[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #27404: Widget Customizer: Allow adding inactive widgets to widget areas

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#27404: Widget Customizer: Allow adding inactive widgets to widget areas
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 Reporter:  westonruter                          |       Owner:
     Type:  feature request                      |  westonruter
 Priority:  normal                               |      Status:  accepted
Component:  Widgets                              |   Milestone:  4.8
 Severity:  normal                               |     Version:  3.9
 Keywords:  ux-feedback has-patch has-           |  Resolution:
  screenshots                                    |     Focuses:  ui,
                                                 |  javascript
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Comment (by mrjarbenne):

 I would worry that for each time that the inactive widget group can be
 quickly re-located to the new sidebar location, there are probably an
 equal number of times when the grouping that worked on one theme needs to
 be redistributed in a different fashion in a different theme. For example,
 a stack of four widgets may look great in the sidebar of theme A, but on
 theme B, where there is no sidebar, and 3 footer spaces, that single stack
 will need to be re-distributed.

 I like the way in which the patch organizes those pre-configured widgets
 under the type of widget they are, which is an improvement over the
 "inactive widget" bucket that currently exists under Appearance/Widgets.

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