We had a great discussion yesterday during office hours. I’m excited to say that we’ve found our direction.
We’ll only be focusing on changes to nav-menus.php for now.
I just posted an updated diff containing some of the ideas we discussed.
Remaining Tasks (already assigned to someone)
Test theme locations as checkboxes (@jkudish volunteered to code this up). Note: we decided to leave widgets as checkboxes out.- Menu selection dropdown should show location(s) it is used in (@DrewAPicture offered to tackle this)
A round of user tests on 23119.23.diff, plus additional testing once “theme locations as checkboxes” and the accordion code is ready- Updated copy for help tabs (both manage, and add/edit screen) (@DrewAPicture will oversee this)
- Updated copy for http://codex.wordpress.org/WordPress_Menu_User_Guide (@DrewAPicture will oversee this)
- Updated copy for http://codex.wordpress.org/Appearance_Menus_Screen (@DrewAPicture will oversee this)
Remaining Tasks (still needing a volunteer)
- Code up menu item boxes as an accordion for us to test (similar in style to customizer).
- Code reviews (multiple people please
) - RTL testing
- Browser compatibility testing
- No JS testing
Comment below if you’re interested in helping out. Thanks!
lessbloat, 
Joey Kudish 4:46 pm on February 1, 2013 Permalink
In addition to the checkboxes, I’ll help out with code reviewing and all the testing
Jon Brown 5:53 pm on February 1, 2013 Permalink
I agree that the checkboxes shouldn’t be there for widgets, that’s be very confusing IMHO. However, maybe there should be a little tool tip or note below theme locations directing users that “Menus can also be added tomwidget areas via the custom menu widget available on the widget settings page”.
Travis Northcutt 12:18 am on February 2, 2013 Permalink
@lessbloat, what is the “deadline” for getting the accordion done for testing?
lessbloat 1:14 pm on February 4, 2013 Permalink
I’d like to wrap up all dev for this feature ASAP. I’ll likely pick it up if no one else grabs it by tomorrow.