[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:  accepted
Component:  Widgets                              |   Milestone:  4.8.1
 Severity:  major                                |     Version:  4.8
 Keywords:  needs-testing has-unit-tests has-    |  Resolution:
  patch                                          |     Focuses:
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Comment (by obenland):

 For the admin pointers I noticed:
 * There's no way for users to take action. The pointer is meant to have
 them use the HTML widget, but it's unclear where to go next after reading
 the pointer. /cc @melchoyce
 * On `widgets.php` the pointer's high z-index doesn't allow it to slide
 under the admin toolbar
 * In the customizer the pointer's position is fixed and doesn't scroll
 with the widget.
 * If we could hide the pointer when switching back to visual mode, that
 would be great.
 * Pointers don't seem to use the `WP_Internal_Pointers` class, so they
 can't be disabled and new users still see them.

 I think generally the introduction of a new pointer should be discussed in
 a dev chat.

 In `widgets.php`, the new HTML widget control would probably benefit from
 being allowed to overflow the sidebar, similar to the text widget.

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/40951#comment:101>
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