[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #32254: List Table: avoid adjacent links pointing to the same resource

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#32254: List Table: avoid adjacent links pointing to the same resource
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 Reporter:  rianrietveld                       |       Owner:  afercia
     Type:  defect (bug)                       |      Status:  assigned
 Priority:  normal                             |   Milestone:  4.3
Component:  Administration                     |     Version:  4.1
 Severity:  normal                             |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch ui-feedback ux-feedback  |     Focuses:  ui,
                                               |  accessibility
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Comment (by afercia):

 Replying to [comment:28 obenland]:
 > Especially since everywhere else in the admin it's still present.
 Worth considering the patch removes "duplicate edit links" in all the
 screens, not just in the Media Library. For "duplicate" we mean screens
 where the item title is a link to edit and also the adjacent row-actions
 link is a link to the same edit page. They're duplicate.
 Consider a typical List Table has by default 20 items per page. That makes
 a total of 40 "edit links". The Media Library used to have 3 edit links
 per item (image, title, row-actions) for a total of 60 "edit" links.
 That's a terrible amount of noise for screen reader users.

 Please also consider the vast majority of users use a mouse, and to
 actually make the current row-action edit link appear they have to hover
 on the item title which is already a link to edit. I guess at that point
 is convenient to click on the title :)

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