[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #49715: Alternate views for WP List Tables

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#49715: Alternate views for WP List Tables
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 Reporter:  joedolson                            |       Owner:  audrasjb
     Type:  enhancement                          |      Status:  assigned
 Priority:  normal                               |   Milestone:  5.5
Component:  Administration                       |     Version:
 Severity:  normal                               |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch needs-testing dev-         |     Focuses:  ui,
  feedback 2nd-opinion                           |  accessibility
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Comment (by joedolson):

 The end goal for this was originally to have 3 views, but it's a great
 starting point to use the two existing views & re-envision how they're
 used.

 After discussing this in the accessibility meeting today, here's where
 we'd like to go next:

 1) Re-model the view selection mechanism so that it can be extended. This
 is both so that we can add a 3rd view (probably a low-density view) in
 5.6, but also so that the choices of table views can be extended by
 plugins that want to add or replace existing views.

 2) Make the views configurable on a per-table basis. Probably also
 considering that the default view should be filterable, again so that
 plugins can default to their custom views.

 3) Add a global default for user's to set their preferred view. This
 global default should probably support a distinction between public and
 private views. E.g., a plug-in can override the default for their own
 tables if it's a private view, and that view won't be shown in the global
 settings. But other views can be added that are globally available for
 selection. (Note: it may be possible to consider the media views as a
 private view in this context? Not sure.)

 We're not going to aim for adding the 3rd view at this time, instead
 focusing on extensibility.

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