[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #24291: Tweaks to Image post format UI

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#24291: Tweaks to Image post format UI
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 Reporter:  markjaquith     |       Owner:
     Type:  task (blessed)  |      Status:  new
 Priority:  high            |   Milestone:  3.6
Component:  Post Formats    |     Version:  trunk
 Severity:  major           |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch       |
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Comment (by adamsilverstein):

 Replying to [comment:28 jakemgold]:
 > Trying to follow the various image post format UI threads and branches,
 and picking this one. I think there are still some serious usability
 issues here.
 >
 > First, it seems to me we should follow the example of the "Featured
 Image" field. Once an image is provided, hide the uploader / HTML field,
 subbing it with a "Remove image" link that take discards the preview and
 replaces it with the fields.

 great idea!


 >
 > Second, it seems to me if we're going to instantly show previews for
 uploaded media (sans saving), we should do the same for image URL / HTML.
 I realize this might be a bit heavy, but with some balance tags magic /
 sanitizing (which is already being being addressed for this field), we can
 can show the output from the free form HTML field when the field loses
 focus.
 >
 > Finally, I know it's been raised elsewhere, but I'm not sure I even get
 the logic behind a free form HTML field (although I *do* get allowing a
 URL for an image), and I tend to lean toward strongly believing this is a
 bad idea, while being open to someone explaining the use case.
 >
 > As theme developers, the free form HTML - which tolerates embedded links
 that override the click through field - makes it much harder than it
 should be to reliably pull the raw data out of this post format for
 fancier / alternate presentation of the content (in addition to making
 basic output, as it is now, somewhat heavy when HTML is provided). More
 importantly, it just seems bizarre to me that - in an image post format -
 I can just write something like "<strong>hello world!</strong>"... which
 is accepted and works. Heck, why don't we just call it a "free for all"
 post format?
 >
 > Might there be uses cases for raw HTML in an image post format
 (struggling as I am to think of them)? I guess. But that's why we have
 hooks and plug-ins.
 >
 > Again - tried to read through all the threads on this subject, so
 forgive me if I'm covering old ground.

 i agree- seems like the field should allow only an image url, and if an
 image is dropped only the image URL should be inserted (i tried that in
 #24289); captions could be a separate field. this would simplify the image
 format for users and developers.

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