# Add "sign in" to anonymous header **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-sign-in-to-anonymous-header/15335 **Category:** Feature **Tags:** rfc, spec **Created:** [05.Май.2014 22:10:57 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-sign-in-to-anonymous-header/15335 "2014-05-05T22:10:57Z") **Posts on this page:** 9 **Page:** 1
### Author: ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror) #### Post date: [05.Май.2014 22:10:57 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-sign-in-to-anonymous-header/15335/1 "2014-05-05T22:10:57Z")
Right now the anonymous header looks like this: ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/2X/e/ef9a4765da08f9582a04a99142aa74535df6d329.png) but it looks like this when scrolled down in a topic, which is where we want most people to be most of the time, right? This is a problem, since there’s no visible **Sign In to Reply** most of the time, as we (very intentionally) want people to reach the bottom and read the whole conversation before replying. ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/2X/b/bf294eec27f0e82a7aeb090d2a3915d6ef7a172e.png) I suggest we drop some of the glyphs here, which are de-facto sign in buttons for anons anyway.. ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/2X/e/e6cacdcd9c765aa8f0bd7f6dba9d1d83c84d21e0.png) And switch to this button + 2 glyphs layout: ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/2X/3/3a55832e962970f822f8ee7ae7ac055e06a26059.png) across _all_ anonymous pages. Hopefully this button + 2 glyphs layout will be about the same amount of space as 4 glyphs so it won’t break layout. ---
### Author: ![elberet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/elberet/32/122404_2.png) [@elberet](https://meta.discourse.org/u/elberet) #### Post date: [05.Май.2014 23:16:08 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-sign-in-to-anonymous-header/15335/2 "2014-05-05T23:16:08Z")
I wouldn’t remove the default user (rightmost) icon, tho. Nothing says _hey, you’re not logged in!_ then a blank, grayish people-thing. Personally, I’d even say that I notice and recognize the icon long before my eyes have parsed the words on the Sign In button. ---
### Author: ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror) #### Post date: [05.Май.2014 23:31:34 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-sign-in-to-anonymous-header/15335/3 "2014-05-05T23:31:34Z")
We kind of have to, otherwise there’s no room for the button. Sorry. Or maybe the Sign In button could have the user glyph on it? ---
### Author: ![elberet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/elberet/32/122404_2.png) [@elberet](https://meta.discourse.org/u/elberet) #### Post date: [05.Май.2014 23:48:35 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-sign-in-to-anonymous-header/15335/4 "2014-05-05T23:48:35Z")
Maybe like this? ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/2X/3/341c9ce8714ec6858214123de633c4e2d6391268.png) Obviously with less sucky CSS. 🙂 ---
### Author: ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror) #### Post date: [07.Май.2014 06:51:07 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-sign-in-to-anonymous-header/15335/5 "2014-05-07T06:51:07Z")
Here’s live HTML example: ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/2X/d/de08a882dc6c6c7b530d200473e3978202adc8ee.png) I think that works well. @sam I would like us to get this in by the end of the week. ---
### Author: ![erlend\_sh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/erlend_sh/32/119475_2.png) [@erlend\_sh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/erlend_sh) #### Post date: [07.Май.2014 11:53:23 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-sign-in-to-anonymous-header/15335/6 "2014-05-07T11:53:23Z")
> [@elberet](#): > > Nothing says hey, you’re not logged in! then a blank, grayish people-thing. Except for a still-present “Sign in” button 😛 The majority of all websites & apps today are nice enough to remove the “Register/Sign in” button once I’m indeed signed in, because it’s a completely useless button at that point. I’d say it’s quite universally understood that if “Sign in” is present, you are not signed in. ---
### Author: ![radq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/radq/32/104329_2.png) [@radq](https://meta.discourse.org/u/radq) #### Post date: [07.Май.2014 14:25:21 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-sign-in-to-anonymous-header/15335/7 "2014-05-07T14:25:21Z")
I included this in my PR to improve the header accessibility, I had already hidden the two extra glyphs from screenreaders since they are redundant. [https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/2301](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/2301) Desktop: ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/2X/5/55ac7db767eeee0bb6a3ae3753b79930728c8377.png) Mobile: ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/2X/a/a7d561f8780f72893aa5aae9aca5d36e8f2751ba.png) ---
### Author: ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror) #### Post date: [07.Май.2014 23:44:47 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-sign-in-to-anonymous-header/15335/8 "2014-05-07T23:44:47Z")
Great! This change is merged and deployed on my Discourse, and it looks good: ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/2X/1/17b0bc6f07afaefd9026e1e2e2e69646c5728168.png) ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/2X/b/b7192314c7eff98bb20f7c554cf2c217e8290efd.png) ---
### Author: ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror) #### Post date: [25.Июнь.2014 23:07:34 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-sign-in-to-anonymous-header/15335/9 "2014-06-25T23:07:34Z")