[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #27440: Improvements to Plugin Installer modals

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#27440: Improvements to Plugin Installer modals
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 Reporter:  paulwilde       |       Owner:
     Type:  task (blessed)  |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal          |   Milestone:  4.0
Component:  Plugins         |     Version:  3.8
 Severity:  normal          |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch       |     Focuses:  ui, administration
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Comment (by nacin):

 I would like to see some changes to how header images are rendered: The
 image should not have tabs overlaying it and it should be presented
 exactly how it is on the plugin directory. As in, as a baseline,
 BuddyPress should look OK and Akismet should not have anything cut off.
 That's not to say we won't change how these work in the future, but I
 don't think that's what we should be doing for 4.0.

 A major issue with this new design is that the header is sticky and takes
 up a lot of room. If it remains sticky, what I would like to see is a min-
 height be required. On my 11" MacBook Air, it's definitely cramped. I'd
 rather see no header image at all in a bit of a "compact" mode.

 Additionally, the left and right columns scroll separately, which is very
 awkward. Making it scroll together would help. But what I'm wondering is
 if we just made the whole thing scroll (including the header), we'd be in
 better shape. We'd also be able to avoid using a min-height to hide the
 header (at least maybe until we get to only a few hundred pixels). If we
 then did continuous scrolling through the sections instead of tabs, that
 would mean we don't need to dock any tabs, either.

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/27440#comment:66>
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