[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #36656: Improve UX on Add New User screen

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#36656: Improve UX on Add New User screen
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 Reporter:  swissspidy                     |      Owner:
     Type:  enhancement                    |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal                         |  Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Users                          |    Version:
 Severity:  normal                         |   Keywords:
  Focuses:  ui, administration, multisite  |
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 While working with Multisite recently, I noticed that the Add New User
 screen can be quite cumbersome to work with.

 The screen currently serves two purposes:

 1. Add existing user to site
 2. Create a new user and add them to the site

 It may make sense to have two different forms for that, but these are
 currently nearly identical, leading to user confusion. Here's an example:

 [[Image(https://cldup.com/FSMdB2Gtdp.png)]]

 I'd love to improve the UX on this screen, ideally by combining these
 forms and then use some JavaScript to conditionally display/hide the email
 field only needed when creating a new user. Alternatively, tabs could be
 leveraged to have each form on a separate page.

 Thoughts?

 Note: I also wrote a simple proof-of-concept plugin called
 [https://wordpress.org/plugins/simple-user-adding/ Simple User Adding]
 that could be used as a playground for this enhancement.

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/36656>
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