[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #37661: A New Experience for Discovering, Installing, and Previewing Themes in the Customizer

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#37661: A New Experience for Discovering, Installing, and Previewing Themes in the
Customizer
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 Reporter:  celloexpressions         |       Owner:  celloexpressions
     Type:  feature request          |      Status:  reopened
 Priority:  high                     |   Milestone:  4.7
Component:  Customize                |     Version:  4.2
 Severity:  normal                   |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch has-           |     Focuses:  ui, accessibility,
  screenshots needs-testing has-     |  javascript
  user-testing ux-feedback           |
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Comment (by folletto):

 > I still find the clicking and search icon to be a weird behaviour. I
 also feel it is either having a bug or issue with the flow. See this
 screencast:

 > Yep, please also notice a search icon was recently added on the menu
 items / widgets search so there's some inconsistency. Placed on the right,
 the icon looks like an actionable control. Also, looks like the
 placeholder text inherits the bold font-weight from the container.

 > Yep, please also notice a search icon was recently added on the menu
 items / widgets search so there's some inconsistency. Placed on the right,
 the icon looks like an actionable control. Also, looks like the
 placeholder text inherits the bold font-weight from the container.

 I'll remind what I said above:

 > Yes, I hate that search box too. However that's a limitation of the .org
 theme showcase API, so we have to deal with that until search becomes
 transversal to filters and not a filter on its own.

 I'd put higher priority in fixing the backend to allow search happen
 across whichever filter is selected, instead of fixing that which is a
 workaround to that mess. We are working around an issue there. That's why
 it's not follwing patterns: that search can't follow any of these patterns
 due to the limitations in the backend.

 That said, there were a couple of alternatives I explored. I don't think
 any is better (due to the inherent backend issue above) but if you have a
 preference, we can switch to these. I'll attach and explain.

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