[v5] Licence + Licence status displayed unclearly in the UI

[tobimori]

Description

LicenceStatus description/text doesn't show up in the UI, only in the ARIA label.

This leads to people "abusing" the License text for showing the status, like here:

And this results in inconsistency between free plugins (that show the actual License there).

Expected behavior
Both written License and LicenceStatus text should be visible at all times.

License should be MIT/GPL/etc. or "xyz Plugin License" / "Kirby EULA" / etc.

License status should be "activated", "Buy license", etc.

Consider two separate columns.

Your setup

Kirby Version 5.0-beta.1

[distantnative]

I agree that two columns could make a lot of sense here, one for the license type and one for status. Some licenses (e.g. MIT) might not have any status (or always just positive).

[tobimori]

I think free plugins should have an empty activation status, because there are other CMS like Shopware that require buying a license for free plugins in the store as well, so this might be confusing for new people.

[distantnative]

Currently, trying to work on this. Would splitting it up in two columns like this make sense to you, @tobimori?

Probably the strings should be a little different, e.g. as you mention maybe a free plugin shouldn't say Valid license then but some more neutral/passive.

[tobimori]

yes that's good!