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| -rw-r--r-- | modules/system/system.module | 13 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/modules/system/system.module b/modules/system/system.module index 60cd9dc86..010608db0 100644 --- a/modules/system/system.module +++ b/modules/system/system.module @@ -2883,7 +2883,18 @@ function confirm_form($form, $question, $path, $description = NULL, $yes = NULL, } /** - * Determines if the current user is in compact mode. + * Determines whether the current user is in compact mode. + * + * Compact mode shows certain administration pages with less description text, + * such as the configuration page and the permissions page. + * + * Whether the user is in compact mode is determined by a cookie, which is set + * for the user by system_admin_compact_page(). + * + * If the user does not have the cookie, the default value is given by the + * system variable 'admin_compact_mode', which itself defaults to FALSE. This + * does not have a user interface to set it: it is a hidden variable which can + * be set in the settings.php file. * * @return * TRUE when in compact mode, FALSE when in expanded mode. |