[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #33405: Pagination - use of ellipsis / "..." not logic in some cases (was: Pagination - use of helip / "..." not logic in some cases)

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#33405: Pagination - use of ellipsis / "..." not logic in some cases
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 Reporter:  th23                         |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  enhancement                  |      Status:  new
 Priority:  lowest                       |   Milestone:
Component:  Themes                       |     Version:  4.2.4
 Severity:  trivial                      |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch close 2nd-opinion  |     Focuses:  ui, template
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Changes (by SirLouen):

 * keywords:  has-patch needs-testing => has-patch close 2nd-opinion


Comment:

 Replying to [comment:2 th23]:
 > Maybe its not high priority, but just closing is for me is not an
 option:

 I'm divided between the opinion of @wonderboymusic and the potential
 usefulness of this report

 On one side it seems something interesting and well ideated, after all
 that ellipsis is "bigger than a number", but on the other side it feels
 like a very edge case, which forces adding more code for something that is
 really not that prominent.

 Each line of code means maintenance, and I don't really think that the
 fact of adding this feature could be so valuable. In fact, it has been
 sitting here for 10 years, and I don't see many duplicates, so it doesn't
 seem highly demanded.

 Having rushed to do a patch was not the best idea.

 To gain perspective, other CMS like XenForo, implement this one you are
 commenting (maybe you got this idea from a XenForo site?)

 [[Image(https://i.imgur.com/qbzxqh0.png)]]
 [[Image(https://i.imgur.com/uhhGmp7.png)]]

 But others like SMF doesn't

 [[Image(https://i.imgur.com/wa1NEpA.png)]]

 Drupal has another approach, but similarly weirder (instead of just
 putting the 1, they put the ellipsis)

 [[Image(https://i.imgur.com/4ZfFaJN.png)]]

 And Joomla implements another entirely different one:

 [[Image(https://i.imgur.com/DkJPzJV.png)]]

 As we can see, there are no two CMS that provide the same pagination
 display. Also, pagination is something that could be extended, so if
 anyone wants a specific pagination system, you can easily write a new one.

 Although, I think that more voices should comment on this topic before
 taking a final decision.

 BTW, `close` tag as @wonderboymusic proposed, is just a special 2nd
 opinion tag to say, "''I'm not completely sure if this is relevant, so I
 need another team member to check this and confirm, or not, if this should
 be closed''". And this is what I'm doing now, again, but I'm going to also
 add `2nd-opinion`, pinging some members I think might have some criteria
 on this topic.

 cc @audrasjb @poena

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