There is 2 problems:
- difficult to add a menu and enable it for node page. Users assumed it enabled by default. (they don't know where to enable it for node edit form)
- Very hard to enable / disable a menu for multiple content types
To add a new menu and enable it for "Basic Page", now:
1. go to menu page and add it
2. go to basic page and enabled it
actually, it's 6+ steps/clicks (if you only enable it for ONE content type) :
admin/structure
admin/structure/menu
admin/structure/menu/add
admin/structure
admin/structure/types
admin/structure/types/manage/page
For each ONE MORE content type, you have to do extra 3 steps. So that for 10 content types. It's about 33 steps. (it hasn't count SAVE button clicks)
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It's likely this issue predates Contrib.social: some issue and comment data are missing.
So I guess the proposed solution for this one would be:
Add a new field that outputs a checkbox for each content type to /admin/structure/menu/manage/{menu-name}
Update the submit handler to save the menu to the third_party_settings for each node type that is ticked.
This is an 11 year old feature request that hasn't had any traction. Is this something thats worth actioning?