[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #31634: Minor UI improvements to bulk editing

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#31634: Minor UI improvements to bulk editing
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 Reporter:  siobhan                |       Owner:  afercia
     Type:  enhancement            |      Status:  assigned
 Priority:  normal                 |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Quick/Bulk Edit        |     Version:
 Severity:  normal                 |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch ux-feedback  |     Focuses:  ui, accessibility
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Comment (by gsarig):

 Regarding Batch updating of installed plugins, I believe that the select
 menu could be friendlier. For example, I think that the buttons “update”,
 “activate”, “deactivate” and “delete” could just be a simple horizontal
 list. Buttons would be inactive if no plugin is selected and active when
 one or more plugins were checked. Here’s a small screenshot of what I
 suggest:

 [[Image(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/38634/Various/wp-plugin-batch-
 suggestion.png)]]

 That way we could minimize the number of clicks to perform an action from
 4 (check, select, option, apply) to just 2 (check, apply).

 Some other thoughts on that:
 - I believe that different actions should have a different visual. For
 example, "update" is something that we might want to encourage, which is
 not the case for "delete". Therefore, the "update" button could have a
 more distinctive visual (e.g. the typical blue button), while the "delete"
 could be just a simple red link.
 - We could also make it even smarter by keeping, for example, the
 “activate” button disabled if all checked plugins are already active,
 otherwise it would remain disabled.
 - If we assume that the "update" button is indeed something that we would
 like to encourage, perhaps it could be active anyway. If nothing is
 checked, it could say "Update all" and if one or more plugins get
 selected, could become "Update selected".

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/31634#comment:28>
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