[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #31818: Uniform Search Form Display/Experience

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#31818: Uniform Search Form Display/Experience
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 Reporter:  Cheffheid       |       Owner:  Cheffheid
     Type:  enhancement     |      Status:  assigned
 Priority:  normal          |   Milestone:  4.8
Component:  Administration  |     Version:  4.2
 Severity:  normal          |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  uniform-search  |     Focuses:  ui, accessibility
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Comment (by afercia):

 Replying to [comment:31 Travel_girl]:
 > @afercia what is more accessibly? A search-field where the search starts
 while typing (like in plugins)? or a button after the search field like
 "search posts"?
 The latter, of course. An ideal search field would be:
 - visible label, correctly associated to the input field with a `for`
 attribute
 - input field with no placeholder (unfortunately, many designers like to
 use placeholders in a way that's against the specification)
 - visible button to trigger the search
 Not to mention that also the search results should be presented in an
 accessible way.

 However, over time, several "live searches" or "search as you type" or
 whatever we want to call them, have been introduced in the admin. They're
 tightly coupled with the underlying JavaScript based functionalities.
 They're often integrated into the design, see for example in the
 Customizer. Personally, I'd really like to change all of them and add a
 label and a button. And remove the placeholder. I'm afraid this would not
 gather so much consensus though.

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/31818#comment:32>
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