[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #45007: Discussion settings UI flaw

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#45007: Discussion settings UI flaw
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 Reporter:  janpaulkleijn       |      Owner:  (none)
     Type:  defect (bug)        |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal              |  Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Comments            |    Version:  4.9.8
 Severity:  normal              |   Keywords:  ui-feedback needs-design
  Focuses:  ui, administration  |
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 This is about two checkboxes in **Settings** -> **Discussion**:

 ''Before a comment appears'' > ''Comment must be manually approved''\\
 ''Before a comment appears'' > ''Comment author must have a previously
 approved comment''

 If the first one is unchecked and the second one checked, all comments
 made by first time commenters:
 - will not be published,
 - an approval email will be sent, regardless of the unchecking of the
 first option,
 - approving the comment via the approval email results in an error
 (comment ID not found) and
 - these will not show up in the list but are counted in the totals.

 So these comments dissapear into limbo apparently :-)

 But this can totally and elegantly be fixed by a small UI adjustment. The
 fix:

 Disable and uncheck this second checkbox (''Comment author must have a
 previously approved comment'') when the first checkbox (''Comment must be
 manually approved'') is unchecked. An admin should only have power over
 this second checkbox when the first checkbox is checked. Otherwise it
 should be disabled and unchecked.

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/45007>
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