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Make core's structure descriptions more consistent

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Created on 15 July 2018, almost 6 years ago
Updated 30 April 2023, about 1 year ago

Problem/Motivation

While the structure descriptions at /admin/structure do not necessarily go against any listed user interface standards, when read together as a unit there are variations in sentence structure and phrasing that I think could be improved slightly.

Current descriptions:
Block layout: Configure what block content appears in your site's sidebars and other regions.
Books: Manage your site's book outlines.
Comment types: Manage form and displays settings of comments.
Contact forms: Create and manage contact forms.
Content types: Create and manage fields, forms, and display settings for your content.
Display modes: Configure what displays are available for your content and forms.
Forums: Control forum hierarchy settings.
Media types: Manage media types.
Menus: Manage menus and menu links.
Taxonomy: Manage tagging, categorization, and classification of your content.
Views: Manage customized lists of content.

Proposed resolution

Proposed descriptions:
Block layout: Manage what block content appears in each region for each theme.
Books: Create and manage book outlines and allowed content type settings for books.
Comment types: Create and manage fields, form and display settings for comments.
Contact forms: Create and manage fields, form and display settings for contact forms.
Content types: Create and manage fields, form, and display settings for content.
Display modes: Create and manage custom displays for content and forms.
Forums: Create and manage forum hierarchy and display settings for forum topics.
Media types: Create and manage fields, form and display settings for media types.
Menus: Create and manage menus and menu links.
Taxonomy: Create and manage categories for content.
Views: Create and manage customized lists of content.

Remaining tasks

User interface changes

Above mentioned.

API changes

None.

Data model changes

None.

📌 Task
Status

Closed: won't fix

Version

10.1 ✨

Component
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Last updated 4 days ago

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🇺🇸United States Chris Matthews

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  • Comment about 1 year ago →
    🇧🇪Belgium borisson_ Mechelen, 🇧🇪

    @lauriii can we get this on the radar of the usability team? I personally think that this is an improvement of the current state.

  • Comment about 1 year ago →
    🇺🇸United States benjifisher Boston area

    We discussed this issue at 📌 Drupal Usability Meeting 2023-04-28 Fixed . That issue will have a link to a recording of the discussion. For the record, the participants were @AaronMcHale, @BlackBamboo, @benjifisher, @mgifford, and @rkoller.

    The proposed resolution is more consistent than the current text, and that is a good thing. However, there are several disadvantages to the proposed text:

    • It is longer.
    • It repeats the phrase, "Create and manage fields, form and display settings for" several times.
    • Other than the repeated text, several descriptions do not say anything more than the labels.

    We agreed that this issue would be a step in the wrong direction. It would make the text more consistent, but it would be harder to find a particular item.

    We think a better approach is to group the entity types together and say "Create and manage fields, form and display settings for" just once, at the top of the group. I created 📌 Create two sections on /admin/structure Active to consider this change.

    If anyone wants to argue in favor of the solution suggested in this issue, then add a comment here. If not, then I will close this issue as "won't fix", and I invite anyone interested to contribute to the new issue.

  • Status changed to Closed: won't fix about 1 year ago
  • Comment about 1 year ago →
    🇺🇸United States smustgrave

    Thanks usability team!

    Think we are good to close.

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