[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #48587: Allow customization of Admin Color Schemes for dashboard

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#48587: Allow customization of Admin Color Schemes for dashboard
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 Reporter:  Ate Up With   |       Owner:  (none)
  Motor                   |
     Type:  feature       |      Status:  new
  request                 |
 Priority:  normal        |   Milestone:  Future Release
Component:  General       |     Version:
 Severity:  normal        |  Resolution:
 Keywords:                |     Focuses:  ui, accessibility, administration
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Description changed by SergeyBiryukov:

Old description:

> This issue -- https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/48585 -- highlights
> the need for a sorely missed core accessibility feature: the ability for
> users to customize the preset Admin Color Schemes for the administrative
> dashboard.
>
> I know there are plugins that can customize the dashboard, but I believe
> this feature belongs in core for these reasons:
> 1. It affects users' ability to access and manage the basic functions of
> any WordPress installation.
> 2. The necessary styles already exist in core and there is already
> provision to save specific color scheme settings in the user profile.
> This functionality would be a refinement of pieces already baked in.
> 3. The accessibility shortcomings of the default set of Admin Color
> Schemes are already a known issue.
> 4. For intermediate users, being able to make certain customization
> choices to an existing scheme or palette is typically the easiest way to
> achieve a desired result. (More complex functionality, like altering the
> button layouts, would probably be best left to plugins aimed at more
> advanced users.)
>
> As a user, I want to emphasize that color selection for accessibility is
> very much an individual choice. There are, for example, W3C standards-
> validated high-contrast color schemes that are very hard on my eyes.
> Regardless of whatever other changes may be made to the default Admin
> Color Schemes for accessibility, it would be beneficial to allow users to
> further tailor those schemes to suit their own needs. Since the Admin
> Color Scheme choices are saved in the individual user profile and the
> color choices are not publicly facing, there's no obvious reason why
> WordPress users shouldn't have that option.
>
> Ideally, such a customization option would include some kind of color
> picker interface. In a pinch, providing a hyperlink to an external color
> chooser with clear instructions to copy and paste the hexadecimal code
> for the desired color into the appropriate spot would probably be
> adequate and would still be a significant improvement.
>
> I'm not a developer, so the engineering of such a feature is beyond my
> scope, but I figured it was worth asking.

New description:

 This issue -- #48585 -- highlights the need for a sorely missed core
 accessibility feature: the ability for users to customize the preset Admin
 Color Schemes for the administrative dashboard.

 I know there are plugins that can customize the dashboard, but I believe
 this feature belongs in core for these reasons:
 1. It affects users' ability to access and manage the basic functions of
 any WordPress installation.
 2. The necessary styles already exist in core and there is already
 provision to save specific color scheme settings in the user profile. This
 functionality would be a refinement of pieces already baked in.
 3. The accessibility shortcomings of the default set of Admin Color
 Schemes are already a known issue.
 4. For intermediate users, being able to make certain customization
 choices to an existing scheme or palette is typically the easiest way to
 achieve a desired result. (More complex functionality, like altering the
 button layouts, would probably be best left to plugins aimed at more
 advanced users.)

 As a user, I want to emphasize that color selection for accessibility is
 very much an individual choice. There are, for example, W3C standards-
 validated high-contrast color schemes that are very hard on my eyes.
 Regardless of whatever other changes may be made to the default Admin
 Color Schemes for accessibility, it would be beneficial to allow users to
 further tailor those schemes to suit their own needs. Since the Admin
 Color Scheme choices are saved in the individual user profile and the
 color choices are not publicly facing, there's no obvious reason why
 WordPress users shouldn't have that option.

 Ideally, such a customization option would include some kind of color
 picker interface. In a pinch, providing a hyperlink to an external color
 chooser with clear instructions to copy and paste the hexadecimal code for
 the desired color into the appropriate spot would probably be adequate and
 would still be a significant improvement.

 I'm not a developer, so the engineering of such a feature is beyond my
 scope, but I figured it was worth asking.

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