[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #40104: Customizer: Improve menu creation flow

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#40104: Customizer: Improve menu creation flow
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 Reporter:  melchoyce    |       Owner:
     Type:  enhancement  |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal       |   Milestone:  4.8
Component:  Customize    |     Version:  4.3
 Severity:  normal       |  Resolution:
 Keywords:               |     Focuses:  ui, administration
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Comment (by melchoyce):

 Thanks for your feedback, everyone. I've uploaded a revised version of the
 flow: [attachment:customizer-menu-flow-v2.png]

 The updated flow makes some adjustments based on your feedback here, and
 other feedback I've received from more of WordPress.com's support folks.

 While running this by more people, someone pointed out one scenario I
 missed entirely: what happens when a theme provides a default menu? That
 menu doesn't actually exist. To replace it, you need to create a new menu.
 Are we able to tell when this is the case? If so, I've added some
 alternate text for when you're using a theme which provides a default
 menu. Thanks again to @michelleweber for working with me on the copy.

 > We should also consider the option to create a default menu with the
 site's pages here, as the admin version of menus does.

 I agree — and think that can happen independently of this improvement.
 We'll still need an "empty" state, in case someone deletes their menu(s).

 > the other thing I'm unsure about is moving the menu locations section.
 It's currently at the top because it's critical for it to not become lost
 below a large number of menus, and the interface needs to scale to sites
 with many, many menus. I don't think it's necessary to add the number of
 locations outside of the section itself since that's only relevant once
 you're ready to actually make change there, in the section.

 I wonder which is the larger problem: updating menus, or reassigning them
 to different locations? Because the menu creation and updating process
 includes assigning menu locations, I think they can be a secondary action
 from the main panel. By emphasizing location during the creation process,
 I think it's okay to de-emphasize from the panels screen.

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