[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #27159: Removing TinyMCE buttons to improve user experience

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#27159: Removing TinyMCE buttons to improve user experience
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 Reporter:  hugobaeta                      |       Owner:
     Type:  enhancement                    |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal                         |   Milestone:  4.7
Component:  TinyMCE                        |     Version:  3.8
 Severity:  normal                         |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  needs-patch needs-screenshots  |     Focuses:  ui,
                                           |  administration
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Changes (by celloexpressions):

 * keywords:   => needs-patch needs-screenshots
 * priority:  low => normal
 * milestone:  Awaiting Review => 4.7


Comment:

 I think we have enough of a consensus that there's room for improvement
 here that we can move forward with substantial changes for 4.7. Re-reading
 the discussions above, I'm not sure that we would need to spread the
 changes over two releases, necessarily. Other than text alignment, the
 ones we're considering removing are already in the kitchen sink. Text
 color may be harder to justify removing, although I'd certainly like to
 see it become plugin territory.

 Here's a summary of what sounds like the current changes:
 - Move the headings selector to the top row, at the front
 - Remove heading 1 from the headings selector
 - Remove align-left, center, right, and justify (or maybe move them to the
 kitchen sink and only remove justify? the image alignment toolbar has been
 around for a while now, so we probably don't need these for that any more)
 - Remove underline, other than the keyboard shortcut
 - Consider removing text color (currently in the kitchen sink)
 - Consider adding a code button and/or a table button, probably best
 handled in separate tickets after the above changes are made

 Can we get a +/- on those changes (maybe in the next design meeting?)? Who
 would be interested in making an updated patch?

 If we remove everything we're considering for removal, we're getting close
 to a point where we could almost do without a kitchen sink. If undo/redo
 move up, there would be much less in the kitchen sink than the top line
 after the changes are made. Something to think about.

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/27159#comment:38>
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