Or we make them all links.

On Mar 18, 2009, at 7:36 PM, Matthias Bauer wrote:

>
> Matt Read wrote:
>> On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 2:14 PM, Michael Bishop <[email protected] 
>> > wrote:
>>> I had mentioned this to Matt R in IRC, but as I see it, the links  
>>> that
>>> are in dash modules, though clickable, are not the only means to
>>> navigate to those elements.  They were underlined on hover, which  
>>> did
>>> give some indication that similar links were also clickable.  If
>>> something in a dashmodule were the only means to navigate to
>>> something, perhaps the addition of a class to those links which  
>>> can be
>>> specifically styled would be the answer.
>>>
>>> I thought I had addressed the links in the plugins, but as was  
>>> pointed
>>> out, a:visited trumped the underline.  Apparently that's been
>>> addressed.  I've been a bit out of the loop, so maybe more of this  
>>> has
>>> been hashed out than what I've skimmed in this thread.  I am for the
>>> record a solid -1 for *ALL* links being underlined.
>>
>> So am I. It's ugly. But I now can't distinguish between a link and
>> heading and text.
>
> The problem, as I see it, is this: Elsewhere in the admin, we use bold
> or a different color to differentiate a link. In other places, it's
> "obvious" because certain items are links, consistently. This
> consistency currently breaks down in the dashboard, for example, with
> some modules: All core dashboard modules' headers are links to an  
> admin
> page, the backup plugin's (without intending to single any plugin out,
> it's just the one I have installed) dash widget does not link  
> anywhere,
> but looks the same as all others. That's why I suggest a separate  
> "More"
> link in the widgets headers, to make it clear which have links and  
> which
> don't. An alternative would be to underline those which are links, or
> bold them, but that would break up the visual consistency too much  
> IMO.
>
> I seem to recall similar problems existing on the comment manage page,
> but that might've been fixed now, I can't check at the moment.
>
> Anyway, we should go through the admin and look out for a UI  
> consistent
> in itself.
>
> -Matt
>
> >


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