[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #28032: Headers, Backgrounds, and Widgets in the Customizer are not discoverable from their separate admin screens.

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#28032: Headers, Backgrounds, and Widgets in the Customizer are not discoverable
from their separate admin screens.
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 Reporter:  topher1kenobe  |       Owner:
     Type:  enhancement    |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal         |   Milestone:  Future Release
Component:  Customize      |     Version:  3.9
 Severity:  normal         |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  needs-patch    |     Focuses:  ui, administration
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Comment (by rzen):

 [attachment:28032.2.diff] take's @topher1kenobe's and @celloexpressions
 work and add's the deep links recommended by @westonruter.

 [attachment:28032.3.diff] changes the Widgets screen notice into a button.

 [attachment:28032.4.diff] skips adding the notice/button to the Widgets
 screen entirely.

 **Context:**
 After talking with @westonruter during WCSF14 we both agreed that an un-
 dismissible notice would be super annoying and also agreed that reminding
 and encouraging administrators to use the customizer using a more
 permanent fixture seems extremely prudent here.

 @westonruter and I briefly pondered making notice dismissible and quickly
 landed on how that quality makes it a WP pointer and adding a new pointer
 is unnecessary because one already exists from the 3.9 upgrade. So, we
 opted to add a single button added to the widget page. We added the button
 to the page title because it seemed out of place (or invisible) everywhere
 else. I chatted briefly with @helen about this and she wasn't certain if
 this space was explicitly reserved for an "Add [thing]" type action or if
 that's only coincidentally the case.

 After a few more hours thought I now think adding this button, or an un-
 dismissible notice, or a new pointer, or anything else seems like a bad
 (as in unnecessary) idea. We don't need ''another'' button on the Widgets
 screen, especially with the "Customize" link readily available in the
 already-open Appearance menu.

 Maybe adding one more button to this page ''is'' the best temporary win
 right now, though, which is why I included [attachment:28032.3.diff]
 rather than abandoning it outright.

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