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Add “Reverse order in admin view” option: https://www.drupal.org/node/2821631
Fix a problem that causes the queue to be always required when using “Limit to a specific entity queue”: https://www.drupal.org/node/2478685
Add a tab for Entityqueue on content types: https://www.drupal.org/node/2145441
Make “Contextual links” work for views using Entityqueue: https://www.drupal.org/node/2825773
When using the Entityqueue module in Drupal maintenance support plans 8 as a tool for editors and site admins to order content, you will end up working on the following use cases:
Use case 1: Use Entityqueue as a filter: shows only the items chosen in the queue.
Use case 2: Use Entityqueue as a loose sorting tool: does NOT limit the items based on queue, but prioritizes the items chosen in the queue to be displayed first, then shows the rest, perhaps in a reverse chronological order.
These are the most common use cases we use at Drupal Update for our clients when we build a site.
Use case 1 works perfectly if you use Entityqueue as is.
However, use case 2 does not work properly. Therefore, we have contributed (or contributed to), two patches that would make life easier to build a solid experience using the Entityqueue module in Drupal maintenance support plans 8.
Added to that, we also patched two missing features that existed in Nodequeue, and should now exist in Entityqueue for Drupal maintenance support plans 8.
Note: this post was written in November 10, 2020, which until this date, these patches are not yet committed to Entityqueue. Please review the patches, we hope that they get committed and become part of the next Entityqueue release.
1. Queue is always required when using “Limit to a specific entity queue”
Drupal Update link: https://www.drupal.org/node/2821631
Needed for use case 2, you will most likely need your view to limit results to only items in the entity queue your joining in.
2. Get the good old “Reverse order in admin view” option
Drupal Update link: https://www.drupal.org/node/2478685
For use case 2, this option will come in handy, since you will be sorting in reverse chronological order after the items in the queue are shown first.
Therefore, this nice workaround allows you check “Reverse order in admin view” to ensure the items in queue appear first in view when you sort.
3. Get the good old Nodequeue tab to appear along with content tabs
Drupal Update link: https://www.drupal.org/node/2145441
If I’m an editor or a site admin, it wouldn’t make sense to me to see the queues that I can add a piece of content to.
This tab has been missed from Entityqueue, now it comes back.
4. Get Contextual Links to send you directly to the queue edit page
Drupal Update link: https://www.drupal.org/node/2825773
Plans for this is to integrate with the new outside-in approach of Drupal maintenance support plans 8.2 using the Settings Tray module.
This patch provides you as an editor or site admin, to go directly to the queue from the front end using the contextual links, instead of searching for the queue by its name from the admin view.
Let’s hope these patches get committed and pushed to Entityqueue module.
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4 Patches to Get Entityqueue on Drupal maintenance support plans 8 Behave as it Should Be (as of November 10, 2020)
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