[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:  has-ux-feedback has-patch  |     Focuses:  ui
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Comment (by karmatosed):

 Thanks for sorting that fix, it's appreciated @bradyvercher.

 > I can make this change, but I'm not really a fan of making destructive
 operations so easily accessible without a confirmation, especially
 considering how close to other controls it is. They would also be the most
 visible controls on the screen even though they're not the primary action.

 This change is important as otherwise you are hiding functionality. I do
 not feel that making it manage sections solves this, unfortunately. I did
 a little unorganised testing with another user and found it to be an issue
 to find delete. I also felt this in my own design process. Can we please
 have as the mock for this instance? I am very against hiding functionality
 and this is something that does cause user friction.

 > tested this a bit more and it looks the front page does need to be the
 first section for the query and template loading to work correctly. Trying
 to make it sortable might open a big can of worms.
 > We can remove the front page from the search results so that it can't be
 added as a section, but we would need to decide how to handle cases where
 the front page setting is changed to a page that's already been added as a
 section. Show an error message and filter it out on the front end?
 >
 > Themes could ultimately decide whether or not they want to show the
 front page section.

 Is this something anyone else can help with, sorry to drop you in but
 maybe @pento you have some ideas?

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