This seems like a weird flow - you just get dumped onto another
 screen where, yes, you can switch themes, but also many other things. As a
 user, I would expect to be able to pick another theme right in the
 customizer if I saw that.
 I thought about this too at first. This ticket basically comes from the
 concern that the "You are prewieving X Theme" section isn't actionable --
 it just kind of sits there and doesn't say anything about how to preview a
 different theme.

 While an in-customizer theme-switching UI would be awesome, it presents a
 lot of challenges. At a minimum, it'd probably need to reload the entire
 customizer, since different themes can add different sections and
 controls. We also have a great theme browsing/switching/previewing
 interface on `themes.php`, and I would consider its primary purpose to be
 browsing themes, everything else there is basically linking to other
 pages.

 Since bringing theme-switching into the Customizer is a big project that
 may or may not be worth pursuing, I think it would be good to at least
 link to `themes.php` for now, then revisit it later. However, if the
 general consensus is that taking a different approach would be more
 appropriate, that works too.

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/26890#comment:3>
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