[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #42644: Customize: Add rich text control

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#42644: Customize: Add rich text control
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 Reporter:  westonruter      |      Owner:
     Type:  feature request  |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal           |  Milestone:  5.0
Component:  Customize        |    Version:  4.8
 Severity:  normal           |   Keywords:  needs-patch
  Focuses:                   |
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 In #35243 we extended the Text widget to add TinyMCE. This depended on
 #35760 which introduced the `wp.editor.initialize()` API for dynamically-
 instantiating TinyMCE editors. Similarly in #41897 we introduced a Code
 Editor control which leveraged the `wp.codeEditor.initialize()` API
 introduced in #12423. It would seem that there should similarly be a rich
 text control available in the Customizer.

 This rich text control could be leveraged by themes to manage a site's
 footer area. Instead of “Powered by WordPress” being hard-coded into the
 theme's footer, it could instead be the default value for a
 `footer_site_info` option. This would then allow a user to easily add
 additional site credits and copyright information to the footer of their
 site, without having to modify the theme template to do so. WordPress.com
 has a dropdown control with preset options for this “powered by” text and
 then a final option to hide for business plans. There could also be a
 “custom” option which could then reveal a footer credit rich text input
 where a user could supply links and other content allowed by the Text
 widget. Naturally the bundled core themes in WordPress.org could make this
 available by default without requiring a business plan.

 Editor should only initialize once the control's containing section is
 expanded, as was done with the Code Editor control.

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/42644>
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