[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #28328: Focus on editing, while editing

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#28328: Focus on editing, while editing
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 Reporter:  markjaquith              |      Owner:
     Type:  enhancement              |     Status:  new
 Priority:  high                     |  Milestone:  4.0
Component:  General                  |    Version:
 Severity:  normal                   |   Keywords:  ui-feedback ux-feedback
  Focuses:  ui, accessibility,       |  needs-testing
  javascript, administration         |
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 The post editor feels like it has been relegated to a box of medium
 importance on the edit/compose screen. The height of the screen isn't used
 to full advantage, and editing is a frustrating scrolling-box-within-a
 -scrolling-box situation with a lot of distractions. I want to move
 editing closer to the distraction-free editing experience, to better let
 you focus on your content when you're actually editing it.

 Ideas:

 * Let the editor take up the full height of the content. Scroll it with
 the page. Only one scroll.
 * Pin the header/footer editing toolbars to top/bottom when they would
 otherwise be scrolled out of view.
 * Fade out toolbar, menu, and other meta boxes

 I did a proof-of-concept toolbar-pinning "content scrolls with page"
 example here: http://codepen.io/markjaquith/pen/uCtGJ

 @avryl is working on this as a plugin: https://github.com/avryl/focus

 Issues:

 * How to access save/preview in this state?
 * How to access media in this state?
 * How should it transition? When should it transition back? Animation?
 Fading? hoverIntent(), etc?

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/28328>
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