On the Advanced View of a plugin the tabs list is missing

[ramiy]

The tabs list navigation (Details, Reviews, Installation, Support, Development) is missing when the Advanced View is displayed.

[audrasjb]

Add plugin main tabs in advanced view page

[audrasjb]

Hi,
Here is a patch to add plugin main tabs in advanced view.
I added plugin permalink to the existing anchors for advanced view only.

Cheers,
Jb

[audrasjb]

Add missing echo instruction to the permalink :P

[joostdevalk]

Patch looks good to me, @SergeyBiryukov or @otto42 can you have a look and commit? :)

[Otto42]

This doesn't seem like the right way to me. I'd rather get rid of the Advanced view and move its contents somewhere else.

Also, tabs are intentionally missing from the Advanced view. The Advanced view was only created last minute because of internal changes. We need to come up with a bigger and better plan than simply monkey patching this one.

So for now, I say wontfix until we have a better idea.

[obenland]

I agree with everything @Otto42 said. Let's circle back to this when the single plugins page undergoes its next iteration.

[garrett-eclipse]

Hey guys, I know this is a bit old but came across it instead of creating a new ticket.

I found the advanced view setup quite odd and almost becomes a navigation pit as once you're on the Advanced View there's no return or tabs to go back to the main view. Also if you 'favorite' the plugin while on advanced view it reloads the page to the main view. And I also found the Previous Versions hidden at the bottom with stats.

In my opinion I'd propose moving all the contents of the Advanced View aside from the Previous Versions onto a new 'Stats' tab beside the other tabs allowing you to find it and navigate between tabs much easier. As wel the Previous Versions can be moved to Development tab where users expect to find it along with the changelog. I find people asking where it is when they're looking at previous versions and need to revert due to an issue with the current version of the plugin. There was mention in #2875 that previous versions are for advanced users and that's correct but the development tab is where advanced users go, especially if advanced view just becomes Stats and on the Development tab you already fine things like the SVN repo, development log and changelog all of which logically make sense to live together with previous versions.

Proposed Idea in screenshots;
Development tab (w/ Previous Version added, Stats tab and removed Advanced View) - ​https://i.imgur.com/hQZuuLG.jpg
Stats tab (w/Previous Version removed, tabs added and Advanced View link removed) - ​https://i.imgur.com/HOh4cBL.png

Thanks for the consideration.

[tellyworth]

See also #2776

[dd32]

In 9680:

Plugin Directory: Always show the section tabs, including in the Advanced view.

Props audrasjb for initial patch.
Fixes #2854.