Add useful local tasks tabs when viewing a node revision

Had a quick look at how Google docs and Gitlab wiki pages do this. Both explicitly *remove* the UI for editing when showing an older revision of a document.

Google docs adds a primary button to revert to this revision

Gitlab wiki only points back to the revision history overview

So I tend to agree with @29 in that we should not add the standard set of node local actions. Adding the option to directly restore to the currently shown revision seems useful. How's this for a new title for this issue?

I've re-rolled the patch for Drupal 10.1

Rerolled for 9.5.x.

Moving to NW for the test

Thanks!

Based on the code in this patch, I've implemented a revision pager of sorts as secondary tasks:

I don't really see a problem with keeping the node canonical tabs in place if revision-related tasks are always secondary. I'm considering adding a "Revert" option to this.

I originally had something like this way back in Drupal 6 and remember my editors liking it. The revision label changes to "Latest revision (xx)" or "Published revision (xx)" when on those revisions.

But maybe making navigating between revisions easier is something worth considering here? It's easy to get lost if you have to keep going back to the full revision list.

Verified and tested #38 patch applied successfully and resolved.

Steps to reproduce
1. Install Drupal Standard profile
2. Set Claro as the default theme.
3. Create basic page content item and save
4. Edit same page node, create new revision
5. Go to node's revisions tab, node/1/revisions
6. Click the initial node revision to view it, /node/1/revisions/1/view
7. Observe no tabs present on revision path

For reference:
Before patch

After patch

Results:
After applying the patch, the Node Local Tasks tabs are visible on node revisions.
RTBC ++

Please please read the tags and issue summary, this was tagged for tests which are still needed.

@smustgrave My apologies. I will adhere to tags moving forward.

I can confirm that the patch in https://www.drupal.org/project/drupal/issues/2885278#comment-15144519 📌 Add useful local tasks tabs when viewing a node revision Needs work works for Drupal 10.1.6 version.

I cannot apply patch #37 or #38 to the fork for Drupal 11.x. A reroll is required

I have added commits to the issue fork. I have used an existing functional test function but added assertions. There is now a failing test that will hopefully pass once the the patch(es) are applied.

I tried re-rolling both patches at #37 and #38 without success. It would be good if someone who has worked on the fix could add commits to the issue fork to see if they can make the test pass.

Changing the status since the functional test assertions are passing in the pipeline following #50.

I'm not sure why but the MR does not contain the new test assertions. They were added to the fork in an old commit. Will need to add them once again to prove that the 'fix' makes the test pass.

Not sure if phpunit has been upgraded but my local phpunit has stopped working. Seems the test assertions for this issue are also not running in the pipeline. The code is added to the MR and the MR should be ready to review (if phpunit is working).

oily → changed the visibility of the branch 2885278-add-useful-local to hidden.

oily → changed the visibility of the branch 2885278-add-useful-local to active.

I have created a new FunctionalJavascript test using the Claro (admin) theme. It is passing with the MR applied. Changing the status to 'Needs Review'.

The Needs Review Queue Bot → tested this issue. It fails the Drupal core commit checks. Therefore, this issue status is now "Needs work".

This does not mean that the patch necessarily needs to be re-rolled or the MR rebased. Read the Issue Summary, the issue tags and the latest discussion here to determine what needs to be done.

Consult the Drupal Contributor Guide → to find step-by-step guides for working with issues.

Applied bot fix.

Left comment on MR.

Test is moved to the node module.

The Needs Review Queue Bot → tested this issue. It no longer applies to Drupal core. Therefore, this issue status is now "Needs work".

This does not mean that the patch necessarily needs to be re-rolled or the MR rebased. Read the Issue Summary, the issue tags and the latest discussion here to determine what needs to be done.

Consult the Drupal Contributor Guide → to find step-by-step guides for working with issues.

oily → changed the visibility of the branch 2885278-add-useful-local to hidden.

After running into rebasing problems, created a new 11.x branch and added the code changes to it.

Several tests need to be fixed.

I have committed the changes to fix the MR, now the failing tests are fixed. Please check

Left comments.

The tests seem fixed now, pipeline runs all green except for the test-only test: fails like it should.

That seems to leave several out-of-scope typehints that need to be removed from the MR.

May need to think approach as not seeing why we are adding comment hooks into node. Should try and keep things separate if possible.