Login Form Dropdown

[dancole]

It would improve user experience if the login button on the admin bar had a dropdown with a login form. This only applies to websites that show the admin bar to logged out users.

Since core doesn't display a logged out admin bar, and you require a plugin to do so, This feels like plugin-material to me.

Per a discussion at the core team summit last month, we'd like to automatically add the Log In button (currently handled by ​http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/logged-out-admin-bar/) in case the toolbar is forced to show for logged-out users. Then all a plugin like that needs to do is show the bar for logged-out users.

I think this ticket is definitely plugin material, however.

Add Login button and submenu form to Admin Bar

Adds only Login Button

I agree with the core team discussion. It seams odd to not pair a Log in button with a Log out button in the admin bar.

As far a the log in form, I see core and plugin territory over lapping to some degree. This enhancement can be easily implemented. However, I believe it should be in core for the following reasons:

• It is the best default state from a user experience point of view. It reduces the number of page requests and clicks a user has to make.
• It adds little over head and uses the same sub menu functions as the WP logo.
• It could allow people to still visit the login page, in the same way other parent menu items do.

I've attached two different diffs. The later, 19745_link.diff is only the login button. The former, 19745.diff does an okay job of adding the login button and dropdown form, but something is wrong with the style (it appears fuzzy to me). I'd like to know what the correct way of doing the css would be, even if this ticket is marked as wontfix.