[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #24633: Allow admins to generate and send new passwords for users

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#24633: Allow admins to generate and send new passwords for users
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 Reporter:  mordauk              |       Owner:
     Type:  enhancement          |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal               |   Milestone:  Future Release
Component:  Users                |     Version:
 Severity:  normal               |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  dev-feedback has-    |     Focuses:  javascript, administration
  patch                          |
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Comment (by GaryJ):

 Replying to [comment:99 folletto]:

 > Can you expand on your perspective behind this?

 There are really three issues here, which I didn't make clear.

 1. Having to click into the text field, before the Generate button becomes
 available. That's like having to put the car key in the lock before one
 can open it remotely with the fob. The initial step is redundant. Make the
 Generate button always be available, not just on text field focus.

 2. Having the Generate button after the field means a screen reader may
 have an experience of:

   * Read the Change Password label.
   * Navigate to the corresponding field and focus it.
   * Manually enter a made-up password.
   * Navigate to the next item (which may be the Generate button).
   * Realise that the Generate button exists, and that they didn't need to
 make up a password manually.

 Having the button before (in the source) and/or use of `aria-*` attributes
 to describe the password field to indicate that the button exists, should
 help mitigate that.

 3. Likewise, having the strength indicator before just seems odd to me.
 It's appearance is in ''response'' to the password field being empty, so
 why have it visually appear before the field? Imagine if the comment
 preview here in Trac appeared above the Add Comment field. From an
 accessibility point of view, `aria-live` should help screen reader users,
 so the placement is a little less important for them.

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/24633#comment:100>
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