[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:  new
 Priority:  normal                   |   Milestone:  4.5
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:16 Joel MMCC]:
 > The Customizer’s purpose, as I see it, is to affect the ''appearance''
 of the site ''without'' altering its ''content.'' Allowing it to delete
 things trespasses on content (or at least structure) management territory
 instead of appearance / theming territory.

 The Customizer's purpose is to live preview any ''change'' to a site, I
 maintain. This could be appearance or content. Widgets and nav menus are
 both content. #34923 is about a first step to create pages in the
 Customizer.

 > We wouldn’t want the ability to delete Pages or Posts or Media Items or
 Users from within the Customizer, would we? WP goes out of its way to make
 at least Pages and Posts somewhat difficult to completely delete
 permanently. You first have to move it to the Trash, then delete it from
 the Trash, and there’s a confirmation prompt.

 Yeah, that makes sense. A trashing safeguard when deleting things in the
 Customizer makes sense. This is what we have in place right now, where
 “Remove” is acting like trashing. So perhaps this should stay as is, but
 then there could be a “Delete Inactive Widgets” button that appears when
 listing out the inactive widgets, or a red X that appears with each
 inactive widget listed, or something to that effect.

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/27404#comment:17>
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