Change records navigation is broken

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Created on 6 July 2023, over 1 year ago

Updated 1 September 2024, 3 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:

main change records page: https://www.drupal.org/list-changes → -> redirects to https://www.drupal.org/list-changes/drupal →
drupal change records page: https://www.drupal.org/list-changes/drupal → is in a tab set “Drupal core / Distributions / Modules / Themes / General projects” which looks like it would contain the change records for each of those categories.
but actually each of those goes to the https://www.drupal.org/project/ → (kind) page instead, leaving change records altogether
Yes, even the default tab “Drupal core” does not match the page it is being displayed on: it also goes to https://www.drupal.org/project/drupal → instead

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Closed: outdated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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Issue created by @fgm
Comment over 1 year ago →
🇺🇸United States drumm NY, US

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

As long as we have this navigation, it would be even more confusing if navigation elements behaved differently on different pages. These are planned to be replaced with 📌 Remove section navigation Fixed
Status changed to Closed: outdated 3 months ago6:34pm 30 August 2024
Comment 3 months ago →
🇺🇸United States drumm NY, US
I think with 📌 Remove section navigation Fixed resolved, this is now no longer an issue.
Comment 3 months ago →
🇫🇷France fgm Paris, France
Actually, this has removed the wrong tabs, but the /list-changes/(module) pages are still undiscoverable from /list-changes

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