[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #33687: Customizer: Widgets x Menu inconsistencies

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#33687: Customizer: Widgets x Menu inconsistencies
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 Reporter:  pavelevap     |       Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)  |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal        |   Milestone:  4.4
Component:  Customize     |     Version:  trunk
 Severity:  normal        |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  needs-patch   |     Focuses:
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Comment (by westonruter):

 @pavelevap: It's not necessarily that the theme does not register any
 widget areas. In this case, the widgets panel should be hidden from the
 start (I'd have to double check that). The issue is when there are no
 `dynamic_sidebar()` calls in the current preview.

 But I think you have a point: if no sidebars are rendered in the preview,
 there will not be any sidebar sections shown in the widgets panel. In this
 case, the panel is empty. What we could do in this situation is show some
 message in the panel when there are no active sidebar sections to explain
 why nothing is there, and to instruct users that they should navigate
 around the site within the preview to access the template that has the
 sidebar they want to modify.

 I'll re-open the ticket.

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