Does this Theme Component still work? https://github.com/discourse/discourse-groups-css-classes-in-body It didn’t seem to do anything for me despite lots of groups being set to be visible to ‘logged in users’. It could be very handy for several things!

As far as I know, Discourse adds the user groups to the body tag without any theme component :thinking: [Captura]

I just tried it, and it seems to work fine. Do you see any errors in the console? To be clear, that component only adds the current user’s groups as CSS classes on the <body> tag. [image] Alexander Barrios: Discourse adds the user groups to the body tag without any theme component We use th…

[image] Joe: only adds a single class Interesting fact, I had seen it in other communities and assumed it was something by default :sweat_smile:

[image] Joe: Discourse only adds a single class for the current user’s primary group by default. Hmmm - maybe it doesn’t work in login-only sites. Or if group visibility is set below everyone.

Nathan Kershaw: maybe it doesn’t work in login-only sites Just tested that, and it worked OK for me. As soon as the user is logged-in, the group classes get added to the <body> tag. Nathan Kershaw: Or if group visibility is set below everyone I also tested that, and it seems to work…

Actually, the problem was user stupidity! I was adding it to the default Theme. Unfortunately I forgot that I was using a dev Theme for my own account. Doh! Thanks for looking into it, and sorry to waste your time! It is a good TC - could do with some documentation, eh?

Nathan Kershaw: Thanks for looking into it No worries, glad you got it sorted. Nathan Kershaw: could do with some documentation, eh? :+1: [image] CSS Classes for Current User's Groups Theme component discourse2 Summary CSS Classes for Cu…

Does adding groups to CSS theme component still work?

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Johani (Joe) May 4, 2022, 4:07am 8

No worries, glad you got it sorted.

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