While we are vetting module ideas....<div><br></div><div>I have been consistently underwhelmed with help that site builders/admins get when trying to assign permissions to roles. Permissions are incredibly important and obviously have big security implications, but that is often really hard to do with the often cryptic short phrases on the permissions page. While I understand the need for uncluttered UIs, I think the current approach for guiding admins in setting perms is inadequate.</div>
<div><br></div><div>The Verbose Permissions Help module would create a hook_verbose_perm_help api function that would allow module writers to create extra help information for each permission. The module would then display that information via a tool tip or some other way (ideas?) that would display when hovering on an "I" icon next to the existing perm description. The module would likely provide the verbose help text for all core perms.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Would module developers need to put hook_verbose_perm_help in a sub module activated separately so that a "call to undefined function" wouldn't pull down the site when the Verbose Permissions Help module is not there or not turned on?</div>
<div><br></div><div>Does this exist? (It seems like what "Advanced Help" is trying to do is much more expansive and with a very different approach.) </div><div><br></div><div>What do people think of the idea? Is this needed in your estimation? Easy to pull off? What am I not thinking of?</div>
<div><br></div><div>Shai</div>