[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #39896: Customizer: Allow users to Draft changes before Publishing

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#39896: Customizer: Allow users to Draft changes before Publishing
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 Reporter:  melchoyce    |       Owner:
     Type:  enhancement  |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal       |   Milestone:  4.9
Component:  Customize    |     Version:
 Severity:  normal       |  Resolution:
 Keywords:               |     Focuses:  ui
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Comment (by JoshuaWold):

 Last week Weston, Mel, Jeff Paul and myself met to talk about the various
 options available in this ticket.

 We also took some inspiration from the mockups from @folletto
 (https://core.trac.wordpress.org/attachment/ticket/39896/customizer-
 advanced-draft-i1.png) - thanks!

 There are a few ways we can tackle save and publish in the Customizer. The
 WordPress admin is handling this one way, and the Gutenberg plugin has
 been considering some other ways to handle it. We’re trying to find a
 middle ground between those two for the Customizer.

 Based on the mockup above, we would like to propose that the settings for
 save and publish be shown in a panel (that either slides in vertically or
 horizontally, tbd) in the Customizer, as opposed to a modal dropdown
 (previously proposed here: https://github.com/xwp/wp-customize-
 posts/issues/207)

 Here are two of the ideas we’ve discussed:

 '''Option 1'''

 Save and publish are split out as two separate buttons at the top (we need
 to validate if the words will still fit when translated). There is another
 button to open up the settings panel. Clicking that will slide in the
 panel and give you the option to schedule the post *which will change the
 main publish button to say “schedule” or share the draft.

 '''Option 2'''

 There’s a publish button with an arrow icon to open up the settings panel
 in the Customizer. In the settings panel you can change the button from a
 publish button to a save button.

 You can also schedule the post, which will update the button to say
 “schedule”

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