Hi,

I agree with robokev. How about one of these? I prefer first ...
"You must manually enable newly added modules, here. Steps here." (Or question mark tooltip)
or
"You must manually enable newly added modules, here"
or
"Manually enable newly added modules, here"

Is it possible for the link to auto filter on the newly added module?

In all these years I've never given it a thought until something hit me today. This wording doesn't matter to me but I thought it might not be obvious to new or non-technical people.

Also, I suggest putting the enable link first since it's best practice to enable one module at a time to test for errors, especially for new Druplers. Experienced ones should know this already.

There are a number of issues (see related) about this install workflow's wording. My vote is to start with the word "Add" module which then goes to the word "Enable" module then "Update" module then "Disable" module then "Uninstall" module then finally "Remove" module. All links, buttons and documentation should use these words.

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sajosh created an issue. See original summary.

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cilefen commented
Version: 8.9.x-dev » 9.1.x-dev
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Status: Active » Closed (duplicate)

This issue is a duplicate of several others. We need to narrow it down to 1 issue, not create more. See related issues in the sidebar.

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sajosh commented
Status: Closed (duplicate) » Active

Hi Jhodgdon,

I created a child issue because the parent issue was closed so I couldn't add a comment. It was closed by Dries thus this topic is important.

Others have said to stop scope creep ... "scope the entire admin"

So, what's it a duplicate of? Of this? I'll be happy to add to that one.

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OK, I see that this could be a separate issue. I think we should really consolidate all 3 steps into 1 issue, but right now we have:

a) You go to admin/modules and see two buttons with the word "Install" on them
#2577407: Action of uploading module/theme files should consistently be called "Add", not "Install"

b) You click the one at the top that is for adding a new module's files from drupal.org. You paste in a URL or upload a zip, and that button says "Install" (and probably should say Continue instead):
#976232: "Install" button at admin/*/install should be labeled "Continue"

c) That uploads the files and puts them where they go. You now have another button that says "Enable newly added modules", which doesn't actually enable them, just takes you back to admin/modules where you can enable the modules -- that is this issue.

Really, these are all steps in the same process, and the issue overall is basically "The UI text for the process of adding a new module from drupal.org and enabling it is very confusing".

So if we could close (b) and (c) as duplicates of (a), and put all of these steps onto the issue summary of (a), I think that would be the best thing to do, rather than having 3 separate issues. Because really the problem is that these three steps don't work together well and are confusing as a whole.

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sajosh commented

You're so right. So for that effort I consolidated all changes that I could find. This is for the team's review.

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Status: Active » Closed (duplicate)
Parent issue: #937698: "Enable newly added modules in [Module Group]" is awkward, should be "Enable newly added modules" » #992190: Link to enable a new module after adding it via the Update Manager is confusing - allow users to enable it directly from that screen instead
Related issues: +#937698: "Enable newly added modules in [Module Group]" is awkward, should be "Enable newly added modules"

Thanks everyone for this issue and the attempts to clarify scope. However, I do believe this specific request is exactly duplicate with #992190: Link to enable a new module after adding it via the Update Manager is confusing - allow users to enable it directly from that screen instead, which is much older.

Cheers,
-Derek