Navigation: Make 'Manage menus' button link to site-editor.php?postType=wp_navigation

[noisysocks]

I was testing creating a block-based website from scratch and got confused when I came across this very sad looking 'Mange menus' link that appears in the Advanced panel when a Navigation block is selected:

1. It looks unpolished. Should it be a variant="secondary" button and not a link?

2. I'd expect it to be located with the other menu management controls:

   

3. I'd expect it to link to site-editor.php?postType=wp_navigation and not edit.php?post_type=wp_navigation which is very clunky and requires the user to save/discard their changes.

[jasmussen]

Good issue. I would link it to the site editor navigation section (/wp-admin/site-editor.php?postType=wp_navigation), however, which I would expect to get the new data views in the not too distant future.

[noisysocks]

@jasmussen: Do you think we should move it to the ellipsis menu or keep it in Advanced?

[jasmussen]

It's been in the ellipsis menu before, in fact it's moved around a bit. I recall personally advocating for the ellipsis menu, since there's a dedicated Navigation section in the site editor. But I'm also generally deferring to feedback here, so it may be best to keep it where it is.

There's an open question of the classic themes behavior here.

[youknowriad]

Hey folks! I came to this issue after a discussion with @fabiankaegy

I think the edit.php?post_type=wp_navigation page is very confusing, the only place to access it is using the "Manage menus" link and when you click an item there you navigate to the site editor. It makes for a very confusing flow.

I would suggest to repurpose this issue or create a new issue to do the following instead:

• Remove access to this page
• Make this menu navigate to the site editor's "navigation" page
• Allow access to the site editor's navigation page for classic themes (just like we do for patterns).

@getdave @jasmussen @oandregal @MaggieCabrera

[jasmussen]

Remove access to this page
Make this menu navigate to the site editor's "navigation" page
Allow access to the site editor's navigation page for classic themes (just like we do for patterns).

Makes sense to me 👍 👍

CC: @fcoveram as he's been pondering aspects related to this lately, and @tellthemachines as she's been looking at unifying a couple of elements inside the site editor for classic editor (styles, patterns). Further, CC: @jameskoster as you argued for bringing data views to the Site Editor > Navigation section, which could be all the more urgent based on this.

[getdave]

This seems like a reasonable approach.

Also worth noting that we're looking to add Dataviews support for Navigation

#65828