[PP-1] Improve the descriptions of FIle, Image, and Media entity reference fields

Created on 6 January 2018, over 7 years ago
Updated 28 May 2025, 2 days ago

Problem/Motivation

This is spun off from 🌱 [META] Once media is enabled, having the File, Image and Media reference fields all listed is confusing Active .

It's very difficult, at the moment, to understand the difference between "File", "Image", and "Media" field types when creating a new field.

Proposed resolution

Once ✨ Show field type descriptions when creating a new field Postponed lands, the descriptions of each field will be shown below the field type selection list. We should take advantage of this functionality and improve the descriptions of the File, Image, and Media entity reference field types and explain the difference.

Remaining tasks

Extract this functionality from the patch in #2862458-97: [META] Once media is enabled, having the File, Image and Media reference fields all listed is confusing β†’ , hammer out the verbiage, and at long last, review and commit.

User interface changes

Some user-facing descriptive text will change.

API changes

None.

Data model changes

None.

πŸ“Œ Task
Status

Postponed

Version

11.0 πŸ”₯

Component

media system

Created by

πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈUnited States phenaproxima Massachusetts

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  • πŸ‡³πŸ‡±Netherlands Martijn de Wit πŸ‡³πŸ‡± The Netherlands

    Already a lot of have changed in #3346539.
    Moving this as a child from #2862458.

    I'm not sure if this issue is still relevant and if the status should be postponed

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