[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #37974: Add multi-panel feature to pages through add_theme_support

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#37974: Add multi-panel feature to pages through add_theme_support
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 Reporter:  karmatosed      |       Owner:
     Type:  task (blessed)  |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal          |   Milestone:  4.7
Component:  Themes          |     Version:
 Severity:  normal          |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  ux-feedback     |     Focuses:  ui
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Comment (by celloexpressions):

 I should probably note again that similarly to widgets, menus could be
 used directly here with significantly less work than an entirely new
 feature, while also providing much greater flexibility for end users. All
 five of @bradyvercher's points above apply to menus as well, and menus
 have an incredibly under-appreciated API that lends itself quite well to
 this type of feature.

 There is probably a usability downside to that approach, although we won't
 know the extent of it if  we don't test it. That approach would require
 little enough effort that themes could reasonably implement it internally
 (with less code than the current solution in Twenty Seventeen) and core
 could make a few adjustments to facilitate it and improve on the UX
 challenges. Given the timing and lack of consensus on long term solutions,
 or even what problem we're trying to solve, I'd be much more comfortable
 building on an existing feature (and bringing improvements back to that
 feature in the process) than introducing something new that has limited
 initial functionality and could become difficult to maintain.

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