[wp-meta] [Making WordPress.org] #2398: Support Theme: List of inline topic actions is too long when translated

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#2398: Support Theme: List of inline topic actions is too long when translated
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 Reporter:  SergeyBiryukov  |       Owner:
     Type:  defect          |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal          |   Milestone:
Component:  Support Forums  |  Resolution:
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Comment (by netweb):

 Replying to [comment:2 samuelsidler]:
 > Generally speaking, I like icons for actions. But I think in these
 instances, there are too many which make them too ambiguous.


 Replying to [comment:3 SergeyBiryukov]:
 > I like the direction of swapping the links with dashicons, but yeah,
 some of them seem ambiguous at the first glance, specifically Merge, Move,
 or Split.

 Yes, I agree, I'm not a fan of the mock up myself either, so a few
 thoughts, thinking out loud:

 * For a standard user, they've only got a couple of icons, though in this
 case why not continue to include the text with the dashicon and hide if
 its required for small screens

 * For moderators there are 8 dashicons there, for topics, these actions
 are also displayed in the sidebar, adding the dashicons to prefix each of
 these in the sidebar could work as a "key" or sorts

 * Designing some more intuitive icons for these actions could be
 beneficial, it was quick and easy to mock this up as dashicons was already
 being used so that's what I did, researching font awesome, github octicons
 etc

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