[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #26496: Themes: "Search" is ambiguous and confusing

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#26496: Themes: "Search" is ambiguous and confusing
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 Reporter:  nacin         |      Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)  |     Status:  new
 Priority:  high          |  Milestone:  3.8
Component:  Appearance    |    Version:  trunk
 Severity:  major         |   Keywords:
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 Here's what you see on the themes page:

 Themes (#) [Add New] [Search...]

 If you swapped the search input for Add New, you'd think it was a search
 input for new themes. I think that it's highly likely that even in their
 current position, that is exactly what a lot of people may do.

 We've had this confusion with both plugin and theme search fields (hell,
 I've done it myself), which is why the labels for the search submit
 buttons are "Search Installed Themes" and "Search Installed Plugins".

 The search is also missing a label (even just screen-reader-text). We had
 this in 3.7:

 `<label class="screen-reader-text" for="theme-search-input"><?php
 _e('Search Installed Themes'); ?>:</label>`

 Suggestions:
  * Add missing label, as above
  * Change placeholder to be "Search installed themes..."
  * Try to float the search input to the right, as it is on every other
 screen in the admin

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Ticket URL: <http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/26496>
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