Alt: handle synced deleted source navigation link #73168
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… is deleted Rather than display UI states to resolve broken links, the user likely wants the link entirely removed. So, instead of displaying a state they need to resolve, let's remove the links for them. If a link is supposed to be bound, we check if the source exists. While a synced navigation link is resolving, we hide it from display. Once it is resolved and valid, we display it.
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What?
Reverts #73142
Closes #72564
I wanted to try an alternate UX for resolving synced navigation link blocks when their synced source is deleted. Rather than present an Invalid state and error messages, let's assume they also want the synced page they deleted to be removed from the navigation block. Why should we bother giving a user more work (resolving all the invalid links from their navigation) instead of removing them so they don't have to?
Why?
Allowing synced navigation links with deleted sources causes odd UX and increases the code complexity. Instead of allowing this state, it's simpler to prevent these navigation links from rendering.
How?
Add a hasResolvedBoundEntity check when rendering navigation links. If it hasn't resolved, wait to render until we know the synced entity exists.
Some issues/tradeoffs with this approach:
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