- Issue created by @charles belov
- ๐ฉ๐ชGermany yannickoo Berlin
FYI I just created another issue to adjust Local tasks to allow editors faster editing of content โ ๐ Improve UX for Local Tasks in Toolbar Active
- ๐ฎ๐ณIndia vasantha deepika Coimbatore
vasantha deepika โ made their first commit to this issueโs fork.
- Merge request !108Issue #3436899: Local tasks - is hard to understand. โ (Open) created by vasantha deepika
- ๐ฎ๐ณIndia vasantha deepika Coimbatore
Replace "Local Tasks" with "Quick Links" to make navigation more intuitive and user-friendly for non-technical users as well. Raised an MR #108
- ๐บ๐ธUnited States charles belov San Francisco, CA, US
Thank you for that suggestion. However, as with "Local Tasks," "Quick Links" does not imply it relates to the currently-displayed node.
What about "This Node"?
Although "node" is also jargony.
"This Page" if it's content?
"This User" if it's a user page? Hi @charles belov, I have thought to rename the display of 'Local tasks' to 'Contextual Tools', raised the MR as well for it.
The reason for selecting this name is that it clearly conveys that the menu provides tools specifically related to the current context.
Please review and share your opinion on it.- ๐บ๐ธUnited States charles belov San Francisco, CA, US
@arijit acharya Thank you for your suggestion. Again, "Contextual" strikes me a jargony and not meaningful to the average content editor. The simpler, yet meaningful, language the better. I don't think of pages as being a "context", I think of it as being the current page. I don't think of users as being a context, I think of it as being a user.
I'd really like to see something simple and straightforward like:
This page
This userI also don't think of the various actions available as "tools."
- Status changed to Needs review
15 days ago 11:23pm 19 March 2025 - First commit to issue fork.
- Merge request !127Attempt to make the Local Tasks menu label more explicit for entity routes. โ (Open) created by dydave
- ๐ซ๐ทFrance dydave
Thanks a lot everyone for all the contributions!
Created a new merge request at #15 as an attempt to implement the changes suggested in the issue summary and the previous exchanges.
See resulting screenshots:
Node page:/node/NID
User page:
/user/UID
I personally think this is a very good idea and should definitely make things clearer for less tech-savvy users.
Therefore, I wouldn't be opposed to getting something like this included in the module, if this issue could get enough interest.Any comments, testing feedback or questions would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance! - ๐ฉ๐ชGermany yannickoo Berlin
Thanks for your effort @dydave! I had to think about this for a longer while and also asked other people what they could easily understand to navigate around easily.
New suggestions that I really like and never saw in Drupal before:
- Page Tools
- Page Actions
- Quick Actions
- Actions
- ๐บ๐ธUnited States charles belov San Francisco, CA, US
I like Page Actions, as that most closely describes what the menu contains and will allow editors to accomplish. It says that the menu pertains to the current page and will allow you to do things with that page.
Page Tools would be my second choice.
"Quick Actions" and "Actions" don't work for me because it is not clear that they apply to the current page.