Create list form should not look like the name of an existing list
Steps to reproduce the problem
- click "add to list" on a profile
- View the dialog
- click "Create", expecting a popup about creating a list, instead "please fill in this field" appears next to something that does not look like a text field at all
Expected behaviour
The UI to create a new list should look more distinct from an existing list than it currently does.
Actual behaviour
A list that does not yet exist has a "this is a list" icon next to it, and appears in the list of existing lists.
Detailed description
The lists modal does not look like it is prompting you for a list name. Visually the existing lists and the prompt for the name of the new list look very similar:
All the items in the dialogue look like entries in one list of list names it's not clear how the "Create" button is going to behave. Clicking it might pop a "create new list" dialogue, or a the fields might slide out below, or maybe the question will appear in one of those fly-out tool-tip forms?
When I click it, I get a form validation error, when I wasn't even aware I was filling in a form:
I'm no UX designer, but I think this popup could be improved by :
- removing the
from the "form"'s row
- putting a different background on the text box than on the modal
Text fields do not match the background colour elsewhere in the UI:
Mastodon instance
An isolated instance on my private network
Mastodon version
v4.7.2
Browser name and version
155.0.1 (64-bit) Windows
Operating system
Windows 11
Technical details
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