[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                          |  westonruter
 Priority:  normal                               |      Status:  closed
Component:  Widgets                              |   Milestone:  4.8
 Severity:  major                                |     Version:
 Keywords:  has-patch commit needs-dev-note      |  Resolution:  fixed
  2nd-opinion ux-feedback                        |     Focuses:  ui,
                                                 |  accessibility
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Changes (by theMikeD):

 * keywords:  has-patch commit needs-dev-note => has-patch commit needs-dev-
     note 2nd-opinion ux-feedback
 * severity:  normal => major


Comment:

 The decision to update the text widget rather than create a new rich text
 widget was a very poorly thought through one. In one step you have
 destroyed the custom code in countless widgets using the existing text
 widget, and rendered invalid every tutorial on adding custom code into a
 widget.

 Other related bugs are filling up with issues around code being removed by
 this new feature.

 This need to be reverted in 4.8.1 and re-introduced as a Rich Text widget.
 IMHO this is an urgent issue that needs to be resolved asap.

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/35243#comment:69>
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