Fix alignment of delete link and update edit tag actions to use flexbox

[USERSATOSHI]

Trac ticket: https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/65233

This PR fixes the alignment of delete button after the standardization of 40px in buttons.

More details are on the issue but a before and after is below:

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[USERSATOSHI]

This is reproducible from my end, when following the steps provided in the issue.

[t-hamano]

Thanks for the PR. What are your thoughts on migrating entirely to a flex layout?

diff --git a/src/wp-admin/css/common.css b/src/wp-admin/css/common.css
index fa71808742..55b721e7f1 100644
--- a/src/wp-admin/css/common.css
+++ b/src/wp-admin/css/common.css
@@ -942,13 +942,6 @@ a#remove-post-thumbnail:hover,
        line-height: 2.30769231; /* 30px */
 }
 
-#delete-link {
-       line-height: 2.30769231; /* 30px */
-       vertical-align: middle;
-       text-align: left;
-       margin-left: 8px;
-}
-
 #delete-link a {
        text-decoration: none;
 }
diff --git a/src/wp-admin/css/edit.css b/src/wp-admin/css/edit.css
index aa0ecc6994..0a38c70834 100644
--- a/src/wp-admin/css/edit.css
+++ b/src/wp-admin/css/edit.css
@@ -1542,6 +1542,9 @@ p.popular-tags a {
 }
 
 .edit-tag-actions {
+       display: flex;
+       align-items: center;
+       gap: 8px;
        margin-top: 20px;
 }

[USERSATOSHI]

Hi, and yeah, I also think migrating to a full flex layout seems like the right choice since many files are now using display: flex, based on the grep.

I wasn’t sure how much of this was allowed in this case, so I added flex to the .edit-tag-actions.

I will check whether fully migrating to a flex layout breaks anything before I commit this.

[USERSATOSHI]

and just to confirm, I also need to update the -rtl.css files?
cc: @t-hamano

[USERSATOSHI]

The diff is working, and I also checked other places just in case, so I’m committing this.

[t-hamano]

LGTM!

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[mukeshpanchal27]

Nice!

[USERSATOSHI]

and just to confirm, I also need to update the -rtl.css files?

Found the grunt cmd for this 👍🏻

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A commit was made that fixes the Trac ticket referenced in the description of this pull request.

SVN changeset: 62357
GitHub commit: 860e5fa

This PR will be closed, but please confirm the accuracy of this and reopen if there is more work to be done.