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Opened 6 weeks ago

Last modified 6 weeks ago

#64378 new enhancement

List Table - Possible UX improvement

Reported by: ianmjones83's profile ianmjones83 Owned by:
Milestone: Awaiting Review Priority: normal
Severity: normal Version:
Component: Administration Keywords: needs-design-feedback
Focuses: Cc:

Description (last modified by SergeyBiryukov)

When viewing the post list on some sites, the text can appear vertically. This is a known issue (#52151), but I wanted to suggest a potential UX improvement to help the table handle extra columns more gracefully.

When many plugin-added columns are present, the layout becomes cramped, and the title column wraps, for example: https://d.pr/i/5LLvmb

A possible approach:

1) Keep key columns, like the post title, fixed and always visible.
2) Move any additional or lower-priority columns (e.g., those added by plugins) into a simple “More” dropdown when there isn’t enough space.

This would keep the table readable while still exposing the same information, without relying on users to manually hide columns via Screen Options.

Change History (3)

#1 @SergeyBiryukov
6 weeks ago

  • Component changed from General to Posts, Post Types
  • Description modified (diff)
  • Focuses ui administration added

This ticket was mentioned in Slack in #core by sirlouen. View the logs.


6 weeks ago

#3 @SirLouen
6 weeks ago

  • Component changed from Posts, Post Types to Administration
  • Focuses ui administration removed
  • Keywords needs-design-feedback added

With the current state of art of the future Admin Admin Interface, this clearly needs design-feedback to consider your proposals.

I'm moving this to Administration, as that is where all these improvements are being concentrated.

Last edited 6 weeks ago by SirLouen (previous) (diff)
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