[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #32417: Add new core media widget

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#32417: Add new core media widget
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 Reporter:  melchoyce                   |       Owner:  wonderboymusic
     Type:  feature request             |      Status:  assigned
 Priority:  normal                      |   Milestone:  Future Release
Component:  Widgets                     |     Version:  4.3
 Severity:  normal                      |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  needs-unit-tests has-patch  |     Focuses:  ui, administration
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Comment (by Fab1en):

 I agree that it would be more convenient for users to have a media button
 in the text widget.

 However, a question immediately comes up : once the media (or gallery, or
 ...) is selected, how to show it in the widget admin area ? Current text
 widget is a single textarea without any rich edition capability, so the
 media will either look like a bunch of HTML, or like a raw shortcode.

 To have the media preview in the frontend, we need to bring-in the full
 TinyMCE editor. And if we do this, text widget will become "rich text
 widget". Also, widget content is not filtered to display shortcodes, so
 modifying this behavior would introduce back-compat issues.

 And we haven't say a word about Customizer integration ...

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