[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #19159: When Inactive Widgets list gets long it is hard to clear

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#19159: When Inactive Widgets list gets long it is hard to clear
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 Reporter:  westi                                 |       Owner:  cdog
     Type:  enhancement                           |      Status:  accepted
 Priority:  normal                                |   Milestone:  4.4
Component:  Widgets                               |     Version:  3.3
 Severity:  normal                                |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  ux-feedback dev-feedback needs-patch  |     Focuses:  ui
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Changes (by alexvorn2):

 * keywords:  has-patch ux-feedback dev-feedback => ux-feedback dev-feedback
     needs-patch


Comment:

 Note: Making the inactive sidebar array empty is not enough! We need also
 to clear the widget settings from the database of each widget ID from
 Inactive Widgets Sidebar.

 The new patch should check every widget id from it's own database value
 and remove itself from the table.

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/19159#comment:14>
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