[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #26220: Twenty Fourteen: Light accent color makes search icon almost invisible

[WordPress Trac]

#26220: Twenty Fourteen: Light accent color makes search icon almost invisible
---------------------------+------------------------------
 Reporter:  thomasguillot  |       Owner:
     Type:  enhancement    |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal         |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Bundled Theme  |     Version:  trunk
 Severity:  normal         |  Resolution:
 Keywords:                 |
---------------------------+------------------------------

Comment (by celloexpressions):

 The reason for the single color picker is
 [http://wordpress.org/about/philosophy/#decisions decisions, not options]
 (less reading, more visual choosing, adapt their single choice to replace
 every shade of green in the theme instead of giving them multiple places
 to work).

 We'd need all of that css output if we had preset colors as well. By doing
 the colorpicker, users have a much broader array of choices (we see Twenty
 Fourteen with a unique shade of color that matches a given site, rather
 than always seeing something preset that doesn't quite fit). And, at least
 initially, a lot of less savvy users will probably just use the default
 colors present on the bottom of the color picker (they all work, except
 for white and yellow, obviously).

 I doubt that anyone would pick a color that clearly doesn't work, it's
 pretty obvious in the customizer that anything lighter than lime green is
 a bad idea. The accent color is tied to the link color also, so they'd
 quickly realize that they made all of their links invisible (it's like a
 text color colorpicker). Users that want further options for changing
 color ''patterns'' (inverting light/dark text/background, which making the
 search icon light would mean) can use custom css and/or child themes. The
 accent color is designed primarily for changing the hue, but maintaining a
 similar level of contrast with the surrounding elements, like a link color
 option, but more robust. I think we can trust the user to see when a color
 is too light (or dark).

 The fundamental problem with this ticket is that a light accent color also
 makes links and text highlighting invisible; it simply isn't supported by
 the default design. Suggest wontfix.

--
Ticket URL: <http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/26220#comment:1>
WordPress Trac <http://core.trac.wordpress.org/>
WordPress blogging software