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Opened 13 years ago

Closed 2 weeks ago

#23008 closed enhancement (wontfix)

Add a Hook To Hide Inactive Widgets

Reported by: bftrick's profile BFTrick Owned by:
Milestone: Priority: normal
Severity: normal Version: 3.5
Component: Widgets Keywords: dev-feedback needs-patch
Focuses: administration Cc:

Description

Hello,

This is my first feature request so hopefully I'm going through the process correctly. Onto the request...

Adding a hook to remove or hide the Inactive Widgets sidebar on the WordPress Admin Widgets page would be very useful for developers who don't use the area and want to be able to hide it for better UX.

If this is approved I would love to submit a patch. :)

Change History (6)

#1 @BFTrick
13 years ago

  • Cc bftrick@… added

#2 @BFTrick
13 years ago

  • Keywords ux-feedback added

#3 @ocean90
13 years ago

What's wrong with

#inactive-sidebar {
    display: none;
}

?

#4 @BFTrick
13 years ago

I figure that writing this programmatically would be better in case CSS id's & classes or HTML structure would ever change for any reason.

Writing this programmatically might be better for future proofing against plugins or themes that could also manipulate the widget area and all sorts of crazy code that adds extra divs, classes, ids, etc.

Thoughts?

#5 @chriscct7
10 years ago

  • Focuses administration added
  • Keywords dev-feedback needs-patch added; 2nd-opinion ux-feedback removed
  • Severity changed from minor to normal
  • Type changed from feature request to enhancement

#6 @callumbw95
2 weeks ago

  • Resolution set to wontfix
  • Status changed from new to closed

Hi all,

I have just taken a look at this ticket now and after reviewing the issue, it's important to consider the significant evolution of widget management within WordPress Core. Since the release of WordPress 5.8, the classic widget system has been superseded by the block-based widget editor. This change aligns widgets with the modern block editor infrastructure and is a key step in the transition towards Full Site Editing (FSE).

The core development team's focus is now firmly on the block editor and FSE components. As such, enhancements or non-critical bug fixes for the legacy classic widget system are no longer being prioritized.

Given that the functionality described in this ticket relates to a legacy system, I am closing this ticket as wontfix. This allows development efforts to remain focused on the current and future direction of WordPress. However, please feel free to reopen this ticket if you wish to discuss this further. 😃

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