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Widgets Screen: Provide 'Manage with Live Preview' #26244

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garretthyder opened this issue Oct 17, 2020 · 2 comments · Fixed by #29839
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Widgets Screen: Provide 'Manage with Live Preview' #26244

garretthyder opened this issue Oct 17, 2020 · 2 comments · Fixed by #29839
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[Feature] Widgets Screen The block-based screen that replaced widgets.php. [Status] In Progress Tracking issues with work in progress [Type] Enhancement A suggestion for improvement.

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@garretthyder
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Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
With the Legacy Widget editor there was the 'Manage with Live Preview' which would take you to the Customizer > Widgets screen.
Screen Shot 2020-10-16 at 5 26 15 PM

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This screen still exists so we should provide the same link.

One concern is you can't really edit block widgets from the Live Preview it takes you back to the widgets screen.

@talldan talldan added [Feature] Widgets Screen The block-based screen that replaced widgets.php. [Type] Enhancement A suggestion for improvement. labels Oct 19, 2020
@github-actions github-actions bot added the [Status] In Progress Tracking issues with work in progress label Mar 12, 2021
@shaunandrews
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I'm not sure we need this button in the new screen. Its unclear to me what the purpose of it is, and what workflows it helps to enable.

@draganescu
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The purpose of the button originally was to be a shortcut and a highlight for the fact that the customizer offers real time preview of editing widgets. In our new editor the problem remains, as saving the editor produces effects immediately. But, we do have a preview ability now right in the stand alone editor, so the problem is ... halved?

Maybe instead of a manage with live preview button we could soup up that old thought of having a general preview button that switches all widgets into preview mode? But even so, it's nowhere near what the customizer offers with things previewing in context as you edit.

Also, the work that is going on to add blocks support to the customizer is another reason to keep this legacy button, for new users who land on this editor but don't know yet that in the customizer you have a better "live" preview, not just a preview.

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[Feature] Widgets Screen The block-based screen that replaced widgets.php. [Status] In Progress Tracking issues with work in progress [Type] Enhancement A suggestion for improvement.
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