[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #59587: Pass column count to "after_plugin_row" action hooks in WP_Plugins_List_Table

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#59587: Pass column count to "after_plugin_row" action hooks in
WP_Plugins_List_Table
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 Reporter:  TobiasBg                |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  enhancement             |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal                  |   Milestone:  6.5
Component:  Administration          |     Version:
 Severity:  normal                  |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch dev-feedback  |     Focuses:
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Comment (by TobiasBg):

 Thanks for sticking with me, @afragen!

 As these are `<tr>` rows of a table, their width is governed by the number
 of cells (each row needs to have the same number of cells/colspans). This
 has nothing to do with CSS.

 I thought about your approach as well, but `_get_list_table(
 'WP_Plugins_List_Table' )` will create a whole new instance of the
 `WP_Plugins_List_Table` class, which doesn't really feel performant at
 all.
 In fact, it appears that your code only does this to retrieve that column
 count, so it would benefit form the suggested addition as well (unless you
 are using the `$wp_list_table` for something else later).

 Also, creating a custom child class of WP_Plugins_List_Table for this and
 using that instead of Core's class (on Core's Plugins screen -- not a
 screen of a plugin!) won't be reasonable, for the introduced overhead.
 (And this will actually fail as soon as more than one plugin does this.)

 The suggested addition of the (already determined) column count as a
 parameter to those action hooks will however greatly enhance and simplify
 how they can be used.

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/59587#comment:4>
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