UI/UX Canvas 'Add' and 'Manage library' tool tips and menu names inconsistent

Created on 28 October 2025, 14 days ago

Overview

There are several menu options with associated tooltips and resulting menu items within the Canvas UI at top-left:

  1. Add
  2. Layers
  3. Manage library
  4. Pages
  5. Templates

Of the final 4, only 'Manage library' includes a verb, whilst the others do not.

I appreciate why this is 'Manage library' because the 'Add' menu goes to a menu called 'Library' rather than a menu with the title 'Add', but this is confusing and possibly jarring ("I hit Add and I end up on a Library page").

And I know naming things is hard ;)

Setup:

git clone git@git.drupal.org:project/drupal_cms.git --branch 2.x
cd drupal_cms
ddev launch

Edit homepage and see menu (compressed or extended) top-left.

Proposed resolution

Leave the '+' tooltip as 'Add', but change the menu title to 'Add' so they match.
Change 'Manage library' tooltip and menu title to 'Library'.

User interface changes

As above.

🐛 Bug report
Status

Active

Version

1.0

Component

User interface

Created by

🇬🇧United Kingdom dunx

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