Optionally show the machine names on the permission page

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Created on 16 August 2012, almost 12 years ago

Updated 9 January 2024, 6 months ago

Problem/Motivation

Sometimes you know a machine name for a permission but can't find it on the permissions page (mismatch, translation, etc).
It'd be nice to be able to easily search by machine name, but those strings are only available if you view source and really know what you're searching for. Not good for folks trying to develop custom or contrib modules and debug what they're doing, etc. See #53 for more.

Sadly, this is one of the most busy forms/pages in Drupal, so we don't always want to see that unless we need to.

Proposed resolution

Optionally display machine names.

A) Via an inconspicuous JS link to toggle (along the lines of "show row weights" vs. table drag) next to the existing toggle to show/hide the descriptions. #62-#64. See mockup in #71.

B)

C) .

Remaining tasks

Update tests and code
Review
RTBC
Commit

User interface changes

(Conditionally?) display machine names on the permissions page.
Exact mechanism TBD.

API changes

None.

Data model changes

None.

Release notes snippet

TBD.

Original report by @RoySegall

Hello everyone.
There was an idea that came up in the office - display the machine name of the user permission near to the check boxes.

This is good when we write a test or developing a module.

📌 Task

Status

Needs work

Version

11.0 🔥

Component

User system →

Last updated about 8 hours ago

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🇺🇸United States @moshe weitzman
🇧🇪Belgium @kristiaanvandeneynde

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Usability
Makes Drupal easier to use. Preferred over UX, D7UX, etc.

DX (Developer Experience)
Enhances developer experience.

Accessibility
It affects the ability of people with disabilities or special needs (such as blindness or color-blindness) to use Drupal.

Needs tests
The change is currently missing an automated test that fails when run with the original code, and succeeds when the bug has been fixed.

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!6087Optionally show the machine names on the permission page
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🇮🇳India Prashant.c
updated 6 months ago

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Comment 6 months ago →
🇮🇳India Prashant.c Dharamshala
Prashant.c → made their first commit to this issue’s fork.
Merge request !6087Optionally show the machine names on the permission page → (Open) created by Prashant.c
Status changed to Needs review 6 months ago2:48pm 9 January 2024
Comment 6 months ago →
🇮🇳India Prashant.c Dharamshala
I had created this duplicate issue https://www.drupal.org/project/drupal/issues/3413413 ✨ Display machine name for the permissions Closed: duplicate , completely missed this one.

Tried to patches submitted above but were failing therefore created a new patch and a MR for the same by using mostly the changes from https://www.drupal.org/project/drupal/issues/1734534#comment-13222756

Assigning for review.

Thank you.
Comment 6 months ago →
🇮🇳India Prashant.c Dharamshala
Forgot to attach the patch file in the previous comment, attaching now.
Status changed to Needs work 6 months ago3:01pm 9 January 2024
Comment 6 months ago →
🇺🇸United States smustgrave
Previously tagged for tests which are still needed.

Please take a look at the tags before moving to Needs Review thanks!

MR has a failure too, no need to attach a patch with MRs a patch file can be generated from the MR. Now we have patches and MRs which slows reviews.

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