What problem does this address?

As the editor expands in what it is capable of, so too will the complexity and density of its controls. The current UI language is quite heavy which can be distracting when faced with a dense panel of settings. There is also the ever present discussion of dark mode which is on its way to becoming expected in today's software.

What is your proposed solution

Its worthwhile discussing whether there are some iterations we can make to our wp/components primitive system so that they are more suitable for dense interfaces, as well as working our towards supporting themes.

The concepts below make use of the Radix Color System which includes hand picked light and dark themes. Others have approached light and dark mode in a more programmatic way which is also worth exploring.

Early concepts which soften stroke colour, adjust spacing and typography (using Inter).

Uppercase inspector section headings like we use in global styles

Some earlier explorations around dark mode

A more expressive example