Add another link to Network Admin

[sabernhardt]

There are problems accessing the link for Network Admin in the toolbar dropdown:

• keyboard accessibility (reported on #34668 and at least one ​accessibility support topic)
• touchscreen use (#22660)

I would like to add another link to that screen in case the other issues are not both fixed. It could go on the My Sites screen and/or in the side admin menu.

[sabernhardt]

adding to My Sites screen

[sabernhardt]

simple link below heading (and Add New site link) on My Sites screen

[sabernhardt]

adding link to side admin menu

[sabernhardt]

link below My Sites in side menu

[audrasjb]

Hi,

It would make sense to me to add a submenu under Dashboard.

By the way I don't think it would hurt if we add an additional link in the "My Sites" screen, too.

[johnjamesjacoby]

I agree completely that discovery for the Network Admin area is a legitimate problem.

My opinions, for what they are worth:

• The submenu items under the Dashboard top-level menu should be reserved for things inside that site, not outside of it. The visual hierarchy is inwards/down, not outwards/up
• Other admin screens also have links in the area that is suggested in "My Sites" and they feel a little bit floaty and random, and I don't like them in the other screens either

Any other ideas? 😅

[sabernhardt]

side menu after bottom separator

[sabernhardt]

Network Admin link at bottom of side menu

[sabernhardt]

The link doesn't fit very well above Dashboard, so the link is below the bottom separator instead in 53888.menu-bottom.patch​.

I did not include a network submenu to avoid confusion with other links that have the same text (which refer to the network's Dashboard, Users, etc., in the admin toolbar).

[henry.wright]

@johnjamesjacoby "Dashboard" already has a global sub-item "My Sites". That sub-item doesn't refer to the current site. I agree though "Dashboard" sub-items should be refer to the current site only

@sabernhardt Could "Network Admin" be added as a top-level link to the Toolbar? The WordPress logo could be first, then a link to Network Admin, then a link to My Sites.

[sabernhardt]

With this ticket, I was hoping to add a link outside the toolbar.

The toolbar top-level already can get crowded (#28983), so I'm reluctant to place another link there. That link would also need to show on mobile, with an ​icon. Simply removing the ​'parent' setting would push the Network Admin link group after My Sites; putting it before My Sites probably should involve moving those nodes from wp_admin_bar_my_sites_menu to a new function at a priority of 15 or so.

[henry.wright]

The toolbar top-level already can get crowded

Agreed

[sabernhardt]

Would adding the link to the bottom of the side menu (53888.menu-bottom.patch​) be a good option?

[henry.wright]

Is the proposal to move the link or introduce an additional link? I agree with @johnjamesjacoby that items under Dashboard should be related to the current site only. 53888.menu-bottom.patch is a good location for the link in my opinion.

[sabernhardt]

The proposal is for an additional link somewhere.

[sabernhardt]

Moving to future release to continue exploring possibilities.

[sabernhardt]

This lacks recent activity, and I have no new ideas.