These TINY Link Editing CHANGES just made WORDPRESS 6.5 so much better

[@DaveOnWP]

🔗 RESOURCE LINKS 🔗 ✍Link UI Redesign Tracking Issue - github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/issues/50891 📖WP 6.5 Fieldguide - make.wordpress.org/core/2024/03/15/wordpress-6-5-field-guide/ 🚴WP 6.5 Development Cycle - make.wordpress.org/core/6-5/

[@PhilipAllison]

I think those improvements to link editing are going to be great! Thanks for putting this info together.

[@DaveOnWP]

You're welcome Philip. Glad you found it useful and that you're looking forward to seeing this quality of life improvement land in WordPress 6.5.

[@SweXperts]

Such a great update by the team. Thanks for sharing Dave!

[@DaveOnWP]

Thank you. Many contributors worked very hard on these updates which - despite there apparent simplicity - were actually pretty complex to get right from both a design/UX and technical perspective. I'll be sure to pass on your feedback. Much appreciated.

[@richtabor]

Very nice Dave. Enjoyed working on this with ya :)

[@DaveOnWP]

Thanks for all your efforts Rich 👏

[@Paution]

Great improvement it would be even better with option to filter links in order to display only pages or only blog article and even only WooCommerce products. Keep up the good work!

[@DaveOnWP]

Thanks you. That's great feedback as well. We did have a few mockups showing this kind of filter mechanic which I also agree could be super useful in certain circumstances.

[@Paution]

@@DaveOnWP Cool. Thanks for the info. I hope there is still an open issue about this improvement and that it won't be forgotten. I can't find it on Github but I might have missed it.

[@Drivingralle]

Great improvments

[@DaveOnWP]

Thanks much appreciated.

[@Hanneslsm]

Also a very good video Dave! I only miss a back button in the link UI in 02:18 (I'd assume Cancel closes the whole Link UI) Interestingly the Add Block modal 06:11 has such back button, which makes it, in my opinion, a better UX. Nonetheless, good and important improvements!

[@DaveOnWP]

Thank you. I'll be looking to cover some more features in the run up to the release. We've made a big effort to slim down the UI but it has been mentioned a few times that we need a dedicated close button that stands apart from "Cancel" and provides a means to close the dialog via the UI. You can follow this discussion here if that helps github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/issues/47544 As you say, hopefully the changes to the UI/UX in 6.5 will make this flow better for all users.

[@Hanneslsm]

@@DaveOnWP The slimed down UI is a very good progress indeed! The back button would help understanding the flow _within_ the modal (horizontally so to say). Closing via Cancel or another button (maybe X - on the same hight das a back button?) is also an important discussion to have. Thanks for the link, I'll keep an eye on it