[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #63288: Clicking 'Edit Site' takes user to the 'homepage' template regardless of context

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#63288: Clicking 'Edit Site' takes user to the 'homepage' template regardless of
context
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 Reporter:  nickwilmot      |      Owner:  (none)
     Type:  defect (bug)    |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal          |  Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Administration  |    Version:  trunk
 Severity:  normal          |   Keywords:  needs-patch
  Focuses:  ui              |
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 Since 6.8 the admin bar 'Edit Site' link takes users to a preview of the
 homepage in the Site Editor regardless of current page context. Prior to
 6.8 it opened the Site Editor in the correct template editing context
 according the current page - eg when viewing a 'page', the 'single page'
 template was opened for editing. This mirrored the behaviour of the 'Edit
 Page/Post' link.

 I'm assuming this wasn't an intentional change as it makes little apparent
 sense trigger the editing of a completely different context, and adds
 considerable friction to the site building experience. There is now no way
 of editing the current template with one click.

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/63288>
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