[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #51419: Reconsider the UX impact of up/down arrows on meta boxes

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#51419: Reconsider the UX impact of up/down arrows on meta boxes
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 Reporter:  johnbillion   |       Owner:  sarahricker
     Type:  defect (bug)  |      Status:  assigned
 Priority:  normal        |   Milestone:  5.7
Component:  Editor        |     Version:  5.5
 Severity:  normal        |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  needs-design  |     Focuses:  accessibility
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Comment (by abrain):

 Replying to [ticket:51419 johnbillion]:
 > * Accidentally clicking the "up" arrow on the topmost sidebar meta box
 will cause it to move below the main post editing panel, which makes it
 easy to miss as it will commonly move well below the fold. I've just been
 dealing with reports from two separate users who did this and were unable
 to find the meta box.

 I have the opposite problem, that users move the meta box from below the
 content editor into the sidebar and wonder where it went. When I sent them
 instructions on how to move the meta box back, they said it would not
 work.

 Turns out: In the Block Editor you have to click the "up" button on the
 topmost sidebar meta box to move it below the content editor, in the
 Classic Editor you have to click the "down" button on the bottommost meta
 box in the sidebar.

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