[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #22222: "Mode" buttons bumped below (in 1024x768) when long category name exists

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#22222: "Mode" buttons bumped below (in 1024x768) when long category name exists
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 Reporter:  trepmal                  |       Owner:  Oxymoron
     Type:  defect (bug)             |      Status:  closed
 Priority:  normal                   |   Milestone:  4.4
Component:  Posts, Post Types        |     Version:
 Severity:  minor                    |  Resolution:  fixed
 Keywords:  good-first-bug needs-    |     Focuses:  ui, accessibility,
  refresh                            |  administration, multisite
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Comment (by johnjamesjacoby):

 Maybe it's just because this is new, but I don't like this change very
 much (yet).

 "Screen Options" is an intentionally vague description of yore, which
 makes it a great place to tuck noisy and not-often-used controls for
 manipulating the on-screen elements, but... I think a "view" switcher is a
 relatively common-enough interface preference to keep prominently
 displayed alongside the pagination.

 Even Trac uses a similar view-switcher in the Notifications area (below
 comments & above the form) and I have a hunch that few people have
 complained about it's 2 icons.

 If on-screen clutter is the complaint, there is more we can do to ease the
 feeling of claustrophobia without nixing these. I think, too, that making
 these views more useful is a better solution than hiding them in the junk
 drawer because they never matured.

 If view persistence is the complaint, there are other ways to solve this
 problem (ajax, $_GET parameters, etc...)

 I think doing this only in the "Posts" page will cause a few unique
 problems:
 * Inconsistency in the UI between Media, various Network screens, and many
 plugins that have adapted the previous UI
 * Plugins will want to follow suit by hiding their view-switching in there
 too, without consideration for their own unique UX and trusting that
 WordPress core devs did their due diligence and confirmed that "Screen
 Options" tested better with users
 * Users that are accustomed to switching their table views with buttons
 that have been around for almost a decade will need to rediscover where a
 feature disappeared to.

 I'm interested to see where this idea goes and how it tests with users,
 and if I hear anything I'll report it back here.

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/22222#comment:32>
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