In reply to Justin Tadlock.

Widgets are in this in between category, which has been the frustration for me. However, rather than making a new role, I don't see why editors shouldn't be able to edit widget content by default. For larger groups, there may be editors who shouldn't have access to widgets, but at that size installing a permissions plugin and adding a new roles seems like a fine solution.

Obviously since widgets are on their way out anyway, no point on a permissions overhaul now just for that. But I'm curious how full site editing features handle similar permissions, haven't investigated that yet.