Opened 3 years ago
Last modified 3 years ago
#53888 accepted enhancement
Add another link to Network Admin
Reported by: | sabernhardt | Owned by: | sabernhardt |
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Milestone: | Future Release | Priority: | normal |
Severity: | normal | Version: | |
Component: | Networks and Sites | Keywords: | has-patch |
Focuses: | administration, multisite | Cc: |
Description
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.
Attachments (6)
Change History (20)
#1
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3 years ago
- Keywords has-patch added
- Milestone changed from Awaiting Review to 5.9
- Owner set to sabernhardt
- Status changed from new to accepted
This ticket was mentioned in Slack in #accessibility by sabernhardt. View the logs.
3 years ago
This ticket was mentioned in Slack in #accessibility by ryokuhi. View the logs.
3 years ago
#4
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3 years ago
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.
#5
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3 years ago
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? 😅
#6
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3 years ago
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).
#7
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3 years ago
@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.
#8
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3 years ago
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.
#10
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3 years ago
Would adding the link to the bottom of the side menu (53888.menu-bottom.patch) be a good option?
#11
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3 years ago
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.
This ticket was mentioned in Slack in #core-multisite by sabernhardt. View the logs.
3 years ago
#14
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3 years ago
- Milestone changed from 5.9 to Future Release
Moving to future release to explore more possibilities.
adding to My Sites screen