When you view a node revision (node/%/revisions/%/view) you don't have the node edit/view/revisions tab and there is no real way to navigate away from here to the node of the revision you are viewing.

If you have breadcrumbs displaying you can get to the revisions list via them, but that's not really good enough for navigation by itself.

If there was to be a "back" link of sorts I would think it should go to the revisions list (node/%/revisions).

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rooby’s picture

rooby commented

I have not yet checked whether or not this is an issue in Drupal 8.

dcam’s picture

dcam commented
Version: 7.x-dev » 8.x-dev
Category: Bug report » Feature request

The same is still true in 8.x.

johnpitcairn’s picture

johnpitcairn commented

Personally I think some local tasks should be present on all revisions. The Revisioning module is a good starting point.

When viewing an older entity revision, the "revisions" local task should remain active, and there should be a "view published" (or "view current") primary local task to get you back to the current revision.

There should also be secondary local tasks corresponding to actions you can perform on the revision you are viewing: "revert to this revision", "delete this revision", etc. Perhaps an active secondary local task "revision [vid]".

Way back in Drupal 6 I wrote an extension of that model which also provided "next revision" and "previous revision" secondary local tasks - my clients were very appreciative of the ability to step through revisions.

View current | Revisions
<< Previous | Revision 1196 | Revert to this | Delete this | Next >>

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rooby commented

@John Pitcairn:

I agree.
As far as hook_menu() goes, what you describe as primary local tasks would be MENU_LOCAL_TASKs and what you describe as secondary tasks would be MENU_LOCAL_ACTIONs.

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johnpitcairn commented

I think I might also expect the draft revision and edit to remain directly accessible if appropriate. Draft always points to the latest revision (if that is newer than the published revision). Assuming full permissions:

View current | View draft | Edit draft | Revisions
<< Prev | Revision 1196 | Revert to this | Delete this | Next >>

There are perhaps some UI issues around this: what happens when the user steps through revisions and arrives at the current revision or draft revision? Does the primary active tab change? Do the local tasks remain? Or do we stay on the "Revisions" tab and the "Revision xyz" label changes to "Current revision" (and revert/delete disappear)?

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rocketeerbkw commented
Status: Active » Closed (duplicate)
Related issues: +#1108888: Add actions and/or tabs to a node's revision view

Closing this as duplicate of #1108888: Add actions and/or tabs to a node's revision view