[wp-trac] Re: [WordPress Trac] #9527: Manage Plugins page layout changes

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#9527: Manage Plugins page layout changes
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 Reporter:  arena  |        Type:  enhancement
   Status:  new    |    Priority:  normal     
Milestone:  2.8    |   Component:  UI         
  Version:  2.8    |    Severity:  normal     
 Keywords:         |  
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Changes (by Denis-de-Bernardy):

  * keywords:  has-patch commit tested =>


Comment:

 we've UI problems... the active plugins should be the default filter imo

 also, when you bulk deactivate plugins, from the active plugins, you
 return to the list of all plugins, rather than to the list of active
 plugins. presumably the same occurs when you bulk activate the plugins
 from the deactivated list. if pagination weren't around, btw, I might
 expect the latter to redirect me to the recently active plugins list and
 to the active plugins list, respectively. (worth asking Jane.)

 the pagination was a very bad idea imo, or then it should be increased to
 50 items at the very least. when you've several pages of plugins it's a
 mess to mass-activate or disable them, or when you need to get a clear
 picture of what's active.

 as it stands, disabling all plugins looks like this:

  - browse active plugins (because you otherwise get tons of unnecessary
 things)
  - select all, deactivate
  - get redirected to all plugins
  - browse active plugins again
  - select all, deactivate
  - and again... as many times as needed (in my case two more)...

 needing to do this kind of thing happens quite often, when you need to
 debug a site. the first thing I usually do when a customer reports a bug
 is to disable all plugins I didn't author -- in which case he gets to fix
 his own site. pagination turns this otherwise simple task (check check
 check, click button) into a real burden. picture plugins 19-25 out of a
 list of 40 needing to be disabled: you end up disabling them one by one,
 not to mention the redirect problems highlighted above.

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