[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #47171: Incorrect cursor used on buttons

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#47171: Incorrect cursor used on buttons
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 Reporter:  nrqsnchz                 |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  defect (bug)             |      Status:  assigned
 Priority:  normal                   |   Milestone:  5.3
Component:  Administration           |     Version:
 Severity:  normal                   |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-screenshots needs-   |     Focuses:  ui, accessibility,
  design-feedback wpcampus-report    |  coding-standards
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Comment (by melchoyce):

 > That said, this ticket is interesting in that the W3C guideline goes
 against what many users anticipate: if something is clickable, they expect
 to see a pointer icon when hovering over it.

 I agree with Kjell — as a user, I expect that any interactive element will
 use the "pointer" cursor. Interactivity on the web has changed a lot in
 the past decade, and people have been using pointers on anything that
 looks like a button for so long (maybe because we started styling link
 tags like button once CSS was mainstreamed, I don't know) that the
 original intent has been superseded the learned behavior of "pointer = I
 can click this."

 Since the argument is around using consistent and relevant cursors as to
 benefit users with cognitive disabilities, I'd actually argue that
 WordPress dropping the pointer from buttons actually goes against the
 intent of the spec, because we'd be using buttons inconsistently from much
 of the web. Having a pointer also makes it more clear when a button is
 ''disabled'', because disabled buttons shouldn't have the pointer cursor.
 I think this is a case where a browser default hasn't caught up with
 modern web practices.

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/47171#comment:18>
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