[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #28599: Better Visual Focus Indication in Admin Menu

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#28599: Better Visual Focus Indication in Admin Menu
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 Reporter:                |       Owner:
  AccessibleJoe           |      Status:  new
     Type:  defect (bug)  |   Milestone:  Future Release
 Priority:  normal        |     Version:  3.8
Component:  General       |  Resolution:
 Severity:  normal        |     Focuses:  ui, accessibility, administration
 Keywords:                |
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Comment (by afercia):

 I would propose to be open to explore other options, there's no hurry and
 we need feedback from all the accessibility team members. It would be
 great to involve in the discussion as many lead developers and
 contributors as possible, when they have a chance.

 [https://wordpress.slack.com/archives/accessibility/p1415642323000027
 Different ideas were discussed on Slack] during the accessibility meeting
 session.
 I agree with @helen that design-wise, what @michaelarestad proposed is
 better than an outline. Besides accessibility considerations, I see a
 couple of potential issues with the border on the left, see screenshot
 below, it's just a quick in-browser editing, please don't focus on colors:
 - the menu has at least 3 views: desktop, folded/auto-folded and mobile;
 when folded, is there enough space to shift the icon on the right?
 - shifting the item text on the right could break the text in 2 lines just
 when focused; we can't predict the item text length and having a line of
 text that breaks in 2 lines when focused looks pretty bad

 Thoughts?

 [[Image(https://cldup.com/2Dj6Em-Tm5.png)]]

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