James Koster

Thanks for sharing. Showing the selection inline works well, and the increased footprint is probably warranted _after_ a selection is made. I'll give that a try. Less sure about the...

@andrewhayward good points, keeping the actions together in the same menu seems reasonable, and doesn't preclude adding 'select' actions to the main checkbox at some point in the future. I'm...

Thanks for clarifying. But that just brings me back to [this comment](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/58783#issuecomment-1933791839). Having the main bulk select checkbox (the one in the table) visually match the bulk actions button is...

Just to see how it feels I pushed an update that displays the selection more prominently, and switches icon upon selection. @andrewhayward I tried an icon where a cog sits...

> I'm just not sure as the empty box actually affords much I agree, and I would say that's still the case with the imposed icon. In fact it then...

> and we don't really have that option Perhaps we could? Though I'm not sure this is still in the spirit of reducing the visual prominence :D

Figured I'd give the split menus approach a go. Obviously lots of rough edges to polish, but wanted to get y'alls thoughts on the approach: https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/assets/846565/de03a66e-eb38-4c84-90ef-263ac70ed8ab

Behaviourally it's the same, though in the future the menu could include an affordance to select **all** rather than just the current page. Beyond that it has two purposes: 1....

We haven't found a path forward here so I'm going to close this for now. I'm optimistic that the ongoing Inspector work could unlock things, specifically once it is able...

I begun sketching yesterday as well. @SaxonF how do you feel about collating all the microsites in [a single file](https://www.figma.com/file/8TjGue8UK7sn6qaiXdjJWK/Microsites?type=design&node-id=116%3A5594&mode=design&t=0rXreeuKTBZuFzZI-1)?