[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #36424: graphically visualize if comments are closed (in wp-admin/edit.php)

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#36424: graphically visualize if comments are closed (in wp-admin/edit.php)
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 Reporter:  pixelverbieger           |       Owner:
     Type:  enhancement              |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal                   |   Milestone:  Future Release
Component:  Comments                 |     Version:
 Severity:  normal                   |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch has-           |     Focuses:  ui, accessibility,
  screenshots ux-feedback            |  administration
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Comment (by LittleBigThing):

 Just read the conversation on Slack #design. I agree that it becomes
 clutter and I am also not sure whether it is useful information on the
 post list screen.

 What I would find useful is to be able to see ''at a glance'' that
 comments are closed on (certain) posts/pages if I have closed commenting
 by the general option. I can find out using 'Quick edit', but that's post
 by post... 'Bulk edit' is not useful for this.
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 ''Maybe an interesting point: comments allowed/closed is the only thing
 that is not visible at a glance in the list table by default (besides the
 slug). All things editable using 'Quick edit' are there, except for this
 (and the slug). :-)''
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 Further, the defaults are ''not'' shown explicitly in the list table.
 For example, since posts are not sticky by default, if a post is sticky it
 is shown in the table. If a post is password protected, it is shown in the
 list table. So on...
 So if we follow this thinking (which is logical), this would mean that
 indicating whether comments are allowed on a post/page is useful if it is
 based on the general option (Settings/Discussion). For example, if
 comments are allowed in general, then it may be interesting to see if
 comments are closed on certain posts/pages (using a lock like above). But
 if comments are closed in general, then it could be indicated if comments
 are allowed for certain posts/pages, using an open lock for example.
 This of course a bit trickier to implement, but might be more useful and
 would make more sense. This would also avoid the possible clutter for most
 sites for posts, since the general option equals mostly to the option for
 an individual post.
 Well, I hope this reasoning makes sense anyway. :-)

 It is also interesting to think about how such a change would affect the
 user after updating to a new version of WordPress supporting this
 feature... it could be confusing.

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/36424#comment:33>
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