Post Color By Status In Admin Panel

[hardeepasrani]

WordPress 3.8 Parker release focuses on the UI and accessibility of the platform.

How about if we add a different color background to every post status. Here's the screenshot of what I'm talking about & the patch file.

Your thoughts?

[hardeepasrani]

Fixed minor error :)

[helen]

Thanks for the suggestion and patch, hardeepasrani. There's ​a plugin that does this that I've seen before, and I've done this on a client request as well. I think it's quite interesting, but my sense when it comes to core itself is that it may not be a great fit. Colors mean different things to different people, I'm a little worried the chosen colors may actually be less accessible to those with color blindness, and the loss of zebra striping if you have many posts in a row of a given status is also a bit less readable.

Also, for future patches, just a note that we use lowercase letters in hex values. You may be interested in our living ​CSS coding standards.

Related: #22590, opened by the author of the aforementioned plugin.

[hardeepasrani]

Replying to helen:

Thanks for the suggestion and patch, hardeepasrani. There's ​a plugin that does this that I've seen before, and I've done this on a client request as well. I think it's quite interesting, but my sense when it comes to core itself is that it may not be a great fit. Colors mean different things to different people, I'm a little worried the chosen colors may actually be less accessible to those with color blindness, and the loss of zebra striping if you have many posts in a row of a given status is also a bit less readable.

Also, for future patches, just a note that we use lowercase letters in hex values. You may be interested in our living ​CSS coding standards.

Related: #22590, opened by the author of the aforementioned plugin.

Makes more sense now. Thanks for explaining & tip. :)

[markoheijnen]

I guess a left border color doesn't add the right value.

[hardeepasrani]

I should close this ticker, right?

[helen]

Adoption of the plugin is low (~1600 downloads total as of this comment), and my concerns re: accessibility and universal meaning still stand. Should go ahead with #22590 though.

[hardeepasrani]

After reading your comment about color blind people, there is no interest left in this ticket by me. But yea, I'd love to see #22590 in WordPress, so we can use it in plugins and stuff.