JS AYS prompts need to be standardized

[markjaquith]

The JS AYS prompts throughout WordPress could use some love. They're cramped and inconsistently presented.

Suggested format:

• Drop the periods
• Change the line breaks to double line breaks, so that there is distinction between the line that tells you what is about to happen and the line that tells you how you can cancel or proceed.
• Single quotes around %s items and Cancel/OK

Example result:

You are about to delete this comment by 'Mary Smith'

'Cancel' to stop, 'OK' to delete

The only thing I really feel strongly about is the whitespace (it really, really helps with readability)... the other things just bother me because they're inconsistent.

[Viper007Bond]

Why single quote? I kinda prefer double myself.

Dunno about the periods either, but I like the double line break.

[markjaquith]

Replying to Viper007Bond:

Why single quote? I kinda prefer double myself.

The best way to get people to express an opinion on what X should be is to tell them that X should be Y. That, and doing doublequotes in this context requires &quote; or \" which makes for somewhat ugly code. But if double quotes are the preferred result, so be it. Consistency is my main goal.

[scohoust]

As far as I can see, with the trash system in place, only the link manager has these prompts. With the exception of the double line break, all other suggestions have got in anyway.

Patch adds the extra line break for the link manager delete option - assuming this is remaining in 2.9 - I would agree the readability is improved.

[azaozz]

Yes, most have been fixed long time ago. Double \n seems better in Safari but not in FF and IE.