[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #27575: Widget Customizer: Inconsistent use of Delete / Remove

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#27575: Widget Customizer: Inconsistent use of Delete / Remove
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 Reporter:  jeremyfelt        |       Owner:  ocean90
     Type:  defect (bug)      |      Status:  assigned
 Priority:  normal            |   Milestone:  3.9
Component:  Widgets           |     Version:  trunk
 Severity:  normal            |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch commit  |     Focuses:
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Comment (by westonruter):

 It is all intentional, actually. When a widget is added to a widget area
 but is not yet saved, then the "Delete" link is present. When the widget
 gets saved for the first time, it will change to "Remove"; at this point,
 instead of the widget instance being lost forever, clicking Remove places
 it in the Inactive Widgets sidebar, which then becomes a sort of widget
 trash can. If you hover over the link, you'll see a tooltip:

 > Trash widget by moving it to the inactive widgets sidebar.

 See original discussion on IRC, where we dive into the rationale for this:
 https://irclogs.wordpress.org/chanlog.php?channel=wordpress-
 ui&day=2013-10-14&sort=asc#m128535

 See also these GitHub issues:
 https://github.com/x-team/wp-widget-customizer/issues/22
 https://github.com/x-team/wp-widget-customizer/issues/49

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