New Feature Plugin Lets Users Resize the Customizer Pane

Contributors to the WordPress core Customize component are targeting the upcoming 4.5 release for inclusion of a new feature plugin. Customize Pane Resizer allows users to drag the edge of the pane to make the customizer wider than the default 300px. According to Customize component maintainer Weston Ruter, the idea for the plugin came out of the community summit held earlier this month in Philadelphia, where it was raised as a usability improvement. “Justin Sternberg took ownership of the idea and we collaborated on it over the course of the community summit and WCUS,” Ruter said. “He did all the real work, and I just contributed ideas and provided Customizer architectural pointers.” At the moment, the pane simply resizes when the user drags the resize icon, but even this one feature involves refining many tiny details. Ruter said the immediate roadmap for the plugin is to resolve the GitHub issues that have already been logged. Future Possibility of Undocking the Customizer and Adding Inline Controls Contributors have many other ideas for extending this feature, including the possibility of introducing positioning options (ie. right/left/bottom). These ideas are in the discussion #wordpress #smallbusiness #entrepreneur

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