Gutenberg: Restore existing behavior when rendering document title (<title> tag)
I've noticed that Gutenberg edits the <title> tag:
As an existing WordPress writer, this makes it difficult to find the tab I was writing in because I'm accustomed to searching for "Edit Post":
Just wanted to record this usability feedback.
danielbachhuber
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This is important for accessibility too, as the document title is the first thing screen readers announce. Not sure what the reasoning behind this is, but at least the initial document title should be consistent with what WordPress does in the Classic Editor and say as first thing _what_ the page is about:
Edit Post ...
Edit Page ...
Edit {CPT name here} ...
afercia
on 28 Nov 2017
It was added here: https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/1802
Only other thought I have is: Do we really want the document title to be assigned as the post's title? Per #1737 and current editor behavior, seems "Edit Post" could work just as well. Was there any conversation or thoughts behind the choice to use post title?
cc @westonruter @aduth
mtias
on 29 Nov 2017
If you have multiple posts open for editing in multiple tabs, having the post's title in the document title is key to be able to identify which tab contains the post you're needing to get back to editing. The post title was put at the beginning to account for browser tabs that are narrow, as in screenshot. But prefixing the title with “Edit…” would probably be a good compromise. (Or else, a ✏️ emoji perhaps? 😄)
westonruter
on 29 Nov 2017
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(Or else, a ✏️ emoji perhaps? 😄)
lol. Well I understand the argumentation, however Gutenberg shouldn't deviate from what WordPress does in all the other screens. The document title should be consistent across all admin screens. Not sure adding the post title would fit in the limited space (browsers tend to truncate long titles); we should also consider the doc title has a limited _visual_ value, while it is very important for other software reading (and announcing) it.
afercia
on 30 Nov 2017
I'm not sure we're being serious but a -1 on emoji's here, they are awesome but not in this case :)
I think it's right to go with existing WP patterns in this case. We can always iterate on them later.
karmatosed
on 3 Jan 2018
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I've done a very small edit which adds an 'Edit: ' to the beginning of the editor's
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If you have multiple posts open for editing in multiple tabs, having the post's title in the document title is key to be able to identify which tab contains the post you're needing to get back to editing. The post title was put at the beginning to account for browser tabs that are narrow, as in screenshot. But prefixing the title with “Edit…” would probably be a good compromise. (Or else, a ✏️ emoji perhaps? 😄)