[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #35243: Extending the text widget to also allow visual mode

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#35243: Extending the text widget to also allow visual mode
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 Reporter:  paaljoachim  |       Owner:
     Type:  enhancement  |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal       |   Milestone:  4.8
Component:  Widgets      |     Version:
 Severity:  normal       |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  needs-patch  |     Focuses:  ui, accessibility
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Comment (by azaozz):

 > I'd suggest focusing on inline formatting (links, bold, italic, etc.)
 initially and leaving out media

 I was with the impression that we want a "universal" widget that will
 support the same content as the post editor. I really like the mockup
 which has the "Add Media" button suggesting you will be able to add
 images, videos, embeds, galleries, etc.

 [[Image(text-widget.png)]]

 I don't see any disadvantages for having an "universal" widget. The
 advantages are:
 - The users will be familiar with how to use it from the start as the
 workflow will be identical to editing a post.
 - We will avoid adding 5-6 different widgets for different content and
 with different controls, restrictions and workflows.

 If we go with a cut-down, inline tags only widget the disadvantages will
 be:
 - It will be very inferior to what's available in plugins. Not really sure
 why we would want to add that to core given the opportunity for something
 much better.
 - We will (eventually) have to add many different widgets for the
 different content: video, audio, galleries, embeds, etc.
 - As it would support HTML, some users will eventually learn to paste the
 media types we excluded. For example it will be very easy to compose the
 content in the post editor then copy and paste the HTML. Forcing the users
 to do that by not providing sufficient UI would be a failure imho.

 Also, regardless of whether we add media support or not, adding HTML
 support to the text widget makes the "Media Widget" #32417 completely
 redundant. I mean, there will be two widgets that will the exactly the
 same thing but have different UI (either the familiar Media Library or
 copy/paste HTML). That's not going to be good UX.

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