Twenty Ten Theme - Better Link Highlighting

[elfin]

mainly changing the state of text decoration(underline/none). This aids users that tab through links on a page identify where they are.

ref previous ticket #14782

see also fixes for the gallery style #14792, may need to be applied at same time.

I like the highlighting additions, but not sure why we're removing the underline from some elements on hover and focus. It seems inconsistent; why not let all focused, active, and hovered links have an underline to reinforce the "linkiness" of the links.

Also, -1 on losing the 10px border from gallery images. Adding a hover color can be a good idea, but we should use one that works with the larger border size -- it's a distinctive element in the design and I'd rather not lose it.

Replying to iammattthomas:

Also, -1 on losing the 10px border from gallery images. Adding a hover color can be a good idea, but we should use one that works with the larger border size -- it's a distinctive element in the design and I'd rather not lose it.

(The other problem here is that to my color-blind eyes, a 1px border isn't enough for me to even see the highlight color without zooming in on the page.)

Replying to iammattthomas:

I like the highlighting additions, but not sure why we're removing the underline from some elements on hover and focus. It seems inconsistent; why not let all focused, active, and hovered links have an underline to reinforce the "linkiness" of the links.

I was attempting to flip the state, ie if they had underlines they got removed, and vice versa.

Replying to iammattthomas:

Also, -1 on losing the 10px border from gallery images. Adding a hover color can be a good idea, but we should use one that works with the larger border size -- it's a distinctive element in the design and I'd rather not lose it.

The 10px border - yeah to be honest I didn't think you'd like that change. It may need a separate color change, as the red was really ugly at that size.

I kept it to a 1px border on images to keep the change minimal, what width would you suggest for the standard (excluding special case like the gallery).

Replying to elfin:

I was attempting to flip the state, ie if they had underlines they got removed, and vice versa.

Understood; I'd prefer to keep all links underlined on hover.

Replying to elfin:

The 10px border - yeah to be honest I didn't think you'd like that change. It may need a separate color change, as the red was really ugly at that size.

I kept it to a 1px border on images to keep the change minimal, what width would you suggest for the standard (excluding special case like the gallery).

A fairly wide border, between 5-10px looks best in Twenty Ten. I'd not be opposed to a different color for images on hover since they're a special case -- but would let someone from the UI group chime in there since I'm color blind. :)