[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #46881: Site Health: improve the header elements horizontal centering

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#46881: Site Health: improve the header elements horizontal centering
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 Reporter:  afercia                              |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  enhancement                          |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal                               |   Milestone:  5.2.1
Component:  Administration                       |     Version:  5.2
 Severity:  normal                               |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-screenshots site-health needs-   |     Focuses:
  design-feedback                                |
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Comment (by tinkerbelly):

 The design team
 [https://wordpress.slack.com/archives/C02S78ZAL/p1557765451267300|discussed
 this briefly during a triage session today].

 It sounds like the key question here is: “Should navigation tabs be of
 equal or variable width?”

 We'll want to be certain that this is a robust pattern that can apply to
 other parts of the interface that may use it—for instance, Gutenberg's
 sidebar. With that in mind, it seems that variable width tabs are the most
 flexible solution, both in terms of accommodating different use  cases,
 languages, string lengths, and zoom settings.

 Unfortunately, this does mean that, in some cases, the visual display may
 suffer a bit. This feels like an okay trade-off for increased usability
 and flexibility here, rather than prioritising visual balance.

 A potential workaround if this is an unacceptable visual regression could
 be to look into left-aligning these title headers, rather than centre-
 aligning them. This would, again, require testing across devices,
 settings, and languages to ensure we have a pattern that's reusable across
 different interfaces and flows.

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/46881#comment:12>
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