docs(navigation): document customizable page layouts on the view pages - #15775
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Six view pages are built from widgets on a grid, and none of that was documented. The only traces were a changelog line and a bullet about the administrator switch that restricts it. Covers what a layout is, the Page Layout menu, making a first change, editing, creating from scratch, managing, sharing and defaults, which layout you get on opening a page, why a widget can be absent, what a restricted instance looks like, and the four shapes of widget in the catalog. Aliases /pro/page_layouts/, the address the in-product Feature Flags page already links to, so that link resolves. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Description
Six view pages (Organization, Asset, Engagement, Test, Finding, and Risk Acceptance) are built from widgets arranged on a grid that users can rearrange, and none of it was documented. The only mentions anywhere in the docs were a changelog line and a bullet describing the administrator switch that restricts customization, which is the one part of the feature a normal user cannot use.
Adds a Customizing Page Layouts page under Navigation, next to Customizing Tables, covering:
Also links the Layout Defaults bullet on the Sidebar Menu page through to the new page.
The in-product link
The Page Layouts entry on the Feature Flags page links to
https://docs.defectdojo.com/pro/page_layouts/, which nothing serves today, so that link is currently broken. Every other feature flag's documentation link follows the usual content path. The new page aliases/pro/page_layouts/so the existing link resolves without anyone having to change the product.Notes for review
The page is text only for now. Screenshots would suit a drag-and-drop feature and can follow.
Worth checking closely: customization is what the feature flag governs, not rendering. Every one of the six pages renders through the grid either way, on a layout that reproduces the page it replaced, so a reader who never customizes anything sees no difference. The page is written to say that and not the reverse.
Test Commands
/test all- run all testsTest Configuration