[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #37661: A New Experience for Discovering, Installing, and Previewing Themes in the Customizer

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#37661: A New Experience for Discovering, Installing, and Previewing Themes in the
Customizer
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 Reporter:  celloexpressions         |       Owner:  westonruter
     Type:  feature request          |      Status:  reviewing
 Priority:  high                     |   Milestone:  4.9
Component:  Customize                |     Version:  4.2
 Severity:  normal                   |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-screenshots has-     |     Focuses:  ui, accessibility,
  user-testing has-patch needs-      |  javascript
  testing ux-feedback                |
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Comment (by melchoyce):

 Replying to [comment:195 celloexpressions]:
 > > - I don't think the feature filters should be sticky when open. I
 scrolled down to look at the theme results, and can barely see a full row
 on my screen.
 > The thought is that they can be more-easily toggled when you're further
 down the list, for example if you want to check what you selected but may
 not change it, since you can toggle it back closed. I typically see users
 scroll very far down the list trying to find something they like; my
 prediction is that making the bar sticky (only when it fits on the screen)
 improves the likelihood that they will try another filter if they get far
 into the results and aren't finding anything that they like. Worth getting
 additional feedback on this - it's easy to remove if we decide it doesn't
 make sense. Might also be worth considering a visible icon showing that it
 toggles (like the +/x on add widget/menu-items).

 👍

 > > - What if we showed your current theme (maybe condensed down to a
 smaller preview) above the Installed/.org filters?
 > Can you mockup what this might look like? I know @folletto did a few
 iterations of this back in 4.2. We may not want to hold up the initial
 commit for this, but it should be a reasonably quick addition before beta.
 There's plenty of space here and that could help alleviate the concerns
 @folletto expressed earlier. However, we should probably also distinguish
 between "live" and "current" in this space if those aren't the same, and
 that could use further technical investigation as well.

 Can do.

 > > - What if we added some help text or a description to this panel?
 > There is already a description/help text for the panel, under the help
 icon (where panel descriptions show up by default). It could definitely be
 expanded on if you have any suggestions.

 Ah, good point. I tried to check out the copy, but every time I try to
 open it, the Customizer reloads: https://cloudup.com/cXs0jmPXz03 (Ah, I
 also see now that @folletto noticed that)

 > If we can finalize design direction by the end of this week, I can most
 likely get uploading working this weekend, which would put us on target to
 get that in by Beta 1. My current thought is that it should be a separate
 section header, but that the actual uploading should take place in the
 preview area. Once upload is complete, there could be buttons to upload
 another theme, live preview, or view all installed themes (linking to that
 section, which would now include the uploaded theme). We should discuss
 further on that ticket.

 How do you feel about merging what's done currently, without the uploading
 feature, by EOD tomorrow?

 One more thing — looks like `.themes-section-installed_themes` is missing
 a `border-top`.

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 Replying to [comment:198 folletto]:
 > > WordPress.org themes should instead be "New Theme". That also includes
 uploading a theme. wordpress.org themes. The standard stuff.
 >
 > I think "New theme" is something that is confusing in the current WP
 Admin design, so I'd suggest to not use it. I'm not 100% convinced on
 "WordPress.org themes" either, but I don't think that going back is the
 right approach.
 >
 > I think we can change it, so let me explain the criteria that are
 underlying the current choice that I think are solid, and let's see if we
 can find intuitive alternatives that get close to this...

 My gut says it should be called "browse themes" or something similar, but
 that doesn't fit your criteria.

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