When no menu exists the verbiage is misleading and provides an unnecessary link

[garrett-eclipse]

Hello,

On a fresh install which doesn't have menus setup yet, when you go to the Appearance > Menus you'll get a form to Create Menu but before that there's misleading verbiage and a link;
"Edit you menu below, or <create a new menu>"
*I used <> to denote the link text.

This verbiage is misleading as there's no menu below to edit. As well the create a new menu link just links back to the current page so isn't useful.

Suggesting verbiage;
'Create your first menu below.'

The other option is to remove that message box as it's not really needed.

Cheers

[garrett-eclipse]

Misleading message when no menus exist

[garrett-eclipse]

Patch option suppressing message completely

[garrett-eclipse]

Patch providing message when no menus exist

[garrett-eclipse]

Screen showing when the message area is suppressed

[garrett-eclipse]

Screen showing alternate message when no menus exist

[garrett-eclipse]

I've provided two patches for this to illustrate the two options;

45155.nomessage.diff - Fully suppresses the message section when there's no menus.

45155.firstmenumessage.diff - Replaces the invalid verbiage with new verbiage and new screen reader verbiage.

[SergeyBiryukov]

I'd go with 45155.firstmenumessage.diff​.

[garrett-eclipse]

Thanks @SergeyBiryukov that's what I'm leaning towards as well. Cheers

[garrett-eclipse]

Hi @SergeyBiryukov I refreshed this patch after re-applying and testing. I found the verbiage could be more clear still.

I ended up with;
'Create your first menu below.'
Screen Reader Text - 'Fill in the Menu Name and click the Create Menu button to create your first menu.'

Thanks for your input earlier, I feel this is ready to commit if you want to take another look.

[pento]

In 44685:

Menus: Show an appropriate message when no menus exist.

Props garrett-eclipse.
Fixes #45155.