Move custom column admin links from below "post title"

wordpress

Solution

I really doubt that there's a hook to deal with that. So, I'll not even check the core and go straight to the dirty solution:

add_action( 'admin_head-edit.php', 'so_13418722_move_quick_edit_links' );

function so_13418722_move_quick_edit_links()
{
    global $current_screen;
    if( 'post' != $current_screen->post_type )
        return;

    if( current_user_can( 'delete_plugins' ) )
    {
        ?>
        <script type="text/javascript">
        function so_13418722_doMove()
        {
            jQuery('td.post-title.page-title.column-title div.row-actions').each(function() {
                var $list = jQuery(this);
                var $firstChecked = $list.parent().parent().find('td.author.column-author');

                if ( !$firstChecked.html() )
                    return;

                $list.appendTo($firstChecked);
            }); 
        }
        jQuery(document).ready(function ($){
            so_13418722_doMove();
        });
        </script>
        <?php
    }
}

Result:

Notes:

- adjust your post_type: `'post' != $current_screen->post_type`

- adjust your column classes: `find('td.author.column-author')`

Bug and solution: You'll note that, after updating, the quick-edit menu goes back to its original position. The following AJAX interception deals with it. Refer to this WordPress Developers answer for more details.

add_action( 'wp_ajax_inline-save', 'so_13418722_ajax_inline_save' , 0 );

/**
 Copy of the function wp_ajax_inline_save()
 http://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/3.4.2/wp-admin/includes/ajax-actions.php#L1315

 Only Modification marked at the end of the function with INTERCEPT
*/
function so_13418722_ajax_inline_save()
{
    global $wp_list_table;

    check_ajax_referer( 'inlineeditnonce', '_inline_edit' );

    if ( ! isset($_POST['post_ID']) || ! ( $post_ID = (int) $_POST['post_ID'] ) )
        wp_die();

    if ( 'page' == $_POST['post_type'] ) {
        if ( ! current_user_can( 'edit_page', $post_ID ) )
            wp_die( __( 'You are not allowed to edit this page.' ) );
    } else {
        if ( ! current_user_can( 'edit_post', $post_ID ) )
            wp_die( __( 'You are not allowed to edit this post.' ) );
    }

    set_current_screen( $_POST['screen'] );

    if ( $last = wp_check_post_lock( $post_ID ) ) {
        $last_user = get_userdata( $last );
        $last_user_name = $last_user ? $last_user->display_name : __( 'Someone' );
        printf( $_POST['post_type'] == 'page' ? __( 'Saving is disabled: %s is currently editing this page.' ) : __( 'Saving is disabled: %s is currently editing this post.' ),    esc_html( $last_user_name ) );
        wp_die();
    }

    $data = &$_POST;

    $post = get_post( $post_ID, ARRAY_A );
    $post = add_magic_quotes($post); //since it is from db

    $data['content'] = $post['post_content'];
    $data['excerpt'] = $post['post_excerpt'];

    // rename
    $data['user_ID'] = $GLOBALS['user_ID'];

    if ( isset($data['post_parent']) )
        $data['parent_id'] = $data['post_parent'];

    // status
    if ( isset($data['keep_private']) && 'private' == $data['keep_private'] )
        $data['post_status'] = 'private';
    else
        $data['post_status'] = $data['_status'];

    if ( empty($data['comment_status']) )
        $data['comment_status'] = 'closed';
    if ( empty($data['ping_status']) )
        $data['ping_status'] = 'closed';

    // update the post
    edit_post();

    $wp_list_table = _get_list_table('WP_Posts_List_Table');

    $mode = $_POST['post_view'];
    $wp_list_table->display_rows( array( get_post( $_POST['post_ID'] ) ) );

    // INTERCEPT: Check if it is our post_type, if not, do nothing  
    if( 'post' == $_POST['post_type'] )
    {
    ?>
        <script type="text/javascript">so_13418722_doMove();</script>
    <?php       
    }
    // end INTERCEPT    

    wp_die();

}

Problem

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