[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #49264: Consider a redesign for the Policy Settings page (includes Policy Guide and future Disclosures & Policies) (was: Consider a redesign for the Policy Guide page)

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#49264: Consider a redesign for the Policy Settings page (includes Policy Guide and
future Disclosures & Policies)
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 Reporter:  xkon                     |       Owner:  xkon
     Type:  enhancement              |      Status:  assigned
 Priority:  normal                   |   Milestone:  Future Release
Component:  Privacy                  |     Version:
 Severity:  normal                   |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  needs-patch needs-       |     Focuses:  ui, accessibility,
  design                             |  administration, privacy
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Description changed by xkon:

Old description:

> After some issues on various tickets similar to #44621 that touch various
> areas as accessibility, design & general functionality of the page ( i.e.
> to easily mark which text has been updated ).
>
> I would like us if possible to re-think and re-design this page, that I
> still feel like it's just a big blob of text. I'll be more than happy to
> do it and help and see this through as it's been bugging me since 4.9.6.
>
> Some of the early mockups that I had for 4.9.6 were using accordions on
> this page similar to Site Health & Gutenberg Panels. At that time those
> had been turned down due to accessibility and other various issues as we
> wanted to catch the release and be on time and then got kinda forgotten
> /shrug :D.
>
> We're passed that point now I believe and we're using accordion-type
> boxes almost everywhere within the admin (widgets, site health, editor,
> postboxes so on so forth).
>
> This page on a site that has over 10 plugins is seriously a long mess
> IMHO and very hard to read/keep track at, we're talking about infinite
> scrolling :D.
>
> In my opinion, we should re-explore the accordion view "per plugin"
> (similar to how Site Health pages have per check).
>
> This would eventually:
>
> 1. Greatly reduce scrolling (yes we have a TOC but..ref on the attached
> screenshot & imagine a multisite with 60+ plugins :) ).
> 2. Will be easier to show which plugins have updated text.
> 3. Provide better handling on incoming text from plugins/themes and
> acting as needed for Suggested text and general Guide text.
>
> And other things that will eventually be adjusted on how this whole page
> works in general.
>
> I'm adding a needs-design but I will be adding a patch also asap (after
> 5.4) trying to re-create my original idea with the styles that we're
> currently using for the sake of conversation & checking :).

New description:

 After some issues on various tickets similar to #44621 that touch various
 areas as accessibility, design & general functionality of the page ( i.e.
 to easily mark which text has been updated ).

 I would like us if possible to re-think and re-design these pages, that I
 still feel like it's just a big blob of text. I'll be more than happy to
 do it and help and see this through as it's been bugging me since 4.9.6.

 Some of the early mockups that I had for 4.9.6 were using accordions on
 this page similar to Site Health & Gutenberg Panels. At that time those
 had been turned down due to accessibility and other various issues as we
 wanted to catch the release and be on time and then got kinda forgotten
 /shrug :D.

 We're passed that point now I believe and we're using accordion-type boxes
 almost everywhere within the admin (widgets, site health, editor,
 postboxes so on so forth).

 This page on a site that has over 10 plugins is seriously a long mess IMHO
 and very hard to read/keep track at, we're talking about infinite
 scrolling :D.

 In my opinion, we should re-explore the accordion view "per plugin"
 (similar to how Site Health pages have per check).

 This would eventually ( for Policy Guide ):

 1. Greatly reduce scrolling (yes we have a TOC but..ref on the attached
 screenshot & imagine a multisite with 60+ plugins :) ).
 2. Will be easier to show which plugins have updated text.
 3. Provide better handling on incoming text from plugins/themes and acting
 as needed for Suggested text and general Guide text.

 And other things that will eventually be adjusted on how this whole page
 works in general.

 I'm adding a needs-design but I will be adding a patch also asap (after
 5.4) trying to re-create my original idea with the styles that we're
 currently using for the sake of conversation & checking :).

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