Improve meta boxes in the Editor

[ndiego]

Metaboxes in the Editor are unwieldy. While many plugins have been transitioning away from meta boxes, they remain an important tool for extensibility, and of course, the Custom Fields meta box remains in Core.

Currently, when a meta box is enabled, it's displayed at the very bottom of the Editor. If you have a long post, you have to scroll all the way to the bottom to access the meta box. Here's an example from my personal site that utilizes Yoast SEO.

Also when meta boxes are enabled, especially when starting a new post, they really clutter up the interface.

It would be great to have another solution. Perhaps a new panel or modal that the metaboxes could be opened in. This would make it easier to access and manage meta box content, while also improving the Editor experience.

[Kyleidoscope]

This would be a great enhancement, causes a lot of frustration