Inspector: Polish "Link" button / dialog for static homepage

[jameskoster]

Here's the Link button / dialog for regular pages:

Here it is for a static homepage:

The button label shows the slug, but the dialog shows only the TLD with no edit-ability. In the case of the homepage, there's very little value in allowing users to change the slug, and it could lead to confusion.

• Should the Link row be hidden entirely for the static homepage?
• Or should it simply list the TLD as an externallink?

[jorgefilipecosta]

Hi @jameskoster,

I like the option "Or should it simply list the TLD as an externallink" but the homepage URL may be huge and may not fit a row. Maybe we show the link until a certain number of chars that fit, and after that we show "Homepage" with the link symbol and linking to the homepage. Would that work?

[jameskoster]

@jorgefilipecosta there's a PR to unify the behavior of these buttons here: #61954. It's probably okay if they wrap for now, we can apply unique treatments to specific buttons later.

and after that we show "Homepage" with the link symbol and linking to the homepage.

There's a separate PR to indicate the homepage here: #62071, so we probably don't need the extra affordance in the Link row.

"Or should it simply list the TLD as an externallink"

Maybe we start just with this?

[colorful-tones]

With WordPress 6.6 Beta 1 targeted to be released in less than a day - Editor Triage Leads will move this to Punted to 6.6.1 for now.

[jorgefilipecosta]

Hi @colorful-tones, I think this fix can still go with WordPress 6.6, the fact that for frontpages we are showing the wrong link can be seen as a bug.

[colorful-tones]

I think this fix can still go with WordPress 6.6, the fact that for frontpages we are showing the wrong link can be seen as a bug.

Thanks for clarifying @jorgefilipecosta. I've triaged this back to the ToDo column. Does this still need the Needs design feedback label, as I see you have an active pull request already in progress, and it seems odd that it would classified as a Bug and an Enhancement, but I'm probably being too stringent. 😅