[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:  westonruter
     Type:  defect (bug)  |      Status:  accepted
 Priority:  normal        |   Milestone:  4.8.1
Component:  Widgets       |     Version:  4.8
 Severity:  major         |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  needs-patch   |     Focuses:
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Comment (by philclothier):

 Replying to [comment:68 westonruter]:

 > It's not a face saver solution. I honestly think it's the best solution
 and a legacy mode should have been done this way from the start. It has in
 mind both the best interests of the majority of users who are novices with
 basic HTML (or zero HTML with just plain text), and also the interests of
 advanced users with custom HTML. The Text widget should have had TinyMCE
 when it was first introduced in WordPress 2.2.

 With respect, this is the most "face saving" solution I've seen in a long
 time. Whilst I appreciate that this issue will be resolved in 4.8.1, I'm
 concerned that you still think that this was a good idea from the start. I
 can't think of any reason why this would be chosen over creating a new,
 separate TinyMCE widget. Then you get the best of both worlds rather than
 a fudged mix of the two. People who have used plain text in the old widget
 can happily upgrade to the new TinyMCE widget if they want to, and think
 "ooh shiny new widgets. This is great!". People who have used HTML can
 relax and leave it as is, without having to worry that the next update
 will break anything. Is there something else I'm missing here?

 For example, if the approach is to add new functionality to current
 widgets, why bother creating the new Image, Audio and Video widgets? Those
 features could have been added to the new Text widget as buttons.

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