[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #32711: Customizer Menus: link items should have view links also

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#32711: Customizer Menus: link items should have view links also
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 Reporter:  designsimply  |       Owner:
     Type:  enhancement   |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal        |   Milestone:  4.3
Component:  Customize     |     Version:  trunk
 Severity:  normal        |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch     |     Focuses:  ui, javascript
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Changes (by celloexpressions):

 * keywords:   => has-patch
 * focuses:   => ui, javascript
 * version:   => trunk
 * milestone:  Awaiting Review => 4.3


Comment:

 This is pretty straightforward - we can just let the link open normally
 (in a new tab, out of necessity) if it isn't previewable. The only thing
 I'm having trouble with in the patch is that ideally we could get back the
 result of the attempt to preview this URL here and use it as a conditional
 for calling e.preventDefault(). Not sure what the best way to do this is,
 anyone have thoughts?

 Should also probably add live-updating of the URL here when the URL field
 is changed (not that it would be frequently). Having a preview link is
 actually pretty important - this functionality is typically present in
 other places where you add a link by URL so that you can check it before
 publishing. We can't assume that users know how to open links in new tabs
 themselves, or that they know they can do that in the Customizer preview
 if a link isn't working.

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