Ability to create subgroups is dependent on where user starts their journey

Problem

The option to create a new group exists on several pages. It seems to depend on which page the user starts on whether the newly created group is a:

  • Top-level group
  • Subgroup

Your Work/Explore

For instance, when a user creates a new group from Your Work > Groups or Explore > Groups, they can only create a top-level group, but not a subgroup, because the ability to select a parent namespace is not part of the form:

Step 1 Step 2 Step 3
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Group page

When a user creates a new subgroup from a group, they can only create a subgroup. The group they came from is selected by default, but they can select any other group they have access to as a parent-level namespace:

Step 1 Step 2
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This is unnecessarily complicated for users, as they have to find the right starting point to create a top-level group from. We should improve that flow to serve both use cases from one page.

Design proposal

TBD

Edited by Christina Lohr