Design/UX #21095
openClarifying Group Menu and Submenu Items
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Description
I’m having some difficulty distinguishing between parent menu items and the submenu items that unfold when I toggle “Manage” in a group where I'm admin. I'm starting to keep these options straight, but I'm not sure other group admins will understand the difference if they're just starting out.
For example, one "Settings" option refers me to email notification settings while the other opens group privacy settings (see attached). There also duplicates for "Forum" and "Events" that link out differently between the parent menu and Manage submenu.
Is there any way to clarify the navigation flow with group menu and submenu items?
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Updated by Boone Gorges 29 days ago
- Assignee set to Sara Cannon
- Target version set to 2.8.0
Hi Zach - Sorry that this ticket got lost in the shuffle. The "Settings" and "Manage" language is indeed a bit confusing, but basically it breaks down like this: "Manage" is configuration work you can do as the admin of a group, while "Settings" corresponds to group-related settings available to any member of the group. I'm assigning this ticket to Sara because I also find the nomenclature just a bit confusing, and I wonder if there's something we could do to improve it. This could be better wording ("Manage" feels just a bit opaque to me) or even something visual - like a padlock next to Manage, or perhaps a slightly different visual look (background color, etc) for items that are admin-only?
Updated by Sara Cannon 21 days ago
What if we changed the admin section to "Advanced" and it's settings to "admin settings" 
Updated by Colin McDonald 21 days ago
Notes from our conversation on this in the dev call just now:
- Can we incorporate a visual element to delineate the admin-only area? How Github does it, an outline or color or icon
- For the wording, let's avoid repeating Settings. Maybe Settings stays in the top row, and then Manage is replaced by Admin or Admin-Only to be specific about what that area's for and to whom it appears.
- Could the lower-row Settings just become Manage, or more specifically is Privacy & Defaults too long? That actually describes what you can change in that area.
Updated by Sara Cannon 14 days ago
- File Screenshot 2026-04-07 at 9.55.31 AM.png Screenshot 2026-04-07 at 9.55.31 AM.png added
- File Screenshot 2026-04-07 at 9.55.16 AM.png Screenshot 2026-04-07 at 9.55.16 AM.png added
What about "Admin" with a gear icon and then "Manage"
Updated by Boone Gorges 14 days ago
I really like this, Sara. Curious to hear what Laurie and Zach have to say.
Updated by Raymond Hoh 8 days ago
- File group-admin-tab.png group-admin-tab.png added
If we're ready to proceed, I have some code ready to roll out for the updated group admin menu tab and the renaming of the "Manage > Settings" tab to "Admin > Manage". See attached screenshot for the Admin tab with the gear icon.
I used a gear SVG that looks similar to the one from Sara's mockup, but Sara, if you can attach the gear SVG you used, that would be great.
Updated by Raymond Hoh 7 days ago
- Status changed from New to Staged for Production Release
- Target version changed from 2.8.0 to 2.7.2
I've made the group admin tab adjustments in https://github.com/cuny-academic-commons/cac/commit/e9a553599aa2b6a5804a3465dbdc6fa7c2293ee9. This is available for testing on cdev.