[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #34778: A better indication of action happening on buttons.

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#34778: A better indication of action happening on buttons.
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 Reporter:  xavortm      |      Owner:
     Type:  enhancement  |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal       |  Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  General      |    Version:  4.3.1
 Severity:  normal       |   Keywords:
  Focuses:  ui           |
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 It's from UX point of view - every single action button that when clicked
 the page is being refreshed or loads another has no clear way of showing
 this. A quick example can be the site setup process.

 When you click submit for example, a simple blue shadow appears that show
 that something is happening, but this blue shadow is not very obvious (on
 a blue button) and is very similar to "focus" outline as default behaviour
 for buttons. I personally suggest one of two options:

 One - gray out the button but still keep it clickable, that will show that
 the click has triggered something, but will also allow the user to click a
 second time which will deal with the case of having connection problems in
 the middle of request, where you can resend the settings once more without
 refreshing the whole page.

 Two - same as before, but instead of making the button gray (or do) add
 small rotate dashicon to visually represent action.

 The main reason i report this is because many times when i setup the site
 or work on the dashboard, clicking a button doesn't really show anything
 and i think for some reason i haven't clicked it or nothing is happening.
 Its purely for UX and to me it's not a small thing

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/34778>
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