[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #57369: Insert Media dialog gets ad-hoc controls: Thumbnails squared/proportional + Sort order by date/name asc/desc

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#57369: Insert Media dialog gets ad-hoc controls: Thumbnails squared/proportional +
Sort order by date/name asc/desc
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 Reporter:  abitofmind   |      Owner:  (none)
     Type:  enhancement  |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal       |  Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Media        |    Version:  6.1.1
 Severity:  normal       |   Keywords:
  Focuses:  ui, css      |
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 == Reproduction
 - Edit a page
 - Insert an image gallery
 - The "Create gallery" (aka "Insert Media") popup opens.

 == The user experience in this dialog is problematic

 - Screenshot with annotations and proposed improvements
 - (If inline embedding failed, please see attached below)

 [[Image(https://www.dropbox.com/s/i3nx5ewqkp5itne/wordpress-insert-media-
 dialogue.png?raw=1)]]



 == Problems
 - This dialog follows the WordPress design philosophy "decisions not
 choices" but here I'd propose "good defaults (=decision) which satisfy the
 majority but extra ad-hoc choices for users and use cases which require
 otherwise".

 === Order is by upload date, newest first
 - A good default suited for the majority of typical bloggers.
 - In case you want to insert numbered image series or image stories (where
 upload order occurred not exactly in the lexicographical order) this gets
 a nightmare! Especially in combination with the other issue, read on.

 === Squared thumbnails
 - Very bad if you have many similar images, where the significant
 differences may be in the hidden areas.


 == Proposals

 - The dialog gets extra controls. As illustrated in the mockup.

 === Sort preference
 - Dropdown menu with the choices "Date, Name"
 - Nearby a toggle button for ascending or descending order
 - "Date with newest on top" remains the default.

 === Display preference
 - Dropdown with these values:
   - "Thumbs" --> image fits container
     - Original image ratio is kept
     - Has no effect ofc if the source files were cropped due to: Settings
 > Media > Crop thumbnail to exact dimensions (normally thumbnails are
 proportional) = ON. But by default this is OFF as the remark in brackets
 indicates.
   - "Thumbs (squared)" --> image fills container
   - "List" with thumbs
   - "List (with micro thumbs)"

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