[Xoops-trackers] [ xoops-Bugs-1014403 ] Admin Menu link has no text but is present

Bugs item #1014403, was opened at 2004-08-23 11:06
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Category: Core -  Core
Group: XOOPS 2.0.x
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Julian Egelstaff (jegelstaff)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: Admin Menu link has no text but is present

Initial Comment:
1.  A user has admin rights on some but not all modules
on a site.  User also has at least one system admin
right (in our case it's smilies).

2.  User logs in, views content in a module where they
have admin rights.  The admin menu link in the user
menu shows up just like normal.  No problem.

3.  User views content in a module where they have no
admin rights.  The admin menu link in the user menu is
still there, but it has no text (based on the theme
used in our site, this results in a thin, text-free,
box in the user menu which is clickable and which takes
the user to the admin menu.

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What ought to happen...?

Option 1:  The admin menu link disappears completely
when viewing content in modules that the user has no
admin rights for.

Option 2 (preferred):  The admin menu link is always
visible as long as the user has some admin rights
somewhere in the system.  They ought to be able to
click through to the admin menu at any point in time
since they may decide they are done whatever they are
doing and need to do some admin task now, and their
ability to follow through on wanting to do the admin
task shouldn't be restricted by the fact they may or
may not have admin rights in the particular module they
are viewing at that moment.

To put it another way, the admin menu itself only lets
a user access things they are able to admin, so why
remove the link to the menu based on which module the
user is viewing currently?  It's not a security issue.

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