Problem/Motivation
When creating menus, users are unable to preview where the menus are located.
Proposed resolution
Provide a demo/preview page for menus similar to the blocks demo page.
Remaining tasks
- List the major challenges
- Propose solutions to the challenges
According to post #3, a preview of the location of a menu would be a very challenging task. One reason for this is that menu blocks can be controlled by other modules like Panels and Quicktabs.
User interface changes
- add Preview menu link(s) to /admin/structure/menu
- add Preview menu link(s) to /admin/structure/menu/manage/"menu name"/edit
API changes
To be determined
Original report by estenrick
// Text of original report here.
(for legacy issues whose initial post was not the issue summary)
Throughout testing, users had an expectation to have live, visually-oriented previews of their options. Several participants specifically requested this for menus. Two other observations were connected with this task (since we believed solving the menu preview would also solve the other issues).
- Difficulty differentiating between menus and menu items led to particpants' difficulty creating or moving menu items.
- After adding a menu link to the navigation menu, the new link is not noticed. Without noticing it, users think it failed.
Possible recommendation was:
Provide visual representation of different menus.