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Core's Toolbar module doesn't display a "Dashboard" link after install

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Created on 17 April 2025, 5 months ago

Problem/Motivation

When you first install the Dashboard module, the "Dashboard" link in the Core's Toolbar is not displayed. This can be confusing for people who are new to the module.

Flushing caches fixes it.

Steps to reproduce

  1. Download drupal-11.1.6 and dashboard-2.0.0 - I did this by running...
    git clone --branch 2.x https://git.drupalcode.org/project/dashboard.git
cd dashboard
ddev config --project-type=drupal --docroot=web --php-version=8.3 --corepack-enable --project-name=dashboard
ddev start
ddev poser
ddev symlink-project
ddev config --update
ddev restart
ddev launch
  2. Install Drupal using the Standard install profile.
  3. Install dashboard from the Extend page at /admin/modules.
    • Expected behavior: A "Dashboard" link appears in the "Manage" section of the Toolbar
    • Actual behavior: The Toolbar is unchanged
  4. Go to /admin/config/development/performance. Click the "Clear all caches" button
    • Note that after the cache is cleared, a "Dashboard" "Dashboard" link appears in the "Manage" section of the Toolbar

Proposed resolution

Not sure yet!

Remaining tasks

  1. Write a patch
  2. Review and feedback
  3. RTBC and feedback
  4. Commit
  5. Release

User interface changes

None.

API changes

None.

Data model changes

None.

🐛 Bug report
Status

Active

Version

2.0

Component

Code

Created by

🇨🇦Canada mparker17 UTC-4

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Comments & Activities

  • Issue created by @mparker17
  • Comment 4 months ago →
    🇺🇸United States dalemoore

    Is this talking about the Dashboard block that gets added? I see it gets added in Drupal CMS, but on a separate site I'm using that is just Drupal Core I installed the Dashboard module and the Dashboard block isn't available to be placed into the navigation area. I'm on Drupal 10, does that matter?

  • Status changed to Fixed about 1 month ago
  • Comment about 1 month ago →
    🇪🇸Spain penyaskito Seville 💃, Spain 🇪🇸, UTC+2 🇪🇺

    For the OP: This is expected behavior. The toolbar item doesn't appear until a dashboard exists, and we don't provide any dashboard by default. You need to go to admin > structure > dashboard, create one, and the link should appear.

    For #1: That's unrelated, you are mentioning the the new (experimental) navigation module. Sadly in 10.x it didn't provide a way to add a block. The existing workaround is mangling with navigation.block_layout.yml by hand. You can use navigation.block_layout.yml as an example

    Please re-open if this doesn't fix your issue(s).

  • Comment 21 days ago →
    System Message

    Automatically closed - issue fixed for 2 weeks with no activity.

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