Breadcrumbs: parent page not linked

[nilshoerrmann]

We have this:

Pages > Parent Page > Child Page

While Pages is linked to the overview, Parent Page is not linked to anything.
Why isn't it linked to the parent page edit view?

[brendo]

I swear I've fixed this and @eKoeS tweaked it to make the behaviour more intuitive as well. Perhaps there has been a merge regression somewhere

[nilshoerrmann]

Can you confirm the issue? Just want to make sure it's not my fork that is messed up ...

[brendo]

Ah, I can confirm it. If the pages_table_nest_children is set to no, then the bug occurs.

[brendo]

@eKoeS, can you remember why we explicitly made it this way?

edit Ah, right! If the nesting setting is off, you can't filter the pages by ?parent=66 to show pages at that level, so that's why it removed.

Your original issue is a bit different though, you want the edit page in the breadcrumb.

I think we should:

• If viewing the Editor, the breadcrumbs should relate to the Edit pages
• If nesting is on, and you are on the index, breadcrumbs should filter the index page.

[simoneeconomo]

Sorry guys, I just woke up :)

If viewing the Editor, the breadcrumbs should relate to the Edit pages

To clarify: the idea was not to use links when nesting if off because it would completely alters the breadcrumbs behaviour.

[nilshoerrmann]

How would it alter the behaviour? I see the parent page in the breadcrumbs but I cannot click it – that just feels wrong.

[simoneeconomo]

When nesting is on the parent page is a link to an Index view, while when it's off it's a link to an Edit view. I don't like this behaviour because we never link to Edit views in breadcrumbs, that task should be achieved by buttons (e.g. "Edit Configuration").

[nilshoerrmann]

When nesting is on the parent page is a link to an Index view

This sounds wrong to me.

[simoneeconomo]

It's very logical to me: it allows you to see a filtered view of Pages belonging to that parent (which is only available when
nesting is on) and complies with the conventional purpose of breadcrumbs to drive you from particular (right), to general (left).

Consider this example:

Sections › Categories

Following your logic, "Sections" would link to the Edit page for that section, but that's wrong in my opinion: the parent level link should always take you to a list of available children. At least that's what I got used to by navigating breadcrumbs in other websites.

This is also what happens