[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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Comment (by azaozz):

 Replying to [comment:38 celloexpressions]:
 > 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)

 From what I've seen, Align Center is usually the third most used button in
 the editor, after Bold and Add Link, and before Italic.

 > - 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

 As per earlier discussions in #6331 a Code button would be helpful only to
 a small part of the users. For a while now we've had the Ctrl/Cmd + Alt +
 X shortcut that wraps the selection in `<code>`.

 A Table button will definitely be more useful, but we need to fix how
 wpautop handles tables first. The
 [https://make.wordpress.org/core/components/formatting/ Formatting]
 component needs maintainers, everybody is welcome.

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

 +1 to making any changes after (extensive) user testing and research. This
 is one of the most used and perhaps most sensitive places in WordPress and
 even a small change can cause problems for many many users. I hope we can
 use some of the info and experience from making the Calypso editor.

 If we are able to reduce the number of buttons, perhaps we can get rid of
 the "Toolbar toggle" and show all on the same line. Even just that will be
 a big improvement imho.

 Also perhaps we can have an icon for the "Formats" drop-down, there is no
 need of text there as far as I see.

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