[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #33052: Widgets section in customize late to show up

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#33052: Widgets section in customize late to show up
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 Reporter:  kidsguide     |       Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)  |      Status:  reopened
 Priority:  normal        |   Milestone:  4.4
Component:  Customize     |     Version:  3.9
 Severity:  normal        |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  needs-patch   |     Focuses:  javascript
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Changes (by westonruter):

 * status:  closed => reopened
 * focuses:   => javascript
 * version:  4.3 => 3.9
 * milestone:   => 4.4
 * keywords:   => needs-patch
 * resolution:  wontfix =>


Comment:

 Re-opening due to good argument raised by @pavelevap on #33687. In
 response, I [https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/33687#comment:4
 commented]:

 > 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.

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/33052#comment:3>
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