[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #42081: Some widget controls are too wide for their container

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#42081: Some widget controls are too wide for their container
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 Reporter:  johnbillion            |       Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)           |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal                 |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Widgets                |     Version:  3.8
 Severity:  minor                  |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-screenshots close  |     Focuses:  ui, administration
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Changes (by westonruter):

 * keywords:  needs-patch has-screenshots => has-screenshots close


Comment:

 @johnbillion This is actually a feature. These are the “wide” widgets in
 WordPress. It gets triggered when a widget is defined with a width wider
 than 250px. You can see the widgets in how the widgets are defined:

 * https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/43a34c9/src/wp-
 includes/widgets/class-wp-widget-custom-html.php#L50
 * https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/43a34c9/src/wp-
 includes/widgets/class-wp-widget-rss.php#L29
 * https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/43a34c9/src/wp-
 includes/widgets/class-wp-widget-text.php#L39

 Letting the Custom HTML widget be wide was actually explicitly implemented
 in [41000].

 Accommodating them in the admin and Customizer is not pretty but they are
 supported:

 * https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/43a34c9/src/wp-
 admin/js/customize-widgets.js#L593-L662
 * https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/43a34c9/src/wp-
 admin/js/widgets.js#L150-L159
 * https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/43a34c9/src/wp-
 includes/class-wp-customize-widgets.php#L544-L578

 Here's a plugin to demo it: https://gist.github.com/westonruter/7141599

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