magento / magento/community-features
Prevent extension developers creating a tab with a sort order of 100 or below, causing their tab to become the default
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Description
The default General tab which ought to always be seen first has a sort order of 100:
<tab id="general" translate="label" sortOrder="100">
This allows extension developers to easily place tabs for their modules first, therefore becoming the default:
<tab id="obnoxious_inc_extensions" translate="label" sortOrder="1">
<label>Obnoxious Inc Extenions</label>
</tab>
So when you go to Stores > Config you're taken to the first config section in that tab by default:

I feel, and wonder if others agree, that this shouldn't be allowed. Perhaps the Magento codebase should ensure General > General should always be the first tab seen by default, instead of a third parties module's tab?
A pretty minor issue but I do feel it detracts from the generally nice UX of store management.
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No files, tests, or entry points are named. Start by locating the Magento configuration tab handling described in the issue and review how the General tab's sortOrder is applied. Done should ensure General > General remains the first default section and prevents extension tabs with sort orders of 100 or below from taking precedence.
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Assessment
- Domain
- backend
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 30/100