The 2026 Drupal Business Survey is open. Your response will help shape the future of the Drupal business ecosystem.When signing up for an account, user register form, the time zone selection reads:
"Your time zone setting will be automatically detected if possible. Confirm the selection and click save."
This could cause a possible confusion as there is no "Save" button, only the "Create new account". I would suggest changing the description to:
"Your time zone setting will be automatically detected if possible. Please confirm the selection."
Beta phase evaluation
| Issue category | Bug |
|---|---|
| Unfrozen changes | Unfrozen because it only changes help text in the UI |
| Prioritized changes | The main goal of this issue is usability |
| Comment | File | Size | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| #20 | timezone-1055150-with.png | 21.07 KB | rootwork |
| #20 | timezone-1055150-without.png | 29.56 KB | rootwork |
| #18 | 1055150-18-user-time-zone.patch | 810 bytes | devin carlson |
| #12 | 1055150-user-time-zone.patch | 767 bytes | yoroy |
| #10 | 1055150-timezone-info-account.png | 75.93 KB | yoroy |
Comments
Comment #1
devin carlson commentedSounds like a small but useful change to me.
Moving to 8.x-dev. I've attached a patch against Drupal 8 that makes the same change.
Comment #2
brianV commented+1 for this text change as well. Rerolling for HEAD
Comment #3
brianV commentedAnd actually attaching the patch this time...
Comment #4
rootworkSurprised this never went anywhere; I just ran into this and it seems needlessly confusing (also given all the accessibility/mobile work, we all know that not everyone is "clicking" things anyway). Personally this is a UX/documentation bug to me.
Rerolled against 8.x HEAD. Hope we can backport this to 7, too.
Comment #5
rootworkHere's the interdiff just for kicks. Looks like it's just changes in line numbers.
Comment #6
jhedstrom+1 for this change. Patch needs a reroll though.
Comment #7
devin carlson commentedA reroll of #4.
Comment #8
jhedstromThis change makes the help text more clear than it currently stands. This is allowed under beta phase since string changes are unfrozen, and it improves usability.
Comment #9
rootworkSo glad this is finally going to get in! Such a small, useful change.
Comment #10
yoroy commentedNice catch, but: we try not to use “Please”, see #604342: Interface text.
Additionally, I wonder wether we need that string at all, why even explain that the system made a best guess. Seems to me it’s adds more UI noise than useful information. Here’s what it looks like without, in Bartik:
Comment #11
rootworkI like the idea of just dropping it entirely, actually. It reads just fine.
What do others think?
Comment #12
yoroy commentedIs simply removing that line enough?
Comment #13
devin carlson commentedAfter reviewing the screenshot from #10, I agree that simply removing the description makes the most sense.
Comment #14
jhedstrom+1 for completely removing!
Comment #15
alexpottCommitted acd8af4 and pushed to 8.0.x. Thanks!
Thanks for adding the beta evaluation for to the issue summary.
Comment #17
David_Rothstein commentedThis would make sense to backport, right?
Comment #18
devin carlson commentedBackport of #12.
Comment #19
dcam commentedThis is a simple change. It eliminates the offending description. RTBC.
Comment #20
rootworkConfirmed the patch from #18 still applies to 7.x HEAD and makes the changes (once regional settings are set to allow user-set time zones).
Without patch:
With patch:
Comment #21
David_Rothstein commentedCommitted to 7.x - thanks!