[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #27404: Widget Customizer: Allow adding inactive widgets to widget areas

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#27404: Widget Customizer: Allow adding inactive widgets to widget areas
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 Reporter:  westonruter              |       Owner:
     Type:  feature request          |      Status:  assigned
 Priority:  normal                   |   Milestone:  Future Release
Component:  Widgets                  |     Version:  3.9
 Severity:  normal                   |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  needs-patch ux-feedback  |     Focuses:  ui, javascript
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Comment (by westonruter):

 Replying to [comment:32 todd-inmotion]:
 > @westonruter - Just wanted to be sure you saw the patch.  Let me know if
 you need anything else or if you want a login to one of our WP installs to
 see it in place.

 FYI: the minified files should not be modified. These will be
 automatically generated during the build step. In other words, write the
 patch against the _develop_ (src) repo at develop.svn.wordpress.org as
 opposed to the _build_ at core.svn.wordpress.org; see
 https://make.wordpress.org/core/2013/08/06/a-new-frontier-for-core-
 development/ for more info.

 In terms of Customizer architecture, I wonder if instead of introducing a
 new setting `widgets_deleted`, whether it would be better to instead just
 rely on the existing `widget_{id_base}[{number}]` settings, but to treat
 any that have values of `false` as an indication that they should be
 deleted. This is in fact how nav menu items deletions are handled. For
 reference, see:

 PHP: https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/4.4.2/src/wp-
 includes/customize/class-wp-customize-nav-menu-item-
 setting.php?marks=682,689-703#L675
 JS: https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/4.4.2/src/wp-admin/js
 /customize-nav-menus.js?marks=1194-1228#L1194

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/27404#comment:33>
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