[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #50699: Fix and improve arranging metaboxes

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#50699: Fix and improve arranging metaboxes
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 Reporter:  azaozz                               |       Owner:  azaozz
     Type:  task (blessed)                       |      Status:  assigned
 Priority:  normal                               |   Milestone:  5.6
Component:  Administration                       |     Version:
 Severity:  normal                               |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch needs-testing needs-dev-   |     Focuses:  ui,
  note                                           |  accessibility
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Comment (by knutsp):

 What you call this, Screen options, or rather preferences, is irrelevant.
 I'm talking about not removing the option to rearrange/move the boxes
 around, just by doing so with the pointer, as always. This is less
 cumbersome than opening Screen Options first.

 The boxes may also be closed/opened. If moving is a screen option, then
 open/close is also a screen option. The "Screen Options" thing may be
 called "More screen options" if better semantics are important.

 On a dashboard, moving info boxes according to personal preferences are
 quite essential. Even on editing screens, because there are so many added
 by plugins. And you don't yet if you will need them. Many are reluctant to
 go to screen options and remove them, since they are then not visible at
 all. Some (admins) are also not sure if this is for all users or just a
 personal preference. Moving seems less scary. And users are frequently
 scared of doing something they shouldn't have.

 I do not agree that there is very big difference to moving widgets.

 Stop this, revert it, and we may continue to refactor "Screen options", we
 need both general preferences and a container for unused boxes.

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/50699#comment:41>
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