[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #27159: Removing TinyMCE buttons to improve user experience

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#27159: Removing TinyMCE buttons to improve user experience
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 Reporter:  hugobaeta           |       Owner:  hugobaeta
     Type:  enhancement         |      Status:  assigned
 Priority:  normal              |   Milestone:  4.7
Component:  TinyMCE             |     Version:  3.8
 Severity:  normal              |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  needs-user-testing  |     Focuses:  ui, administration
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Changes (by azaozz):

 * keywords:  needs-user-testing has-patch => needs-user-testing


Comment:

 Replying to [comment:93 hugobaeta]:

 > 2. move the `alignleft`, `aligncenter`, and `alignright` to the kitchen
 sink - these buttons generate non-semantic inline styles (`<p style="text-
 align: right;">`), but since they seem to be popular, until we can figure
 out another semantic solution for these, they should at least be moved out
 of sight for new users.

 As far as I've seen the align-center button is the third most used button
 in the editor, after bold and link. Even if we had only three buttons in
 the editor, one of them would have been align center. Don't think it is a
 good idea to move it to the second row.

 For the UX it doesn't matter how it works or what kind of HTML it
 generates.

 So the options are to either keep the alignment buttons where they are or
 separate the align-center button and move align-right and align-left to
 the second row. The problem with separating them is that they loose
 context. I haven't seen that in any editor, anywhere.

 > - Remove `underline` - again, like others, the `underline` button
 introduces non-semantic inline styles (`<span style="text-decoration:
 underline;">`) and introduces potential accessibility issues when
 comparing with links. The `<mark>` html tag has the semantic meaning this
 tried to convey, and should be used instead - I created a separate ticket
 for that #38315

 I'd rather not remove `underline` but replace it with `mark`. Think better
 to use #38315 for that.

 > Does anyone have bandwidth to make a patch...

 Patch is very easy to make. But generally removing things or moving things
 around doesn't improve UX. We need to clearly prove the UX is better after
 rearranging the buttons. That's what is missing :)

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/27159#comment:98>
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