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In #3182134: Resolve Olivero config differences after install we found that this theme wants to place the help block into the help region, but that region doesn't exist.
Proposed resolution
Put the help block into another region or create a help region.
| Comment | File | Size | Author |
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| #7 | After---patch.jpg | 259.25 KB | ranjith_kumar_k_u |
| #6 | 3182711-6.patch | 1.85 KB | mherchel |
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Comment #2
chr.fritschComment #3
adamzimmermann commentedIs there a preference on which approach we take here?
Comment #4
daniel.bosenNo idea how much it matters, but Claro defines a help region, and puts the help block there.
Comment #6
mherchelI'm unable to get the new gitlab functionality working, so here's a patch that adds a region template so the help blocks will align with the rest of the content.
Comment #7
ranjith_kumar_k_u commentedThe patch looks good,it creates help region ,new region template for help region and also updates the page.html.twig with this region.
Comment #8
ranjith_kumar_k_u commentedComment #9
alexpottHow about changing the help region to
content_aboveinstead of adding a new region only for help. Having help text beneath the breadcrumb makes sense to me and I'm not sure of the rationale for an extra region. Bartik put help into the content region for example.Comment #10
adamzimmermann commentedI assume you mean changing the help block to the content_above region?
Claro and Seven use a help region FWIW. So after there was no strong preference when this was discussed in Slack, I ended up copying this approach.
I'm not stuck on it though, as I can see how an extra region seems like overkill too.
Comment #13
kumar ashutosh commentedThe patch is working fine to display region on the block layout page.
But If when I assigned 'Help' in the 'Help' region, then nothing is happening.
There should be a listing or any menu which will redirect to the module description and related help section which will help the user to use this section.
As normally there is nothing happening on assigning the 'Help' block in the 'Help' section.
The path should be redirected to the '/admin/help/help'.
Comment #14
mherchelI'm fine with either approach, but not adding a region would serve to keep the block interface less cluttered. So, that would be my first choice.
Comment #15
mherchelChanges look good to me too :)
Comment #16
alexpottCommitted and pushed 2b44c55 to 9.2.x and 9a256ce400 to 9.1.x. Thanks!
Backported 9.1.x since olivero is experimental.