Hi,
(I am always happy if people say nice things about my modules, so.. I want to do the same)

Admin menu source solves a problem that has pained me for quite a while, and that I have so far solved with various suboptimal workarounds.
I added administrative links into the site navigation, where they mess up the layout when logged in. I enabled the admin menu for the client, only to see that some nested links don't get displayed because there is no access to the parent. i even produced an alternative to admin menu (dqx_adminmenu) that would reveal submenus even if the parent is inaccessible - but still the client would need to dive through meaningless hierarchy to get to the point.

Now this module does the job, and I am happy :)

Some thought:
So far i am using it on a small site where the client only needs a small number of administrative links, which is ok for me to create by hand. I imagine on bigger sites it might be useful if the custom menu would grow itself somewhat semi-automatic when new modules are installed, new content types created, etc.. not sure how that could be done, though.

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shadcn’s picture

shadcn commented
Status: Active » Fixed

Thanks. Super awesome to check the issue queue in the morning and read "issues" like these :)

The main idea here was to build upon custom menus so you give users exactly what you want them to see (manually-created links) and nothing else. Adding items to the menu automatically might change this goal. But it might turn into something useful if implemented well. Patches welcomed :)

donquixote’s picture

donquixote commented

Ok, I will get back to this when I have a use case where this is actually needed.
So far I only thought about content create links. But these are still possible to create manually.

Status: Fixed » Closed (fixed)

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

Leeteq’s picture

Leeteq commented
Title: Great module! » Great module! - would be even greater if it could provide a sub-menu for admin_menu
Category: Support request » Feature request
Issue summary: View changes
Status: Closed (fixed) » Active

Sorry for re-opening, but this module is referenced in the following issue of the admin_menu module, with a question regarding if some functionality could be moved in here, please have a look and give feedback in that issue.

#686000: Improve "Move local tasks to menu" or remove the feature