As a follow-up to https://github.com/backdrop/backdrop-issues/issues/578, where we improved the display of layout's 'Visibility conditions', I'd like to once again suggest changing the condition links (configure & remove) to a drop button.
Not only would this provide consistency with the rest of Backdrop, but it would also fix the issue we apparently caused whereby the 'Remove' link comes before the 'Configure' one...

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In a blog post titled "Github Tips and Tricks for Contrib Maintainers", I'd like to see some of the following topics: When is the README sufficient for documentation? When should...
Github Tips and Tricks for Contrib Maintainers
Thanks Alejandro. That was the clues I needed.
Ubercart - Programmatically add product to cart and straight to Checkout
Have you tried uc_cart_add_item()? You need to provide the nid of the product. Then you can use backdrop_goto('cart/checkout'); to send the user to the checkout screen. uc_cart_add_item...
Ubercart - Programmatically add product to cart and straight to Checkout