[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #51506: Add new block widgets editor

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#51506: Add new block widgets editor
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 Reporter:  isabel_brison    |       Owner:  noisysocks
     Type:  enhancement      |      Status:  accepted
 Priority:  normal           |   Milestone:  5.7
Component:  Widgets          |     Version:
 Severity:  normal           |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch early  |     Focuses:
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Comment (by azaozz):

 Frankly I'm sad to see this pushed to the next release. Still, must agree
 with @helen:

 > ...widget area blocks do not allow you to try this new feature without
 penalizing you for experimenting.

 Just not sure "penalizing" is the right word here. It's true, we, as
 users, want *everything* to be WYSIWYG as much as possible. The
 Customizer's "instant preview" kind of helps, but still feels quirky and
 hacky (and is far from being WYSIWYG). However agree that every "Save"
 would need an "Undo", no matter what.

 The good part of this is that now widgets can continue to be "re-imagined"
 for 5.7, and get even more enhancements. Not sure how many people have
 tested this for a bit longer but having blocks in the widgets areas
 (a.k.a. sidebars) opens up many new possibilities and makes a lot of the
 old, limited widgets obsolete. The "widget areas" become something like
 "specialized posts with more dynamic content", letting users (and
 designers) do a lot of stuff that was either hard or impossible with the
 old widgets.

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