[meta] Consistency of page and tab titles

Created on 14 April 2015, about 10 years ago
Updated 9 May 2025, 1 day ago

Problem/Motivation

On some admin pages, the page title changes when users select a different tab, and on others it stays the same. Some of these titles are not very clear such as "Used in Views" on admin/reports/fields/views-fields

On a number of pages, the page title changes to a very generic page title such as "Settings" (e.g. /admin/reports/updates/settings or "Edit" (e.g. admin/structure/block/block-content/types),
In this case, the user has little way of knowing where they are.

Fieldable entities all have a tab to manage fields, form display and display: in this case the when users select a tab, the page has a generic page title such "Manage fields", and the only indication for which entity that is, is in the bread crumb.
For the menus this has been solved by adding the Menu name into the page type.

Proposed resolution

First we would need to see what the different ways are in which page and tab titles change and relate to each other, and then decide what the most usable way is, before deciding on a standard.
We also need to identify pages that have the same title or bad titles such as Settings or Edidet
Then we can make separate issues to consistently change them in the most usable way.

Remaining tasks

User interface changes

API changes

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Status

Postponed: needs info

Version

11.0 πŸ”₯

Component

user interface text

Created by

πŸ‡³πŸ‡±Netherlands ifrik

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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!

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