The application bar now supports an optional user menu that appears when clicking the user avatar. Previously, selecting the avatar opened the User Properties page directly. This enhancement allows environments to present richer navigation options, profile information, or conditional actions based on authentication method.

To enable the app-bar user menu, two settings must be enabled.

PR40023_AddingConfigurableNavBarUserMenu This product feature flag must be enabled before any configuration settings will take effect.

If this flag is not enabled, the user menu will not appear regardless of configuration.

Located in Resources > Configuration > Web:

EnableNavBarUserMenu Type: Boolean Description: When set to true, clicking the avatar opens a drop-down menu. When set to false, the avatar continues to open the User Properties page directly.

This feature is optional and disabled by default to preserve legacy behaviour during upgrades.

Menu items are defined in Resources > Configuration > Web > NavBarUserMenuItems. This parameter stores a JSON structure that determines:

Example configuration:

Displays the current user’s name, title, and avatar, and links to /users/me. Expression bindings (e.g. =//CurrentUser/Name) allow dynamic rendering based on the signed-in user.

Visibility is controlled by the =/CanLogout expression. This ensures the option only appears where logout is appropriate.

In SSO environments, users may not log in or out directly. When CanLogout evaluates to false, the Logout item is automatically hidden.

Additional menu items can be added by extending the menuItems array. Supported configuration fields include:

Expressions can reference user attributes, permissions, or system values, enabling contextual menu behaviour.