[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 folletto):

 > The “used until” is not really something we'd have data for.

 Ach. Ok until we have the data, we can show a different message then:
 "Previously used $type widget" (i.e. "Previously used Text widget") maybe?


 > The visual separation makes sense but should probably go further to feel
 more intentional - these are actual widgets with data, not available
 widget types that can be instantiated.

 I agree here. I wanted to attempt a first "minimal" try just using the
 separator and the second descriptive one explaining what that is.
 I think that we can test that... and if it works, we have a good simple
 win. If it's not it's fairly easy to add headers or similar solutions from
 that design. :)

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