[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #10753: Introduce smarter TinyMCE menu by reducing inline styles and using content aware styling

[WordPress Trac]

#10753: Introduce smarter TinyMCE menu by reducing inline styles and using content
aware styling
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 Reporter:  micasuh                                                                                                                |        Owner:  azaozz  
     Type:  enhancement                                                                                                            |       Status:  reopened
 Priority:  normal                                                                                                                 |    Milestone:  2.8.5   
Component:  TinyMCE                                                                                                                |      Version:  2.8.4   
 Severity:  normal                                                                                                                 |   Resolution:          
 Keywords:  tinymce, inline style, content aware styling, classes, custom classes, editor, best practices, usability, css, editor  |  
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Changes (by novasource):

 * cc: novasource (added)
  * keywords:  tinymce, inline style, content aware styling, classes,
               custom classes, editor => tinymce, inline
               style, content aware styling, classes, custom
               classes, editor, best practices, usability,
               css, editor
  * status:  closed => reopened
  * resolution:  wontfix =>


Comment:

 This isn't about a developer's whim. It's about product strategy.

 If WordPress aspires to be designer-friendly, it can't arbitrarily decline
 web best practices.

 Profuse use of inline styles is a bad practice. E.g.,
 http://webdesign.about.com/od/css/a/aa073106.htm. WP should not default to
 bad practices.

   The bad thing about them is that when the user switches the theme all
 the styling will disappear.

 No:

  1. '''Nobody is proposing modifying existing content.''' Already-existing
 inline styles will continue to work.
  1. '''This would be new CSS classes.''' They cannot affect existing
 content except by sheer coincidence.

 Styling will continue to work with themes created by responsible
 developers who monitor
 http://codex.wordpress.org/Migrating_Plugins_and_Themes.

 Not only is this enhancement a major strategic improvement, it complies
 with WP's own apparent standard at
 http://codex.wordpress.org/CSS#WordPress_Generated_Classes.

   Force-inserting major CSS in wp_head would be disastrous.

 Not disastrous, just not a 2 line patch.

 Admittedly, this is a large issue and may may need to be broken down into
 smaller issues. But let's not kneejerk a "wontfix" on this.

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