[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #27404: Widget Customizer: Allow adding inactive widgets to widget areas

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#27404: Widget Customizer: Allow adding inactive widgets to widget areas
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 Reporter:  westonruter                          |       Owner:  melchoyce
     Type:  feature request                      |      Status:  assigned
 Priority:  normal                               |   Milestone:  4.8
Component:  Widgets                              |     Version:  3.9
 Severity:  normal                               |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  ux-feedback has-patch has-           |     Focuses:  ui,
  screenshots                                    |  javascript
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Comment (by folletto):

 > i3

 Looks good. I think these changes makes it very solid. Search is really
 good too! :)
 I agree on all the decision taken, and the doubt raised.

 Three minor ideas to evaluate:

 1. Can we keep the same styling for the Inactive Widgets (title + line)?
 In a sense these widgets "hold" more content than the default ones, so I
 feel it makes sense to use at least the same height, and we can make use
 of the second line either by Showing the excerpt, some details, the widget
 type (moved from the title line), or else.
 2. Keep the "×" to delete inactive widgets on search too maybe?
 3. I keep wondering if "Inactive" is the right word. I know it's an habit
 by now, and as such we could just keep it. But "Inactive" isn't hinting to
 the fact they were my old widgets already, so maybe we could go for
 something alternative that communicates them better, like "Pre-filled
 Widgets"?

 To be clear, these are minor things for evaluation: I think i3 is totally
 shippable without these three.


 > I'm a little worried about the discoverability
 > I think we should put the accordion at the top, and close it
 automatically if you have more than five inactive widgets.

 Yep: moving "inactive" at the bottom has that major issue. I'll decompose
 further:

 1. We could use tabs/pills at the top instead of an accordion to switch
 between the two columns. That could be very effective, the only challenge
 there is to find the right wording
 2. If we keep the accordion, 100% should be at the top, and I agree to
 fold it when there are more than 5. As an addition: we should show on the
 closed accordion a counter that shows how many items are inside.

 I hope it helps. :)

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