[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,
  needs-research needs-user-testing              |  administration
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Comment (by mrwweb):

 I'd love to remove alignments too, but my gut feeling was inline with what
 @azaozz said: people use these too much to remove (there might also be
 some l10n issues with rtl languages?). Removing full justification,
 though, still seems like a good idea!

 I agree that code seems too niche to add.

 Would adding tables encourage using tables for layout? That's mostly what
 I see people do with those buttons... It makes me nervous to add them.

 Finally, a few other specific potential changes:

 - Can we remove the left/right indent buttons for desktop devices? I
 believe they're only intended for list indentation which is accomplished
 via TAB / SHIFT + TAB. That's not an option on mobile, but they seem
 duplicative on desktop.
 - I've wondered about moving blockquote into the `formatselect` since it
 parallels headings and paragraphs more than the other formatting buttons.
 That would then be one less button to fit in the editor.
 - I would love to see a switch from `formatselect` to `styleselect`, since
 it's easier to extend and might encourage developers to do more with
 custom CSS classes.

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/27159#comment:41>
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