Opened 3 years ago
Last modified 8 days ago
#43700 reviewing enhancement
Language switcher on the login screen
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Milestone: | Future Release | Priority: | normal |
Severity: | normal | Version: | 4.7 |
Component: | I18N | Keywords: | needs-testing needs-refresh needs-patch |
Focuses: | accessibility | Cc: |
Description (last modified by )
Since [41692] it's possible to control the language of the login screen using the wp_lang
query variable (eg. wp-login.php?wp_lang=it_IT
). This is a hidden feature that's only used by the interim login modal.
A language switcher should be introduced on the login screen that makes use of this so users can use the login screen, the password reset screens, and the registration screen in their own language. The behaviour would be the same as the language choosers that are used elsewhere in core, for example on the General Settings screen and on the Multisite registration screens.
One thing that needs to be considered is how the language persists between screens, how to persist POSTed values such as redirect_to
, and whether it should persist in user meta once the user successfully logs in. Suggestions welcome.
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Change History (47)
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3 years ago
Replying to swissspidy:
How has this been implemented on WordPress.org?
I've not looked at it personally but the code is here: https://meta.trac.wordpress.org/browser/sites/trunk/wordpress.org/public_html/wp-content/themes/pub/wporg-login
#4
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3 years ago
Seems this was the main commit for adding this to WordPress.org - https://meta.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/6677
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3 years ago
- Keywords has-patch needs-testing added; needs-patch removed
Patch 43700.1.diff is the first pass at adding the language switcher to the login window.
One thing that needs to be considered is how the language persists between screens, how to persist POSTed values such as redirect_to, and whether it should persist in user meta once the user successfully logs in. Suggestions welcome.
This attached patch adds the $_GET parameters to hidden variables so that they are retained after the page is reloaded.
Currently three $_GET parameters are handled interim-login
, redirect_to
, action
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#6
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22 months ago
43700.diff is a work in progress patch that continues the work of @Nikschavan. Changes:
- Ensure the language switcher only appears when there are language choices available
- Store the selected language in a cookie so it persists between all of the possible login screens and actions
- Take the cookie into account when determining the user's locale
- Allow the user to switch to en_US when it's not the site's default language
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19 months ago
43700.2.diff Refreshes @johnbillion's patch with latest trunk and fixes 2 PHP notices.
- Set default value of
explicit_option_en_us
asfalse
inwp_dropdown_languages()
to avoid PHP notice for undefined index on Line1511
insrc/wp-includes/l10n.php
- Use
esc_url_raw()
instead ofsanitize_url()
to remove depracation warning inwp-login.php
@johnbillion, @swissspidy - Can this ticket be considered for the 5.3 release cycle?
#9
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19 months ago
Another question would be - should the value of wp_lang
be set to user locale after successful login, If user locale is currently empty?
#10
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12 months ago
- Milestone changed from Future Release to 5.5
- Owner set to johnbillion
- Status changed from new to reviewing
This ticket was mentioned in PR #248 on WordPress/wordpress-develop by johnbillion.
10 months ago
Trac ticket: https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/43700
This continues the work on the patches already uploaded to 43700. It introduces a language switcher to the login screen, which also affects its derivatives such as the password reset screens and user registration.
The following closely related functionality has also been implemented:
- Add the language parameter to the login and password reset URLs in the email sent to a user when they are added to a site.
- Ensure the password reset email is always sent to the user in their chosen language.
- Add the language parameter to the URL in the password reset email.
Still to do:
- Decide whether, upon login, the user's locale should be updated to the one they chose on the login screen. Probably yes.
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8 months ago
#13
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8 months ago
@johnbillion IS this one still on your list to tackle before 5.5 Beta 1 in a few days time? Anything else needed here besides testing?
#14
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8 months ago
- Focuses accessibility added
- Keywords needs-patch added; has-patch removed
Testing 43700.2.diff there are a couple accessibility issues that need to be fixed:
- Using the
change
event on a select is a usability and accessibility issue and needs to be avoided. Users should be in control of triggering the language switch, thus there's the need of a button to submit the language form. See also #40925 and #25103. - Minor CSS issue: the language form uses
overflow: hidden
thus the select focus style is slightly cut-off on the top and bottom edges. See attached screenshot.
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8 months ago
- Keywords needs-testing removed
This needs some more work, including further functional work that I haven't finalised yet, plus design work to improve the layout now that we have several links of different styles at the bottom of this screen, plus the a11y issues mentioned above. Punting to 5.6.
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6 months ago
#18
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6 months ago
- Milestone changed from 5.6 to Future Release
This needs some design discussion, design work, and accessibility work. Punting for now.
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6 months ago
#20
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5 months ago
- Keywords has-patch needs-testing needs-design-feedback added; needs-patch removed
Patch is updated for accessibility concerns and a few other changes. (The since
note is still the placeholder because this may not be ready for 5.6.)
- Reduces padding above logo
- Removes border around language switcher
- Shows overflow (focus outline)
- Adds "Change" submit button (reusing text string from
wp-admin/includes/class-wp-users-list-table.php
) - Centers language switcher instead of aligning under the links
- Centers submit button below the
select
andlabel
at screen widths up to 400px - Code consistency:
- replacing spaces with tabs
method="get"
lowercase- adding zero for "0.5em"
- moving
aria-hidden
attribute after classes to match the show password button's order
#22
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5 months ago
I also considered moving the language switcher above the username/password form, but that probably would mean changing the focused element on page load.
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5 months ago
#24
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5 months ago
- Keywords needs-refresh added; needs-design-feedback removed
Thanks for the patch and screens @sabernhardt discussing in a design triage it's looking great.
We would suggest leaving it after the form as the primary focus of the page is the login. And this is a secondary action which once used isn't going to be re-used as often as login would.
Also the icon seems like it's baseline it would be good to have that vertically centred.
#25
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5 months ago
I think this needs some more in-depth design discussion. The bottom of the login screen can contain quite a few elements now and it's getting messy as the four existing items have three different appearances between them.
- Register
- Lost your password?
- ← Back to [site]
- Privacy Policy
- Language switcher
#26
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5 months ago
- Keywords needs-design-feedback added
I sort of think putting it before the lost password could be better, sorry to pop in with a counter point. How about we pop back the label as I do agree with you @johnbillion here that section can get quite large if those things are added. Maybe some mocks even if quickly produced?
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5 months ago
Concept: Language Selector at bottom, register/lostpassword links inside form white, and no need for back as logo does that.
#28
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5 months ago
I put together two quick concepts using login.wordpress.org as the basis (so yes there's no button for submit in my concept but should be one for accessibility). I moved the Register and Lost your password links into the form area as they're tied to the login. And for the Back I didn't really feel it needed as there's the logo for that, but did provide a mock including it above the form as I assume it's beneficial for accessibility.
We can also try a mock with the selector above the form, just note the logo is up there and currently is fairly clean.
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4 months ago
#30
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4 months ago
- Keywords needs-design-feedback removed
I am removing the Needs design feedback keyword from this ticket. If it is a mistake then please add it back in again.
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3 months ago
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6 weeks ago
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8 days ago
#37
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8 days ago
- Keywords needs-patch added; has-patch removed
I like the direction of those patches @garrett-eclipse, big fan of keeping it simple and grouped by relevance like that, some quick feedback from looking at them, and my first thoughts on what might need refining;
The "back" link shouldn't come so close to the WordPress logo, since the logo is a link to WordPress.org, while the back link takes you to the main URL of that site. These two types of links should ideally be separated by a non-link element of some kind to avoid accidental navigation to the wrong place. (I saw your mention of this, so making note that the logo always links to WordPress.org, unless someone has changed this with code)
Could we also get some mockups for the password reset, and password recovery screens, these should also have the language switcher available ideally, in case you somehow got the wrong language, or (after WordPress 5.7) a reset link was sent directly to you, and you did not set your language from the login page.
There are also more "back"-type links on those two pages, on the lost password screen for example there's the same link back to the front page, but also a link back to the login page, which perhaps need to be presented in a different way from the login view it self? (I don't know here, but bringing it up for the sake of completeness)
#38
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8 days ago
What languages should be offered in the drop-down?
One way is to offer any language that is available for WordPress core.
Upside: Great for a real user who want to log in but doesn't know the main language of the site.
Downside: An attacker could force the site it to download a lot of unnecessary language files, using more traffic and storage space. (Remember that once a certain language is installed, WordPress will automatically download available translations of these languages for all installed plugins and themes...
Possible mitigations:
Either only offer languages that are already installed. (If the site uses English US and no other languages are installed, then the language chooser should be removed or at least hidden.)
Or prepare a special micro language package that only covers login/password reset and won't trigger download of any more language files until the user has authenticated or registered correctly.
Perhaps the choice of approach should be available to the site admin, if not as a setting, then via filter or a constant.
How has this been implemented on WordPress.org?