[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #10818: Manage Plugins screen UI

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#10818: Manage Plugins screen UI
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 Reporter:  janeforshort  |       Owner:                        
     Type:  enhancement   |      Status:  new                   
 Priority:  normal        |   Milestone:  2.9                   
Component:  UI            |     Version:  2.8.4                 
 Severity:  normal        |    Keywords:  plugins, accessibility
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Comment(by strider72):

 There has been discussion of hiding the Action links unless moused over,
 similar to the links on the Comments page.

 I would have no problem with this if the links were the same for every
 plugin, but it is becoming increasingly common (and this is a GOOD thing!)
 for plugin authors to add custom Action links.  A great example is a
 custom link to the plugin's Settings page so it doesn't have to be hard-
 coded into the Description.

 This functionality will lose out massively if these links are hidden by
 default.

 So to those who want it, I suggest what has been a common response to
 specialized requests:  make a plugin that auto-hides the Action links, if
 that's what you want.  For most people, they are most useful if visible.

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 That being said, I have no problem with removing the "Edit" link.  We
 should not be encouraging people to directly edit plugin files; especially
 in light of the problems with Auto-Updating over hand-edited plugins.

 A properly written plugin should never require the user to edit its files.

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