Ability to nest sections

[bahiirwa]

Probably this is an enhancement. But would love to be able to nest some sections

[BaronVonPerko]

What would this look like? Do you have an example of functionality you'd like to reproduce here?

[bahiirwa]

Let’s say I want to have some fields for some homepage sections and then have some more for the about us page. I hope that paints a proper picture

[bahiirwa]

Just some clarity on expected behaviour. I have been looking into this for a theme I am building.
I think they are referred to as panels. I have added some sample code for testing. You will notice the section hooks into the set up panel.

$wp_customize->add_panel( 'theme_option', array(
        'priority' => 60,
        'title' => __( 'Whiteboard64 Theme Option', 'whiteboard64' ),
        'description' => __( 'Lets configure your site with Whiteboard64 Theme Option', 'whiteboard64' ),
    ));    

    /** SOCIAL ICON LINKS SECTION **/

    $wp_customize->add_section('whiteboard64_social_section',array(
        'priority' => 1,
        'title' => __('Social Media Section','whiteboard64'),
        'description' => __('Customize Social Section in Homepage. Make sure that you have filled all the social links, blank field will not be displayed in site and it will be hidden by default.', 'whiteboard64'),
        'panel' => 'theme_option'
    ));

    $wp_customize->add_setting(
        'facebook_link',
            array(
            'sanitize_callback' => 'esc_url_raw',
            'capability' => 'edit_theme_options',
            'default' => '',
    ));
    $wp_customize->add_control(
        'facebook_link',
            array(
            'label' => __('Facebook link URL', 'whiteboard64'),
            'section' => 'whiteboard64_social_section',
            'settings' => 'facebook_link',
            'type' => 'url',
    ));

[BaronVonPerko]

Ahh thanks for the example! I'll make it happen! 👍

[BaronVonPerko]

I've updated the way the sections are saved, which will allow me to easily create a panels section in the option settings. Still trying to figure out the best way for the UI to work, as these panels are optional and can have several sections associated with them.

[AbhijithHaridas]

Hey @BaronVonPerko, I'm a fan of your work

Is this completed and deployed?

[BaronVonPerko]

Hi @AbhijithHaridas! I haven't had time to work on this feature lately, but if you want to take a stab at it, I welcome all PRs!

[BaronVonPerko]

Moved this issues to the 2.0 milestone. It's going to be much easier to implement it in that code base.