Toolbar doesn't indicate active menu trail for pages not included in Toolbar

Created on 28 June 2023, over 1 year ago
Updated 30 August 2023, over 1 year ago

Problem/Motivation

As part of šŸ“Œ Field UI 2023 User Research Fixed , we discovered that users have challenges orienting themselves in the Drupal Admin UI. One of the many causes to this is that Drupal doesn't indicate active menu trail in the Toolbar when user navigates to pages that are deeper in the administrative UI. While this information is available through the breadcrumbs, to make users more confident about their orientation, it is important to communicate the current location using multiple mechanisms as described by this Nielsen Norman article about navigation.

Proposed resolution

Indicate active menu trail even for pages that are not included in Toolbar to help users orient in which section of the site they are currently on.

Remaining tasks

User interface changes


Top level: /admin/structure

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Sub level: /admin/structure/types


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Sub sub level: /admin/structure/types/manage/article/fields

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API changes

Data model changes

Release notes snippet

šŸ› Bug report
Status

Fixed

Version

11.0 šŸ”„

Component
ToolbarĀ  ā†’

Last updated about 1 month ago

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šŸ‡«šŸ‡®Finland lauriii Finland

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