The Group Specific Tool Bar is a Discourse theme component by th21 that provides customized toolbars based on user group membership — including separate toolbars for non-logged-in users and users not in any specified group sets. Forked from Custom Admin Toolbox, it helps surface key actions for different user tiers and simplifies access for beginners. Toolbars are assigned by checking group membership in priority order — if a user belongs to multiple groups, only the highest-priority toolbar is shown th21. Heliosurge asked if it uses primary groups or blends toolbars; th21 clarified it checks all groups and applies the first matching toolbar. Screenshots show distinct toolbars for admins, non-logged-in users, and group-specific users th21. Heliosurge praised the component as “Awesome,” and Tiago_santos found it useful. Later, Heliosurge suggested extending it to show category-specific toolbars (e.g., for Company A vs. Company B), which th21 requested a mock-up for. An update fixed icon naming issues (e.g., “paint-brush” → “paintbrush”), though a broken tag persisted until Moin removed it. The component is available on GitHub: discourse-group-specific-tool-bar.
Primarily I made this because I want to set a quick toolbar for users in different groups to indicate that whether they are granted higher-level access to the community or not. Also, I found some settings are too deep in the menu for discourse beginners so I put those also in the toolbar.
And for my convenience to check the admin panel, update site settings, etc.
No, it will check all groups the user has access to, for example, if you include group A and B in group set 1, users in A or B will see links you set for group set 1.
There are priorities in settings from top to bottom, e.g. I’m an admin(group set 1) and I’m also part of group A(group set 2), I got ONLY toolbar for admin.
Basically, it checks in order for whether a user belongs to group set 1 or 2, if not, check if they are excluded from the excluded group. Non-logged-in user doesn’t have group settings so they are checked separately.
would you consider adding an option to use this instead for viewing a category with subcategories as a toolbar just below main site header? or perhaps a variant?
What I am looking to have to give an example when a user us viewing a A category, Say one dedicated to “Company A” Products they have an Toolbar under site header that gives links to that company’s Website with links say the company’s Store, tech support & so on
When the member reads a different category say one for company B then they have a toolbar under main site bar that has links for company B.
So
Comp A, Store, Support
Comp B, Store, Support
Problem with groups is member might be in both groups.
