#53611: Fix font size inconsistency in erasure notice list items

[masteradhoc]

Fix font size inconsistency in the data erasure inline notice for list items added via additionalMessages.

The inline notice rendered inside the personal data erasure list table contains a <p> element followed by a <ul> with plugin-provided messages. The <p> correctly inherits font-size: 13px from .notice p, but the <li> elements were inheriting font-size: 14px from the .widefat th rule, since the notice sits inside a <th colspan="5"> rather than a <td>.

This patch scopes the fix to notice list items only, avoiding unintended side effects on other lists within widefat tables

Trac ticket: https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/53611

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Pull request overview

Fixes a typography inconsistency in the wp-admin “widefat” table inline notice used in personal data erasure requests, where list items inside a notice (rendered in a <th>) inherit the wrong font size.

Changes:

• Adds a CSS rule to force .notice ul li inside .widefat table cells/headers to use the intended smaller font size.
• Adjusts list-item line-height and spacing within those scoped notice lists.

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src/wp-admin/css/common.css:530

• This rule adds margin: 0 0.5em; to notice list items inside widefat tables, which changes layout/indentation beyond the font-size/line-height fix described in the PR. If the goal is only to normalize typography for inline notices, consider dropping the margin override to keep the change narrowly scoped.

	font-size: 13px;
line-height: 1.54;
margin: 0 0.5em;

src/wp-admin/css/common.css:529

• The PR description indicates line-height: 1.5em for this selector, but the implementation uses line-height: 1.54 (matching the .notice p rule in this file). Please align the PR description (and/or Trac ticket notes) with the actual value to avoid confusion during review/landing.

	line-height: 1.54;

[joedolson]

Approving; will switch the margins in commit.

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A commit was made that fixes the Trac ticket referenced in the description of this pull request.

SVN changeset: 62847
GitHub commit: 749e622

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