[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:  feature request  |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal           |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Themes           |     Version:
 Severity:  normal           |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  ux-feedback      |     Focuses:  ui
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Comment (by westonruter):

 Replying to [comment:19 karmatosed]:
 > @westonruter unfortunately though child pages is a horrible experience
 from a user perspective. Both from functionality and discoverability.

 I think you may have misunderstood
 [https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/37974#comment:18 my latest
 comment]. In my latest comment I tried to explain that the user would
 never see the child pages with the theme active. The child theme would
 hide the existence of the child pages of any such multi-panel pages. The
 child pages would only be editable via the custom UI that is crafted for
 it, such as in the customizer. Nevertheless, the child pages can still be
 used as the storage mechanism that would both be still searchable and it
 would have a degree of cross-theme compatibility, as if a user switched to
 a different theme the panel content would still be available, though it
 would shown as traditional child pages in the non-twentyseventeen theme.
 Again, twentyseventeen could hide the fact that child pages are used as
 the storage mechanism for the panel content.

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