The Quick Edit module is no longer enabled by default in the 'Standard' profile

By dww on 6 August 2021

Change record status:

Published (View all published change records)

Project:

Drupal core

Introduced in branch:

9.3.x

Introduced in version:

9.3.0-alpha1

Issue links:

https://www.drupal.org/node/3227036

https://www.drupal.org/node/3222947

Description:

The Quick Edit module is slated for removal from core in Drupal 10, based on data that indicate that the module is not commonly used by the intended audience and on the numerous technical, usability, and accessibility limitations with the current module.

To this end, Quick Edit has been removed from the Standard profile in Drupal 9.3.0. This change does not affect existing sites, only new sites installing the Standard profile for the first time. Drupal 9.3.x sites may still enable the module, and it will be available as a contributed module for Drupal 10 sites, although it is recommended to consider alternatives for the long term.

The Standard profile will continue to provide Contextual Links (the module that provides the dropdown menu with the pencil icon allowing the edit form for a piece of content to be opened). Site owners may also consider alternative solutions for in-place editing like the Geysir contributed module.

Impacts:

Site builders, administrators, editors

Distribution developers

Updates Done (doc team, etc.)

Online documentation:

Not done

Theming guide:

Not done

Module developer documentation:

Not done

Examples project:

Not done

Coder Review:

Not done

Coder Upgrade:

Not done

Other:

Other updates done

Comments

So... What about the people who consider this a killer feature?

awasson commented 9 January 2023 at 18:04

Removing Quick Edit is a missed opportunity and if the stats show low usage then obviously it hasn't been promoted well. Every client I have built sites for in Drupal 8/9 have fallen in love with Quick Edit and on those sites where updates have turned it off, I've been asked to reenable it. Even my colleagues in the WordPress space consider Quick Edit a killer feature and I expect we'll see WP come up with a similar plugin. It clearly should have been promoted because once you've used it on a well trafficked site, you won't want to deal with the back and forth of traditional editing. Hopefully someone has spun off a contrib of Quick Edit.