[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #49582: wp-admin CSS audit

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#49582: wp-admin CSS audit
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 Reporter:  isabel_brison   |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  enhancement     |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal          |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Administration  |     Version:
 Severity:  normal          |  Resolution:
 Keywords:                  |     Focuses:  css, performance
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Description changed by SergeyBiryukov:

Old description:

> This is an umbrella ticket for an audit of the CSS in wp-admin, as
> discussed in the #core-css chat:
> [https://make.wordpress.org/core/2020/03/03/css-chat-summary-27th-
> february/].
>
> The audit should cover the following aspects, for which separate tickets
> may be created if they don't exist already:
>
> * Identifying where specificity can be reduced;
> * Identifying dead code;
> * Identifying code specific to browsers no longer supported (existing
> ticket: [https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/46015]);
>
> There is a ticket for auditing the toolbar CSS:
> [https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/46003]
>
> There is also a ticket for auditing all occurrences of `!important`:
> [https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/26350], and another one tackling
> just the `!important`s in `common.css:
> [https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/47569]

New description:

 This is an umbrella ticket for an audit of the CSS in wp-admin, as
 discussed in the #core-css chat:
 [https://make.wordpress.org/core/2020/03/03/css-chat-summary-27th-
 february/].

 The audit should cover the following aspects, for which separate tickets
 may be created if they don't exist already:

 * Identifying where specificity can be reduced;
 * Identifying dead code;
 * Identifying code specific to browsers no longer supported (existing
 ticket: #46015);

 There is a ticket for auditing the toolbar CSS: #46003.

 There is also a ticket for auditing all occurrences of `!important`:
 #26350, and another one tackling just the `!important`s in `common.css:
 #47569.

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