[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #16075: Add Post Type Archives support in Nav Menus

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#16075: Add Post Type Archives support in Nav Menus
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 Reporter:  matzipan               |       Owner:  aaroncampbell
     Type:  enhancement            |      Status:  accepted
 Priority:  normal                 |   Milestone:  4.4
Component:  Menus                  |     Version:  3.1
 Severity:  normal                 |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch ui-feedback  |     Focuses:
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Changes (by aaroncampbell):

 * owner:   => aaroncampbell
 * status:  reviewing => accepted
 * milestone:  Future Release => 4.4


Comment:

 I'll go ahead and take ownership on this one for now. The first thing we
 need to do is decide what kind of promises we think we're making to the
 users here and if we can fulfill those. Like @Helen said:
     we do have a base issue of "where do we put this and what does this
 promise to the user" - does it promise the user that the archive works as
 they expect it?

 How common is the case where a plugin adds a post type with an archive,
 but the theme doesn't display the archive correctly?

 After we figure that out, we need to make some UI decisions. The main
 thing here is:

 Do the checkboxes for archives go in the existing post type boxes (an
 "Archive" checkbox at the top of each that has an archive?) or do they go
 in a metabox of their own?

 This would mean a new screen option:
 [[Image(https://cldup.com/uhWZrdWf22D/t7h437.png)]]

 And would look like this in the menus:
 [[Image(https://cldup.com/uhWZrdWf22D/jOk0Bv.png)]]

 The alternative would be to add the checkbox to the top of the existing
 post type meta boxes:
 [[Image(https://cldup.com/uhWZrdWf22D/GpaZ8j.png)]]


 Once we do all that, we'll also need to extend this solution to the nav
 menus in the customizer (something neither the most current patch or the
 plugin here do).

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/16075#comment:90>
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