[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #7763: CSS for login/register page could be more robust

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#7763: CSS for login/register page could be more robust
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 Reporter:  richardkmiller  |       Owner:  Nicholas91                          
     Type:  enhancement     |      Status:  new                                 
 Priority:  normal          |   Milestone:  Future Release                      
Component:  UI              |     Version:  3.1                                 
 Severity:  minor           |    Keywords:  has-patch needs-testing dev-feedback
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Changes (by joelhardi):

  * keywords:  has-patch gsoc needs-testing => has-patch needs-testing dev-
               feedback


Comment:

 Just a retag in hopes of reviving this old bug up (please chastise me if
 I'm abusing the bug tracker) and getting a commit.

 This seems like a pretty minor change. The username, email and password
 fields already have {{{class="input"}}} so it's simply a matter of
 applying the style to this class rather than to the individual {{{id}}} of
 every single text input on the form. No HTML edits necessary.

 To me, this is a CSS/markup best practice, and as a plugin dev it means I
 can add additional fields to these forms (i.e. if I want to allow the user
 to register a URL, or want to require a captcha) and just do
 {{{class="input"}}} to get them to match the style of the other input
 fields. It also means I can change the HTML ID attributes of these fields
 if I need to (for instance, I have an anti-reg spam reason for doing this)
 without them losing their styling.

 I've tested my patch across all browsers and don't see where there could
 be any breakage or bad side effects. The new CSS declaration is just a
 straight-up CSS1 descendant selector that's been supported since at least
 IE 5.5. And it saves 20 bytes.

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