[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #35937: Visual improvements for the comment "pending status"

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#35937: Visual improvements for the comment "pending status"
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 Reporter:  afercia            |      Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)       |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal             |  Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Comments           |    Version:
 Severity:  normal             |   Keywords:  has-screenshots needs-patch
  Focuses:  ui, accessibility  |
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 Splitting this out from #35392.

 While working on #35392, noticed and agreed there's room for some visual
 (and further accessibility) improvements. Specifically, the comment
 "pending status" relies on a small "flag" icon, followed by a `[Pending]`
 text.

 From a design perspective, this could use some love. Whether it would be
 some additional, descriptive, text or a new icon etc. it would be possible
 to expand the new text or icon with some `screen-reader-text` in order to
 provide a reasonably understandable feedback for assistive technologies
 users.

 Worth noting this applies to the Dashboard "Recent Comments" widget and
 the list of comments in the Comments screen and Edit post screen as well,
 where the pending status information is conveyed using just color.

 cc @melchoyce

 [[Image(https://cldup.com/IWyv7rKuEE.png)]]

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