Text guidance for blank state
We don't have consistent text in our blank state pages in the UI. We need to create guidance and apply it.
Related to: gitlab-org/gitlab#339525[Deleted-many-items.png] (comment 807219530)
If you look at the following examples, the most effective ones have a call to action.
Should there be different text, based on the type of page? For example, does it make sense to have a call to action on a search or filter page that shows no results?
Current guidance
I found this info in Pajamas:
- https://design.gitlab.com/regions/empty-states
- https://design.gitlab.com/regions/empty-states#blank-content
And there is an empty state template: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/new?issuable_template=Empty%20state
It does define different types of blank state pages:
- Blank page with a call to action
- Configuration required
- Higher tier required
- Empty search results
We should recommend text for each.
Examples of empty state pages
The following are just random examples from the UI.
Package Registry
https://gitlab.com/sselhorn/test-project/-/packages
Pipelines
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/pipelines?page=1&scope=finished&username=gdoyle
Merge requests
https://gitlab.com/dashboard/merge_requests?scope=all&state=opened&assignee_username=hmjang1
Issues
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues?search=adkfhasidhf&sort=created_date&state=opened
Container Registry
Infrastructure Registry
Monitor > Metrics
Monitor > Tracing
Monitor > Incidents
Security & Compliance > Security Dashboard
Commit search
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/commits/master?search=gdgdfg
Repository > Locked files
Issues > Milestones
https://gitlab.com/sselhorn/test-project/-/milestones