Title: Widget functionality – a bug or "feature"?
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Widget functionality – a bug or "feature"?

 *  Resolved [intricateartist](https://wordpress.org/support/users/intricateartist/)
 * (@intricateartist)
 * [14 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/widget-functionality-a-bug-or-feature/)
 * Upgraded to the latest & greatest, 3.2. Widget screen no longer has the drag/
   drop functionality – widgets open in a new window to modify, saving takes you
   back to the widget panel instead of keeping you within that widget – is this 
   a new “feature” or am I buggy?

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 *  [lucaswm](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lucaswm/)
 * (@lucaswm)
 * [14 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/widget-functionality-a-bug-or-feature/page/2/#post-2170808)
 * I’m having the same problem…
 *  Thread Starter [intricateartist](https://wordpress.org/support/users/intricateartist/)
 * (@intricateartist)
 * [14 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/widget-functionality-a-bug-or-feature/page/2/#post-2170809)
 * I guess that’s good – hang tight, someone will figure it out. 🙂
 *  [JMK4189](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jmk4189/)
 * (@jmk4189)
 * [14 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/widget-functionality-a-bug-or-feature/page/2/#post-2170929)
 * Hi, I had the same problem. But I think I have found the error: Go to the Widgets-
   Page-Options (near the logout-button) and deactivate the access-option.
 *  [Harry](https://wordpress.org/support/users/harmck/)
 * (@harmck)
 * [14 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/widget-functionality-a-bug-or-feature/page/2/#post-2170930)
 * Screen Options > Disable Accessibility Mode
 * It somehow has turned this feature on I think.
 *  Thread Starter [intricateartist](https://wordpress.org/support/users/intricateartist/)
 * (@intricateartist)
 * [14 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/widget-functionality-a-bug-or-feature/page/2/#post-2170931)
 * FANTASTIC. Went to the widgets page, screen options, disabled accessibility mode–
   widgets are back to normal.
 * Craziest thing ever. Why would someone even enable that? 😛
 * Thank you!!
 *  [Harry](https://wordpress.org/support/users/harmck/)
 * (@harmck)
 * [14 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/widget-functionality-a-bug-or-feature/page/2/#post-2170932)
 * It’s for older browsers, i.e. if you’re using IE7, or possibly IE6, which I think
   newer versions of WordPress have dropped support for. It’s kind of like you use
   them at your own peril. The Javascript used for the drag-drop functionality might
   not be optimised or working at all for the said older browsers.
 * Only recognised the problem, as I had to use accessibility mode before, due to
   some other bug I encountered.
 * All the best.

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