[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #25890: Twenty Fourteen: Inconsistent Gallery Caption/Link Behavior with Touch

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#25890: Twenty Fourteen: Inconsistent Gallery Caption/Link Behavior with Touch
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 Reporter:  celloexpressions  |      Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)      |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal            |  Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Bundled Theme     |    Version:
 Severity:  normal            |   Keywords:  needs-patch
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 If you tap in the space where a caption will appear (like on hover) in
 Chrome or Firefox (on win8.1), the text will display, but the link will
 not activate. The only way to activate the link is to tap on the top part
 of the image that the caption won't cover. However, there is no way as a
 user to know which images have captions or how long they are (and thus how
 much space they occupy). Users might first tap on an image and activate a
 caption, then not realize that it links to the full view. Worth noting
 that with mouse the caption portion is still not linked, which may be
 confusing.

 In IE11 this issue is considerably worse. Tapping where a caption would be
 visible on hover selects some text (typically a single word that was
 tapped) but ''none'' of the caption becomes visible. This results in the
 strange appearance of the OS' selection adjustment icons but with the
 absence of any text being selected. And again, there is no indication that
 the image is linked.

 It probably only takes one or two failed attempts to tap an image thinking
 it's a link for the user to learn that the images aren't linked. The best
 solution is probably to make sure that the caption portion is also linked
 to the attachment page, ensuring consistent behavior for all users
 regardless of browser and input type. This means that gallery captions
 will never be visible (except on the attachment page) with touch and they
 will still be visible on hover with mouse, but the text will not be
 selectable.

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