[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #10553: Movable Elements in the Widgets Page

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#10553: Movable Elements in the Widgets Page
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 Reporter:  dcole07      |       Owner:  dcole07
     Type:  enhancement  |      Status:  new    
 Priority:  low          |   Milestone:  2.9    
Component:  Widgets      |     Version:  2.9    
 Severity:  trivial      |    Keywords:         
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Comment(by dcole07):

 Replying to [comment:4 azaozz]:
 > -1. Don't see a point in having a very long column of Available widgets
 and then two short columns of 1-2 folded sidebars.
 Some users have a monitor width greater than 1600px. That means they have
 4 columns of available widgets and if they are using a theme with a lot of
 sidebars, such as Thematic or Hybrid, then they will have more than a
 dozen sidebars. [[BR]]
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 Another idea would be to hide the closed sidebars, unless they are all
 closed. That way, you don't have to scroll up and down to get widgets from
 the top of the available widgets to the last opened sidebar. [[BR]]
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 The problem with having this as a plugin would be it's effectiveness.
 Finding and changing an option in the backend is considerable easier, than
 finding the correct plugin that fixes an annoyance. I see this ticket as
 bringing the Widgets page up to par with the Post and Page pages. However,
 it might be better to put these improvements in a plugin until more of the
 community voices the need for it. [[BR]]
 [[BR]]
 Allowing the available widgets, inactive widgets, and each sidebar to be
 draggable would be an improvement to, for people with small monitor
 resolutions, IMO. Then people could reorder the available widget and
 inactive widgets, or even move the items between the left and right side.

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