1429392 - [translate] Textarea shouldn't be actionable for non-authenticated users

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Webtools Graveyard :: Pontoon, defect, P4)

Description

[Julen Ruiz Aizpuru]

Attachment: Type translation or Sign in?

Even if users are not signed in, the translation interface suggests to _Type translation and press Enter to save_.

Moreover, the textarea is actionable, receives focus and the cursor starts blinking, making users think they can type something — until they do and see nothing happens.

In my experience the eyes' focus goes straight to the textarea (also out of habit), so the _Sign in to translate._ banner at the bottom can easily go unnoticed. Nevertheless the messaging is inconsistent.

Comment 1

[Julen Ruiz Aizpuru]

In order to solve these inconsistencies, I believe some changes to the textarea would suffice:

* Make the textarea readonly, and disable `focus` events entirely.
* Remove the placeholder text as it's misleading, and the banner below already indicates what to do next.
* Style the textarea a bit differently (grayed out) to indicate an uncommon status.

Comment 2

[Nicole Dubin]

I noticed that the current version of Pontoon has the textarea as read only before login, but are the other changes (styling and removal of placeholder text) still desired?

Comment 3

[GitHub Bugzilla PR Linker]

Attachment: Link to GitHub pull-request: https://github.com/mozilla/pontoon/pull/1244

Comment 4

[Matjaz Horvat [:mathjazz]]

https://github.com/mozilla/pontoon/commit/67fc25992729d52e98c3767c286abab367771a24