"At a Glance" comment count font size is larger than other counts

[jeremyfelt]

In the WordPress dashboard, on a mobile browser, the font size applied to "At a Glance" items is 13px. ​This rule is applied via .postbox .inside in common.css.

The .post-count, .page-count, and .comment-mod-count elements all inherit this value.

The .comment-count element differs in that a font-size: 14px; from list-tables.css ​overrides the postbox value.

.comment-count itself is confusing because I'm pretty sure its only other use is in the post list table when a post has 0 approved comments and 1 or more pending comments. Even then, the 14px style only applies on mobile and in the mobile view that comment count is hidden.

I'm fairly certain that the .comment-count rule in list-tables.css could be removed without consequence, but I'll leave that up to those more familiar. :)

I originally noticed this in Google Chrome on a Pixel 3 and reproduced it in Firefox on a laptop at a 411x731 screen size.

[donmhico]

I think you're right @jeremyfelt. I did some scanning and search in the core code and I don't see any usage of the class .comment-count except for the At a Glance and in the bubble in edit-comments.php but indeed, it is hidden when the .comment-count style from list-tables.css is applied.

[SergeyBiryukov]

Introduced in [26134].

[SergeyBiryukov]

Replying to jeremyfelt:

.comment-count itself is confusing because I'm pretty sure its only other use is in the post list table when a post has 0 approved comments and 1 or more pending comments. Even then, the 14px style only applies on mobile and in the mobile view that comment count is hidden.

Right. Not only it's hidden, but the font size is also overridden by a more specific selector​, so the style in question has no effect and can be safely removed. 48799.diff​ should be good to go.

[SergeyBiryukov]

In 46807:

Administration: Correct font size for comment count in "At a Glance" dashboard widget on mobile.

Props donmhico, jeremyfelt.
Fixes #48799.