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Global Menu settings are confusing

Project:Drupal core
Version:7.x-dev
Component:user interface text
Category:task
Priority:normal
Assigned:Unassigned
Status:postponed
Issue tags:d7uxsprint, ui-text, Usability

Issue Summary

Starting to work on UX-Sprint 2009 issue: http://sprint.drupalusability.org/content/global-menu-settings-are-confu...

Comments

#1

Issue tags:-#d7ux+#d7uxsprint, +ui-text

#2

The description for the advanced option is very confusing, and hard to explain. It is theme dependent as well. This feature should be removed from Drupal and themes who support a "submenu" should pull out the child links themselves, not really on this confusing ability.

#3

Status:active» needs review

Patch from UX Sprint 2009 where we tried to improve the descriptions.

AttachmentSizeStatusTest resultOperations
menu.admin_.inc_.patch3.42 KBIdleFailed: Failed to apply patch.View details | Re-test

#4

Status:needs review» active

The terms "Main links" and "Secondary links" are very confusing. Especially as you definitely will mix it up with the terms "Main menu" and "Secondary menu" that stand for something different. We should think about a different naming. We left it for now.

The user has to immediately understand what those terms mean and where these menus appear on a page. A small descriptive graphic might help.

#5

Screenshot for the changes that are in the patch

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menu-settings.png31.82 KBIgnored: Check issue status.NoneNone

#6

Status:active» needs review

#7

I thought Berend advocated that the advanced option was to be removed?

Reading the text on the screenshot, I'd say it is still very confusing. ;-)

#8

Status:needs review» needs work

The last submitted patch failed testing.

#9

Issue tags:-#d7uxsprint+d7uxsprint

fixing tag

#10

Dries: Well, we opt for the Advanced option to be removed. But since this is a different patch (themes should pull out the secondary level from primary or secondary links themselves). But since this patch is not there (I think we have to create an issue for this) we left it in for now.

But maybe we should just throw it out - It could be enough if it is explained in the documentation somewhere.

#11

We are planning to shoot this page dead.
"Default menu for new content" moved under content type editing in #351249: Finer control over the Parent Menu select box and "Source for the x" should go away in #503810: Convert primary and secondary menus to blocks

#12

Status:needs work» postponed

See the other issue.

#13

Issue tags:+Usability

@kika - you beat me to it in #11. By converting menus into blocks and adding finer control over the parent menu select box the global menu settings page can be dropped completely. This would be a huge win.

#14

Can this issue be closed? admin/structure/menu and admin/structure/blocks are looking great.