[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #32772: Filter for disabling Customizer

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#32772: Filter for disabling Customizer
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 Reporter:  hereswhatidid  |       Owner:
     Type:  enhancement    |      Status:  closed
 Priority:  normal         |   Milestone:
Component:  Customize      |     Version:  trunk
 Severity:  normal         |  Resolution:  invalid
 Keywords:                 |     Focuses:  administration
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Comment (by helen):

 The comparison between the customizer and toolbar is interesting. The
 toolbar's content is determined by various capabilities, and contains some
 critical things like the log out link, which is why it can only be turned
 off for the front end. In that way, its existence is not tied to a
 capability of its own, so a filter makes sense. I wish we didn't have a UI
 setting for turning it off per user, but I recall the passionate reaction
 that led there.

 The customizer similarly has its content determined by capabilities, but
 is also in itself an editing tool. What I think is odd here, no matter the
 method of turning it off, is that you end up with users who are empowered
 to do X but not allowed to have a live preview mechanism for X. This is
 probably okay when your users only use WP in a single context, but I think
 today we're in a place where people are experiencing WP on more than one
 site, and changing that availability, shifting contents and all, is a bit
 of a disservice when it comes to the bigger picture. I'm not inherently
 opposed to somebody not wanting to use the customizer on a personal level
 - I certainly find it annoying in some workflows - but providing a filter
 for this purpose is in essence endorsing disabling our current live
 preview mechanism. That is not something I can globally get behind. Still
 a wontfix for me, but better to document and discuss.

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 Replying to [comment:3 celloexpressions]:
 > I have yet to see a valid reason for something like this.

 > While you can remove the customize meta capability (or re-map it or
 whatever), doing so simply because you don't want to train users or don't
 want to use the Customizer is doing yourself and your users an enormous
 disservice.

 We are not omniscient, and even if your final opinion ends up being the
 same, your process in getting there matters much more. By all means, think
 this way if you must, but keep it to yourself if you can't also listen
 without jumping to defense.

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