[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #47359: Unable to distinguish post formats when viewing list tables on mobile

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#47359: Unable to distinguish post formats when viewing list tables on mobile
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 Reporter:  ajfleming              |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  defect (bug)           |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal                 |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Post Formats           |     Version:  5.2.1
 Severity:  normal                 |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  needs-design-feedback  |     Focuses:  ui, accessibility
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Comment (by afercia):

 Worth noting this applies also to other things. For example, it's not
 possible to distinguish posts by categories and tags (at least at first
 sight). To do that, users have to expand the post details one by one.

 Here some things that happen in the view for small screens:
 - Search is moved to the bottom: not sure this is so user-friendly
 - Bulk actions are not available
 - Filters by date, categories, and post formats are not available
 - same for filters added by plugins

 Seems to me this is because a few years ago, in the first era of
 "responsive design", the approach was to just ''hide things'' for small
 screens. Over time, this proved to not be a good approach because it
 prevents access to important features.

 For example, consider what happened with the "Screen Options" at the top
 of the page in #40985:

 > I recently needed to disable comments on a particular post while away
 from my laptop. I opened the post editing screen on my mobile device but
 the Discussion meta box was hidden and there is no way to access Screen
 Options on mobile to show/hide meta boxes. This meant I was unable to
 disable comments on the post from my mobile device.

 I'd like to propose a different approach: never hide functionalities on
 small screens. In this specific case, all the bulk actions / filters could
 simply be placed in an expandable panel.

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