I'm testing version 2.x and though I generally like the look and feel, I do have some remarks:

* the logout button was directly available in version 1.0 through the toolbar (upper left corner). Now it's only possible to easily logout when you're actually in an admin screen. Not directly via the toolbar, this is confusing.
* same thing for the current username, which was always visible in the toolbar.

I'm curious whether this is a design decision or perhaps an unfinished feature.

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#5 admin-643738.patch2.1 KBmfer

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yhahn commented
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Probably the best way to address this is to provide a "My account" block/widget in the new Admin 2 interface. It could include information about your account, links to edit, and the logout button. Anyone who doesn't need this could turn it off.

Does this sound like a reasonable approach?

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dgastudio commented

and maybee add 2 buttons (i love admin menu, )): clear cache, enable devel modules?

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mfer commented

Should this menu have access to my account and logout or should it provide all the local user tasks?

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betamos commented

Subscribing, It is very reasonable to all users to be able to log out anytime. Some users does not even have access to admin pages, making it impossible to log out via the UI of the Admin module.

I'm not sure if the block method provided in #1 is good enough, for these reasons:

  • It must be configured manually.
  • It may look strange?
  • It may require an unnecessary amount of clicks?
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mfer commented
Assigned: yhahn » Unassigned
Category: support » feature
Status: Active » Needs review
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If a site is going to have user accounts they should have easy access to their accounts and to be able to logout. That should happen outside having it available in the admin.module and is part of site design.

That being said, it would be handy to have it in the menu. Especially for sites like personal blogs and more static type sites that do not have users. The attached patch adds a "My Account" block.

I intentionally kept it to just 3 links to keep it simple.

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mfer commented
Status: Needs review » Fixed

Fixed. http://drupal.org/cvs?commit=355692

Status: Fixed » Closed (fixed)

Automatically closed -- issue fixed for 2 weeks with no activity.