[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #39908: Make the page and category widget exclusions use a drop down not ID

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#39908: Make the page and category widget exclusions use a drop down not ID
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 Reporter:  karmatosed   |       Owner:
     Type:  enhancement  |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal       |   Milestone:  4.8
Component:  Widgets      |     Version:
 Severity:  normal       |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  needs-patch  |     Focuses:  rest-api
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Changes (by westonruter):

 * keywords:   => needs-patch
 * focuses:   => rest-api
 * milestone:  Awaiting Review => 4.8


Comment:

 While the exclusion ''could'' be implemented via a multi-select field
 (`select[multiple]`) if there are hundreds or thousands of pages then this
 doesn't scale. Nevertheless, the same problem exists for the `dropdown-
 pages` control in core currently. So it would be better than nothing! (And
 it could surely be implemented before we can get an accessible equivalent
 to Select2 into core.)

 The list of pages populating the select should be sourced from the REST
 API once the widget control is expanded as opposed to being exported with
 the control up front when the customizer is loaded. The same should be
 done for the `dropdown-pages` widget. See #30738.

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