Support for Drupal 7 is ending on 5 January 2025—it’s time to migrate to Drupal 10! Learn about the many benefits of Drupal 10 and find migration tools in our resource center.I clicked Configuration/Modules to look for modules. If I had not looked over the patch that added modules as a tab, I would have had a heck of a time finding the moduels tab. I realized this isn't really a problem with modules however, more a problem with how slate styles tabs.
1) all the content is on the left, except for the tabs, and on a 15 inch screen (which isn't huge) right is already a long ways away.
2) the text is dark on dark on dark (http://img.skitch.com/20090815-q1kxytdeu6dk6u3h26fjc7prs2.jpg), which is hard to find and hard to read
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| #3 | fix-seven-tabs.png | 35.65 KB | lut4rp |
Comments
Comment #1
dmitrig01 CreditAttribution: dmitrig01 commentedwhoops
Comment #2
lut4rp CreditAttribution: lut4rp commentedI second this, the tabs should start from the left. They get missed too easily right now.
Comment #3
lut4rp CreditAttribution: lut4rp commentedOK, I just changed to
float: left;and it seems much better to me already. Though obviously, we need to move them down and some one with a better UI brain than me needs to have a look... :)Comment #4
alexanderpas CreditAttribution: alexanderpas commentedI think this problem becomes less of a problem when the content takes the full page (multi-column), instead of only the left side, altrough the provided screenshot makes the problem pretty clear.
Please try again with the latest HEAD (with and without toolbar.module please)
Comment #5
rszrama CreditAttribution: rszrama commentedI just tweeted this problem. I looked all over the content area of the "Configuration and modules" page expecting to find a link to the modules page. I then browsed through all the other admin pages before coming back here and seeing there was a tab.
Comment #6
alexanderpas CreditAttribution: alexanderpas commentednote this related issue: #550718: admin/people needs to have a default tab (was: Tabs on admin pages are not accessible from overviews and menus)
however, this is certainly not a duplicate, as this issue is concerning the display of tabs in the page itself, versus the display on the overview of the other issue.
Comment #7
Bojhan CreditAttribution: Bojhan commentedI think that, this is because you have learned and grown accustom to the use of tabs. Where as we would never apply the to modules before. We can't just go about applying a style to this tab, without considering the consequences - it is indeed somewhat darkish, but this is also because it shouldn't be so prominent.
Not sure, I am interested in what user testing will expose. Sure it took you a minute to find it, but finding it there to me makes it far more accessible then having to go scan down a list.
Please, not everything for "Seven" is critical.
Comment #8
Dries CreditAttribution: Dries commentedPersonally, I think that the tabs in Seven are _much_ better than the tabs in Garland (and usability testing showed that Garland's tabs were a problem).
I prefer the tabs on the right, honestly, but I agree that it takes some learning. Moving them to the left doesn't feel right and has its own set of problems. Given that this is a major design pattern in Drupal, and always has been, I'd think users can learn this behavior.
Having the overlay stuff committed would also help because they make the tabs stand out more.
Comment #9
Bojhan CreditAttribution: Bojhan commentedSeems that something will be taken up by the Overlay. I don't think we will fix this, it looks as by design.
Comment #10
dmitrig01 CreditAttribution: dmitrig01 commentedTabs on right v. left: I did a simple usability on test with my friends - i printed out two pages, one with an edit link next to the title and one to the right, and asked them how they woudl go about editing the page. they all got it right, but it took the ones on the right considerably longer.