Come together with the global Drupal community in Rotterdam, 28 Sept – 1 Oct 2026. Sessions, contribution, connection, and Early Bird savings until 8 June.I noticed that the active_tags_popular module just adds a widget that says "Add popular tags:" and thought "It'd be nice if it listed the actual vocabulary name since not all vocab is necessarily called tags." So I made it work and created a patch.
The output of the active_tags_popular widget will now display "Add popular VOCAB_NAME:" obviously with VOCAB_NAME being substituted. The benefit of this is that for instance on blog posts where you have tags and categories the active_tags_popular widget would be less confusing.
| Comment | File | Size | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| active_tags-altered.patch | 2.42 KB | arcaneadam |
Comments
Comment #1
dragonwize commentedI see your point. However, using the vocab name suffers that same issue as not all vocab names are descriptive of what the tags are in a way that it makes sense in the sentence. It comes out like you are mad libbing "Add popular INSERT ANY WORD(S) HERE". At least the word tags makes sense in the sentence and while it doesn't always match the vocab name it always matches that type of vocab which is a common term.
So I agree that it would be nice to do something more appropriate, I don't think that this solution is it.
Comment #2
arcaneadam commentedTo me that is more an issue of poor Site Admin/Setup. Taxonomy Vocab names should be Descriptive of what they are used for.
How about "Add popular terms(or tags, I can concede) for VOCAB_NAME" as that is more inline with Drupal terminology anyways and also is more specific about what you are adding rather then just tags, which is still IMHO very ambiguous and can be confusing in certain use cases.
Either way I know it's a small, tiny, unimportant, minuscule even ;) (i.e would never keep me from using this excellent module) issue but Good UIX is always about the small details.
Keep up the good work.
Comment #3
dragonwize commentedThe string is ran through both t() and is in a theme function making it easily overridden by any site dev. So I would only consider a change that would be a better default and am basing my thoughts around that. I am most inclined at the moment to change it to just say "Popular:" or something similar while providing a couple variables like vocab name that would allow anyone to customize it to what they want. Still musing on that idea though.
Comment #4
dragonwize commentedHow about using the label "Suggestions:"?
That word seems to being used quite often by other modules for similar purpose.
Comment #5
mahyarsbt commentedThank you for your continued interest in the Active Tags module.
We are excited to announce that the issue you raised has been addressed in the revitalized Active Tags version 1.0.0. This update supports Drupal 9, 10, and 11 and brings a modern interface along with a range of new features to enhance your Drupal tagging experience, including:
This is just a glimpse of the new capabilities. We encourage you to explore these new features by downloading the latest version. For a full list of features and more details, please visit the Active Tags project page.
Comment #6
mahyarsbt commentedWith the release of Active Tags 1.0.0, we believe this issue has been fully resolved. We invite you to explore the latest version and share any feedback you have.
Thank you for your continued support and contributions to the Drupal community. Together, we can keep improving Active Tags!
Visit the Active Tags project page to stay updated and provide feedback.