[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #42913: Float installed widget containers on scroll on widget management page

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#42913: Float installed widget containers on scroll on widget management page
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 Reporter:  ComputerGuru        |      Owner:
     Type:  enhancement         |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal              |  Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Widgets             |    Version:  trunk
 Severity:  normal              |   Keywords:
  Focuses:  ui, administration  |
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 A "regular" WordPress installation with a few plugins providing widgets
 can easily result in a situation where the height of the "available
 widgets" div on the left can be significantly larger than the height of
 the "available widget containers" div on the right, as a result of which
 one may need to scroll down significantly to reach the desired widget,
 then scroll back up _while dragging_ to place the widget in the desired
 container.

 If the div on the right were to be configured with {{height: 1vh;
 overflow-y: scroll}} and then turned into fixed (?) position div, it would
 remain on-screen while the user scrolled through the list of available
 widgets, such that installing a new widget would only require scrolling to
 find the widget in question, and at no point would it be necessary to drag
 and scroll simultaneously (which, while frustrating, is easy enough on a
 desktop... but with a touchpad it becomes quite the challenge).

 On further reflection, it might actually be easier and less hacky to
 assign both the left and right divs a height of 1vh (and perhaps throw in
 a {{min-height}}) and {{overflow-y: scroll}}, then there's no need for
 anything but the default positioning. Both containers would scroll
 independently, and no need to drag and scroll.

 Attaching a video of the current experience.

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/42913>
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