[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #29974: Focus handle at wrong place when you click reply

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#29974: Focus handle at wrong place when you click reply
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 Reporter:  nhuja                    |       Owner:  jorbin
     Type:  defect (bug)             |      Status:  reopened
 Priority:  normal                   |   Milestone:  4.4
Component:  Comments                 |     Version:  2.7
 Severity:  normal                   |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch early has-     |     Focuses:  accessibility,
  screenshots needs-screenshots      |  javascript
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Comment (by greenshady):

 This is a continuation of the discussion on the Make post:
 https://make.wordpress.org/core/2015/09/25/changes-to-fields-output-by-
 comment_form-in-wordpress-4-4/comment-page-1/#comment-27867

 We're talking about making a major front end visual change to millions of
 sites (a welcome change for those of us who care about accessibility).
 We're talking 10 years of history here.  There needs to be the ability for
 a plugin/theme author to hook in and revert the comment field position
 change.

 I could be wrong in assuming that the support forums will be filled with
 angry users wondering why their comment forms changed suddenly.  I could
 be wrong in assuming that my theme forums will be filled with "WTF did you
 do to my site" topics.  I've been around too long to be that optimistic
 though.  We need to learn from the mistakes of the past when such changes
 happen.  I think this is clearly one of those times where we need to take
 a step back and realize that this is a breaking change for many users,
 even though it fixes a longstanding accessibility bug.

 What I'd like to see is a parameter for `comment_form()` called
 `comment_field_position` (or something like that), which can default to
 the new position.  That way, at least someone can create a plugin that
 will revert it to the old position (I'll even volunteer to build the
 plugin).  That will mitigate some of the support tickets and keep us from
 having to copy/paste the standard "this is a bug fix" reply.

 I'd also still like for the comment reply JS to focus on the first field
 in the form, regardless of what that field is.  There are legitimate
 reasons to have fields before the comment field (a star rating field
 immediately comes to mind).  Sure, a plugin dev could roll their own JS,
 but core could just as easily simply focus on the first focus-able field.

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/29974#comment:47>
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