[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #21334: Accessibility of Quick Edit panel in Posts/Pages/etc

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#21334: Accessibility of Quick Edit panel in Posts/Pages/etc
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 Reporter:  grahamarmfield         |       Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)           |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal                 |   Milestone:  3.6
Component:  Accessibility          |     Version:  3.4.1
 Severity:  normal                 |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  2nd-opinion has-patch  |
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Comment (by grahamarmfield):

 Replying to [comment:8 adamsilverstein]:
 > Replying to [comment:7 markjaquith]:
 > > Just refreshed it to be patched from the root.
 >
 > i'm going to revisit this ticket. what about just skipping the entire
 hide/show thing and leave the quick links visible at all time?
 From an accessibility perspective having links always visible is usually a
 good thing. However, I'm conscious that this would multiply quite
 considerably the number of links permanently visible on a page.

 Perhaps alternative functionality could be:
 * Quick links become visible when mouse hovers over item - as per now.
 * An extra link is provided to the right or just below Title of page/post
 which says 'show quick links'. When this link is actioned the links become
 visible for that item only. The last link in the quick links could be
 'hide quick links'.

 Another alternative would be to include an option in the Screen Options
 panel that would allow users to select that they want quick links to be
 always visible.

 Any quick links or show/hide links that are visible would need to include
 context to identify which item they refer to. This can be done by
 overloading the links with the context text hidden using the
 screenreadertxt (?) CSS class that is available within the WP admin area.

 Eg: <a href="blah">Show quick links<span class="screenreadertxt"> for Post
 Title</span></a>

 In this way the links will all make sense to screen reader users who are
 using the facility to list all links on a page.

 Happy to discuss further if required.

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