Deprecate the Widgets screen in favour of the Customizer (CP v2 or later)

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@joyously

It’s hilarious to me that I decided to come look at ClassicPress because I don’t like what I see in Phase 2 of Gutenberg, and the first post I read is about removing the Widgets screen! That’s the top reason I don’t like Phase 2 – they are making the Widget screen into a place to mess with blocks!

Hi @joyously – oh, the irony – too funny!

…and welcome.

The forums provide a nice place to throw ideas out there and gauge interest without the “formality” of creating an official petition. I think that’s what @zulfgani was doing here. Judging by the commentary, it seems there’s not much support for deprecating the widget screen.

@joyously

I much prefer the existing Widgets screen to the Customizer Widgets. You can see all at once, you can see the Inactive Widgets (and use them), you can move widgets from one widget area to another, you can make widget changes without waiting for the slow Customizer to load. All four of those things are impossible from Customizer.

Completely agree – I also find it painful to work in a skinny little fraction of the screen.

@joyously

I don’t even see much wrong with the Widget screen. The arrows to collapse the widget list should be visible all the time, but that’s pretty minor.

Again, totally agree. Only discovered these 2 sections were collapsible by accident…but, what a handy feature!