[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #11477: Aspect Ratio Input Behaves Erratically

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#11477: Aspect Ratio Input Behaves Erratically
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 Reporter:  miqrogroove   |       Owner:     
     Type:  defect (bug)  |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal        |   Milestone:  2.9
Component:  Media         |     Version:  2.9
 Severity:  normal        |    Keywords:     
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 There appear to be several bugs in the Image Crop input fields.  I'll let
 you decide which of these symptoms are valid.

 1. Go to the Edit Media screen for an image.

 2. Click & Drag to highlight an area of the image.

 3. Enter an Aspect ratio of 4:3.  '''The image selection changes but the
 Selection fields are not updated.'''

 4. Attempt to change the Aspect ratio to 4:7.  '''Input is erased as soon
 as I type it in.'''  This makes no sense at first, but appears to be some
 kind of boundary feedback?

 5. Attempt to change the Aspect ratio to 10:11.  '''Input is impossible
 unless the second field is empty.'''

 6. Change the Aspect ratio to 7:8 and then change it to 7.9:8.  '''Nothing
 happens.'''

 7. In common graphics vocabulary, "Selection" always refers to a pair of
 rectangular coordinates.  '''Using the word "Selection" where "Size" is
 what you meant''' to say is confusing.

 8. Scale Image is collapsed by default, with no indiciation that it can be
 expanded except for a slight difference in text color, and the cursor
 changes on mouse over.  This is inconsistent with the Image Crop area,
 which is '''not collapsible'''.

 9. There is '''no way to enter a decimal coefficient''' for the Aspect
 ratio.  Even 1.67:1 doesn't work.  Unless the user wants to always use
 1:1, 16:9, 8:5, 5:4, or 4:3, the existing Aspect Ratio fields will be
 useless.  The interface would make more sense with a limited set of radio
 options.

 10. '''The original image Aspect Ratio is not displayed.'''  If my image
 has an Aspect of 1.39847, and I want to "lock it in" while cropping, there
 is no obvious way to do it.

 11. '''The new image Aspect Ratio is not displayed.'''  If I crop by click
 & drag, or by typing in the Selection fields, there is no way to know the
 resulting Aspect Ratio without pulling out a calculator.

 12. The original image '''dimensions are not displayed''', unless the
 Scale Image area has been expanded.  Cropping is just that much more
 awkward as a result.

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