descriptive / meaningful names for tabs

[a-kempka]

As a teacher I would like to (optionally) give my tabs meaningful / descriptive names additionally to the automatically generated ids

So instead of naming the URL /course/view.php?id=325&section=3 a descriptive name that could be configured in the tab's properties could be /course/view.php?id=325&section=information

In some cases descriptive names are more helpful than id-numbers:

• When tabs are being moved - not to lose track of which tab is which
• When working with links that should always point to a specific tab (which has not yet been created and whose id is not yet known)
• To give students a better hint in the URL which tab they are on (or for tech support to recognize the url better)

[davidherney]

Hi @a-kempka...

I like your idea. In the new version I added a parameter so that users can navigate using the title of a tab.
The parameter is called "sectionname". An example of use would be:
https://MYMOODLE/course/view.php?id=6&sectionname=Information

This should be a new parameter because Moodle defines section as an Integer parameter so any text is lost.

The following should be considered:

• The user must be authenticated before using the link. Moodle only keeps "section" and "sectionid" parameters if the user is redirected to login.

• It only works for tabs with custom names, it does not work with dynamic names like "Topic 1"

• Sections in the new versions have a "permalink" option. Those links are defined with the "sectionid", that link is much safer because it does not depend on parameters that change like the name. This link should be used for cases where you want to have a more precise reference.

• If two tabs have the same name, the tab that was created first is obtained regardless of its position in the tab bar.

Please try it and tell me what you think.

Saludos

[a-kempka]

Thanks for adding the secionname. Upon testing I found that I can not link to the first tab (0) by sectionname, only by section (number).

[a-kempka]

In order to better distinguish links to section-numbers and section-names and section-ids (permalinks): Could you add &sectionnumber for using the tab numbers? (For compatibility's sake &section (for numbers) should still be kept.)