[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-patch needs-user-testing  |     Focuses:  ui,
                                            |  administration
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Changes (by hugobaeta):

 * keywords:  needs-patch needs-screenshots needs-research needs-user-
     testing => needs-patch needs-user-testing


Comment:

 I'd like to see this ticket move along, so circling back to the last round
 up of proposed changes, this is the list:

 1. move `formatselect` to first position on top row and remove Heading 1.
 (And consequently allow for #38049 and #38050 to move forward as well) -
 The importance of this select is too great to be buried in the kitchen
 sink.
 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.
 - remove `alignjustify` - same justfication as above, yet in this case
 theres no friction for removal.
 - 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 really really like to push the removal of the text colors button
 entirely, and leave it to plugin territory (as @mrwweb said, #38050 might
 help push that too), but we should move that one over to a new ticket. So
 that list above is what I'd like to see in a patch for 4.7 inclusion.

 This is the intended outcome for now:
 [[Image(https://cldup.com/lM0MVsAzpI.png)]]

 Does anyone have bandwidth to make a patch for this within the next few
 days? If we don't get something in before next week's core chat, this
 likely won't make it into core for 4.7. cc/ @mrwweb @iseulde @azaozz

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