[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #39910: Customizer: Add widgets drag and drop ability

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#39910: Customizer: Add widgets drag and drop ability
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 Reporter:  lukecavanagh  |       Owner:
     Type:  enhancement   |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal        |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Customize     |     Version:  4.7.2
 Severity:  normal        |  Resolution:
 Keywords:                |     Focuses:  ui
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Comment (by westonruter):

 Replying to [comment:3 karmatosed]:
 > I'm not sure dragging and dropping widgets makes sense until you can
 also do it with menus. In saying that, I think having it work for both in
 the future would make sense.

 Agreed. If drag and drop works for widgets then it should also work for
 nav menu items.

 > I'm also not sure if it would work within the existing UI, that's what
 makes me wonder if we simply add drag and drop how discoverable it would
 be for 'non-us' users.

 It would probably benefit from having the `cursor:move` or some grabber
 appear on the item which can be drag-and-dropped.

 > Wouldn't focusing on improving and innovating the UI be a better
 approach?

 Isn't that what this is? Or do you mean perhaps a new UI for the Add
 button? Eventually I could see it take the same form as the block
 insertion UI being worked on for the editor, and that there could be a +
 icon or something that is in between each widget or nav menu item in some
 what, and when clicking on it, the user could then be prompted with a
 subset of the available blocks that can be placed there: namely the
 available widgets, inactive widgets, or available nav menu item types,
 depending on the context.

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