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When the user deletes an entity that is in the configuration management, then a list of all configurations that are modified or deleted are displayed. This can be a long list, that requires scrolling down the page.
By adding the block, the default warning "This action cannot be undone" gets squeezed between the page heading and the block.
In the block itself the line announcing that this is a deletion, not a modification is quite small.
Some deletions are unexpected (and serious), but users can easily overlook them.
For example deleting a content type, will also delete any view that has been using this content type, even if there are other content types still using this view.
This is a screenshot from a project, where the deletion of the content type Jobs would also delete the general Content view that displays all content of the site.
Proposed resolution
Re-design the display of the information which configuration will be modified or deleted so that it stays obvious that this cannot be undone, and whether something is a deletion or modification.
Remaining tasks
User interface changes
API changes
Data model changes
| Comment | File | Size | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| configuration-delete-warning.png | 65.87 KB | ifrik |
Comments
Comment #2
cilefen CreditAttribution: cilefen as a volunteer commentedThis is probably a duplicate of one of the issues attached to this one. But maybe we need a meta issue.
Comment #3
ifrikThere is indeed an issue for a to improve the warning for a highly destructive action #2773205.
But we still need some work on this block provided by the configuration management because in this block the way the block title, the headers and the list of actual configurations that get deleted don't see to work well together.
Comment #4
cilefen CreditAttribution: cilefen as a volunteer commented