[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #27404: Widget Customizer: Allow adding inactive widgets to widget areas

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#27404: Widget Customizer: Allow adding inactive widgets to widget areas
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 Reporter:  westonruter                          |       Owner:  melchoyce
     Type:  feature request                      |      Status:  assigned
 Priority:  normal                               |   Milestone:  4.8
Component:  Widgets                              |     Version:  3.9
 Severity:  normal                               |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  ux-feedback has-patch has-           |     Focuses:  ui,
  screenshots                                    |  javascript
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Comment (by karmatosed):

 > In addition to the ability to drag a widget to Inactive Widgets and also
 moving via the Reorder UI, another option would be to eliminate the
 redundant “Close” link in a widget and replace it with a “Deactivate”
 link. The “Remove” link can be returned to always be “Delete” instead of
 switching from “Delete” to “Remove” upon initial save, whereby “Remove”
 currently places it among the inactive widgets in core. As it was reported
 as a bug multiple times, it clearly isn't as intuitive as initially
 thought (see #27575, #39426). So it could look like this:
 >

 I have my concerns with the language 'deactivate' for all types of users.
 This may just be a case of iterating meaning though.

 customizer-widget-presets-i3_widgets-in-accordion.png gets my vote
 although I am also not sure about letting people move from active to
 inactive. I also think we need to observe users on this.

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