Want to get involved? See the handbook and optionally drop into #design to chat. Most active design work happens in the block editor project, consider dropping into Needs design or Needs design feedback.
There’s a WordPress Component Library in Figma. Duplicate to edit, direct access is reserved for the design team.
I did a usability test on the recently updated image and gallery features in the editor using WordPress r27502 with a beginner user.
You can download the full video here: bf80a9a3.mp4 (Length: 19:00)
Drag and drop to add an image is not discoverable (Length: 3:01)
Task given was to resize an image (trying to get them to drag the corner), but she scales it instead (Length: 1:05)
Difficulty cropping, had to use inline help to learn how it works (Length: 1:18)
Unable to find the setting to change an image to medium size (Length: 1:41)
Difficulty replacing the image because she never actually inserted it in the first place (Length: 3:22)
Ticket #15860
Problem: If a graphic file is white in color AND has transparent background, as often a case with PNG and GIF files, there is no chance for it to be visible as icon in Media Library. It will always be white on white.
Need to figure out best approach to solve this problem while not introducing bloat for displaying images that don’t have this issue. Brainstorm in the comments.
