[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #47318: Fix the placeholder for the post title field on the classic Edit Post screen

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#47318: Fix the placeholder for the post title field on the classic Edit Post
screen
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 Reporter:  azaozz                     |       Owner:  azaozz
     Type:  defect (bug)               |      Status:  assigned
 Priority:  normal                     |   Milestone:  5.3
Component:  Administration             |     Version:
 Severity:  minor                      |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-screenshots has-patch  |     Focuses:  accessibility
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Comment (by azaozz):

 Replying to [comment:18 afercia]:
 > ...the current markup in core is the best option for proper semantics
 and accessibility.

 Does that mean `placeholder` attributes are "semantically incorrect"
 feature that we should never use? :)

 In any way, lest keep the current code if we cannot use a `placeholder`
 there. In that case 47318-alt.diff seems to fix this ticket.

 > I'd like to make a small improvement for no-JS support, as the Classic
 Editor provides the only fallback when JavaScript is disabled.

 Thinking this should go in another ticket, pretty out of scope here.

 However there is a subtle (or even not so subtle) difference between a web
 page and a web app "screen". As far as I understand the broad
 accessibility standards/best practices are targeted at web pages.
 Typically all users that visit a particular web page are considered "first
 time visitors", and the requirements seem adjusted for that.

 An app however is pretty different. It is still accessed through the
 browser, but a "screen" in an app is not a web page. The users visit that
 screen time after time after time, so the design should account for that.
 Things that may be helpful for first time visitors of a web page quickly
 become pointless and annoying for a screen in a web app that is visited
 hundreds or thousands of times.

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/47318#comment:21>
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