[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #12423: Include default code editor

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#12423: Include default code editor
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 Reporter:  scribu           |       Owner:  afercia
     Type:  feature request  |      Status:  assigned
 Priority:  normal           |   Milestone:  4.8
Component:  Editor           |     Version:  3.0
 Severity:  normal           |  Resolution:
 Keywords:                   |     Focuses:  accessibility
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Comment (by afercia):

 Replying to [comment:69 FolioVision]:
 > We could also automatically disable CodeMirror for anyone coming in with
 a screen reader useragent (as it's no use to them).

 I wouldn't recommend that. First of all, for privacy and ethical reasons,
 I wouldn't support screen readers detection. Recently, there was some
 discussion about this issue on Slack and some important references are
 mentioned on this same ticket, see comment:41 so I'll keep it short and
 won't repeat the same argumentations. Apart from that, from a technical
 perspective I'm not sure there are ways to detect screen readers, so this
 discussion seems to be purely academic.

 Also, thinking that screen readers are used only by blind people it's a
 common assumption, and it's wrong. There are a lot of people with low
 vision who use screen readers as an aid and for them CodeMirror could be
 of same use.

 Lastly, I'd like to remind that the accessibility team recommendation, as
 @rianrietveld summarised in comment:63, is to make the new code editor
 preferably off by default. As a second, not ideal, option: on by default
 with an easy to discover "switch" to the plain textarea.

 @zersiax thanks very much for your feedback. What about joining the a11y
 team and help us coding some a11y improvements? :)

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