Expand Admin Menu Always?

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  amtlab · Member · Dec 10, 2014 at 8:07 pm

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  How do I change so that my admin menu is always expanded?
  I got two people created a account on wordpress.com, and one person has admin menu always expanded, but the other person doesn’t.
  I’m not sure what makes the change?
  Thanks,

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  timethief · Member · Dec 10, 2014 at 8:11 pm

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  There is an expand/collapse icon that can be clicked at the very bottom of the first column on the Admin page (note it’s positioned beneath the Settings link).

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  amtlab · Member · Dec 10, 2014 at 10:48 pm

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  Can you get there with tab key?
  I’m a visually impaired user, and my screen reader doesn’t seem to see it. This is what I have.
  navigation region
  wp-admin/index
  Dashboard
  Home, Comments I’ve Made, Site Stats, My Blogs, Blogs I Follow, Akismet Stats, Omnisearch
  wp-admin/paid-upgrades
  Store
  Store, Premium Themes, My Domains, My Upgrades, Billing History
  wp-admin/edit
  Posts
  All Posts, Add New, Categories, Tags, Copy a Post
  wp-admin/upload
  Media
  Library, Add New
  wp-admin/link-manager
  Links
  All Links, Add New, Link Categories
  wp-admin/edit
  Pages
  All Pages, Add New, Copy a Page
  wp-admin/edit
  Portfolio
  All Projects, Add New, Project Types, Project Tags
  wp-admin/edit-comments
  Feedback
  Polls, Ratings, Feedback
  wp-admin/themes
  Appearance
  Themes, Customize, Widgets, Menus, Header, Background, Custom Design, Mobile
  wp-admin/users
  Users
  All Users, Invite New, My Profile, Personal Settings
  wp-admin/tools
  Tools
  Available Tools, Import, Delete Site, Export
  wp-admin/options-general
  Settings
  General, Writing, Reading, Discussion, Media, Sharing, Polls, Ratings, AdControl, Email Post Changes, OpenID, Webhooks
  navigation region end

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  timethief · Member · Dec 10, 2014 at 10:51 pm

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  I’m a visually impaired user

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  amtlab · Member · Dec 11, 2014 at 2:34 am

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  Thanks. As long as the control is focusable with tab key, I should be able to toggle it. This would also apply to users with limited motor skills that prevent from using mouse as well.

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  amightywp · Member · Dec 14, 2014 at 7:28 pm

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  Hi there,

  I just verified that this setting isn’t currently focus-able via tabbing, however if you could let me know the account which does not have the menu bar expanded I could take a look and see if I can expand it for you.

  I am also submitting this to the team which handles such things to see what would need to be done to make the menu item findable via the tab key.

  Thanks for bringing it to our attention!