Change records navigation is broken

Created on 6 July 2023, over 1 year ago
Updated 1 September 2024, 4 months ago

Problem/Motivation

I only recently discovered that contrib modules can have change records (e.g. https://www.drupal.org/list-changes/tour_ui ) from seeing the link on a project page (bottom right).

However, the navigation for change records (possibly the single most useful page on d.o. IMHO) makes them undiscoverable:

Steps to reproduce

  • Navigate to https://www.drupal.org/list-changes/drupal
  • Notice the tab set: Drupal core, Modules, etc
  • Click on the modules link, expecting to see a form to search for change records for modules, like the advanced search page at https://www.drupal.org/project/issues/search/
  • Oh no: it's the entirely unrelated download/extend form for that category
  • Go back to the change records page
  • Notice "Drupal core" is the current tab.
  • Check it: uncharacteristically for a current tab, it is clickable, and also goes to the download page for core

Bonus: notice how even the advanced issue search page across projects at https://www.drupal.org/project/issues/search/ has that same deceiving tab set.

Proposed resolution

As long as we do not have any navigation to search for change records across projects, these local tabs should probably be removed as they are deceiving.

Then a module-aware search could be designed, like the one on https://www.drupal.org/project/issues/search/ and used as the change records home.

Remaining tasks

  • Imagine a better information architecture
  • Design it
  • Code it

User interface changes

To be determined.

API changes

Probably none: this is navigation, not data creation.

Data model changes

Probably none: this is navigation, not data creation.

🐛 Bug report
Status

Closed: outdated

Version

3.0

Component

User interface

Created by

🇫🇷France fgm Paris, France

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