[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #40432: Customizer: Should we stop contextually hiding features?

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#40432: Customizer: Should we stop contextually hiding features?
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 Reporter:  melchoyce    |       Owner:
     Type:  enhancement  |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal       |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Customize    |     Version:
 Severity:  normal       |  Resolution:
 Keywords:               |     Focuses:
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Comment (by westonruter):

 One of the use cases for contextually active controls is for them to be
 dependent on other controls for whether or not they should be shown. For
 example, the Static Front Page section has controls for page on front and
 page for posts. These are hidden (deactivated) when the radio button for
 “Your latest posts” is selected. When switching to “A static page” these
 two page dropdown controls get activated. So we can't just universally
 start showing all inactive controls/sections/panels. Instead, we need to
 look at specific instances of contextual items to decide how they can be
 better presented to the user when they are deactivated.

 The example that comes up most often is the sections for widget areas
 (sidebars). If we showed widget area sections regardless of whether or not
 they are used in the preview (whether they are contextual or not) the
 behavior for a deactivated widget area section could be the showing of a
 notice at the top of the section indicating that the widgets may not be
 displayed in the current view; this could make use of #38794.

 Additionally, we could change the ordering of the widget area sections so
 that the active ones are always listed at the top, followed by inactive
 ones at the bottom. I think there should also be some indication on the
 collapsed inactive widget area sections.

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/40432#comment:15>
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