Moodle

Navigation block should not show elements which are both empty and have no link

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  • Testing Instructions:
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    • Open the site frontpage (or most other pages)
      • Confirm that the 'Site pages' link is visible and has children
    • Turn editing on
    • Edit the block settings for the navigation block
    • Change the "Generate navigation for the following" setting to "Categories and courses" and Save changes
      • Confirm that the 'Site pages' link is no longer visible
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    Open the site frontpage (or most other pages) Confirm that the 'Site pages' link is visible and has children Turn editing on Edit the block settings for the navigation block Change the "Generate navigation for the following" setting to "Categories and courses" and Save changes Confirm that the 'Site pages' link is no longer visible
  • Affected Branches:
    MOODLE_22_STABLE
  • Fixed Branches:
    MOODLE_22_STABLE, MOODLE_23_STABLE
  • Pull from Repository:
  • Pull Master Branch:
    MDL-34322-master-1
  • Pull Master Diff URL:

Description

It's currently possible an element in the navigation block to have no link, and have children but not display them.
The result is a node in the navigation tree which has no link and cannot be expanded rendering it a digital paper-weight on our screens.

In this scenario, we should not display the link as it's potentially confusing - it doesn't do anything.

To replicate:

  • Open the site frontpage (or most other pages)
  • Turn editing on
  • Edit the block settings for the navigation block
  • Change the "Generate navigation for the following" setting to "Categories and courses" and Save changes
  • Notice that the "Site pages" link can't be expanded any more and don't link to anything

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Andrew Nicols added a comment -

This patch skips generation of all of the content early on to benefit performance too. There may be another case I haven't considered but I can't think of them right now.

This patch should not remove:

  • JS-only links using the action_link class to provide an action
  • any action with a string or moodle_url
  • any node which is expandable
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Andrew Nicols added a comment - This patch skips generation of all of the content early on to benefit performance too. There may be another case I haven't considered but I can't think of them right now. This patch should not remove: JS-only links using the action_link class to provide an action any action with a string or moodle_url any node which is expandable
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Michael de Raadt added a comment -

Thanks for working on that, Andrew.

I'll see if we can get that peer reviewed for you soon.

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Michael de Raadt added a comment - Thanks for working on that, Andrew. I'll see if we can get that peer reviewed for you soon.
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Sam Hemelryk added a comment -

Looks spot on Andrew, feel free to put up for integration review when you're ready

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Sam Hemelryk added a comment - Looks spot on Andrew, feel free to put up for integration review when you're ready
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Dan Poltawski added a comment -

The main moodle.git repository has just been updated with latest weekly modifications. You may wish to rebase your PULL branches to simplify history and avoid any possible merge conflicts. This would also make integrator's life easier next week.

TIA and ciao

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Dan Poltawski added a comment - The main moodle.git repository has just been updated with latest weekly modifications. You may wish to rebase your PULL branches to simplify history and avoid any possible merge conflicts. This would also make integrator's life easier next week. TIA and ciao
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Sam Hemelryk added a comment -

Thanks Andrew, I've integrated this now.

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Sam Hemelryk added a comment - Thanks Andrew, I've integrated this now.
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Andrew Davis added a comment -

Looks good. Passing.

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Andrew Davis added a comment - Looks good. Passing.
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Aparup Banerjee added a comment -

yay, it works!

This issue has been put through rigorous processes and finally swam upstream along with some 65 others this week.

Thank you all for taking the time to get us here.

cheers!

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Aparup Banerjee added a comment - yay, it works! This issue has been put through rigorous processes and finally swam upstream along with some 65 others this week. Thank you all for taking the time to get us here. cheers!

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