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[UX] move Action links in Admin bar #1565

Open jenlampton opened 8 years ago

jenlampton commented 8 years ago

I often wonder about the location of "Action links" (the ones with the plus) for all admin pages. They always show up at the top of the drop-down sub-menu, but are rarely more important than most the links below. Should we move them, as a whole, perhaps one level deeper?

Current Admin bar examples:

Structure

Layouts
- Add layout
- List Layouts
- Layout 1
- Layout 2
Views
- Add view
- List Vews
- View 1
- View 2

Functionality

Install module
Modules
Update
Uninstall

Proposed Admin bar examples:

Structure

Layouts
- List Layouts
- Add layout
- Layout 1
- Layout 2
Views
- List Vews
- Add view
- View 1
- View 2

Functionality

List modules
- Install modules
- Uninstall modules
Update modules

klonos commented 8 years ago

Structurally this makes sense because these "+ Add x" links are contained in a page/tab. So it is logical to have that page as a parent.

...although in the specific use case of modules it feels funny to have "Install modules" and "Uninstall modules" in different depth.