[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #40951: New Text Widget - Switching Between Visual/Text Editor Strips Out Code

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#40951: New Text Widget - Switching Between Visual/Text Editor Strips Out Code
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 Reporter:  dwrippe                              |       Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)                         |  westonruter
 Priority:  normal                               |      Status:  closed
Component:  Widgets                              |   Milestone:  4.8.1
 Severity:  major                                |     Version:  4.8
 Keywords:  needs-testing has-unit-tests has-    |  Resolution:  fixed
  patch commit fixed-major needs-dev-note        |     Focuses:
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Comment (by FolioVision):

 > From my perspective, as a site developer that uses Genesis a lot, the
 Text Widget now is pretty much of no use at all and the go to widget has
 to be Custom HTML for 99% of the tasks I need.

 It does really seem vicious to break an existing widget rather than add a
 new one.

 What's worse is this overwrought hybrid mode which way overcomplicates
 handling HTML widgets. If the content fails the text widget tests, it
 should immediately be converted to an HTML widget.

 The end result for the user is much cleaner. He has his widget in a
 useable format with no drama. I'm sure the internal routing would be much
 easier than managing hybrid mode.

 It feels like the people who conceived this and the people who implemented
 it have not built websites in earnest in a very, very long time.

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/40951#comment:173>
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