Rename the "Configuration" menu item to "Configure"

Created on 13 November 2012, over 12 years ago
Updated 3 March 2025, about 1 month ago

Following up on #1164760: [meta] New users universally did NOT understand that you can extend Drupal β†’ which renamed the "Modules" administration menu item to "Extend", we should rename "Configuration" to "Configure".

Currently, "Extend" is the only menu item in the toolbar that is unambiguously a verb rather than a noun (though there are one or two others that can be interpreted either way), and it looks particularly awkward right next to the noun "Configuration" since the two concepts are somewhat parallel.

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Postponed: needs info

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11.0 πŸ”₯

Component

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πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈUnited States David_Rothstein

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  • πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈUnited States smustgrave

    Thank you for creating this issue to improve Drupal.

    We are working to decide if this task is still relevant to a currently supported version of Drupal. There hasn't been any discussion here for over 8 years which suggests that this has either been implemented or is no longer relevant. Your thoughts on this will allow a decision to be made.

    Since we need more information to move forward with this issue, the status is now Postponed (maintainer needs more info). If we don't receive additional information to help with the issue, it may be closed after three months.

    Thanks!

  • πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡¨Ecuador jwilson3

    The issue summary, as written, is still relevant today. The top-level link is still called "Configuration", and could be shortened to "Configure" since it conveys the same info, and provides more room in the horizontal toolbar, e.g. for additional contrib modules that provide top-level links (like "Groups" module for example). In the vertical sidebar toolbar, it could ultimately lead towards the ability to make the sidebar narrower.

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