Depending on the functionality that you are implementing, it may be necessary to expose contextual management options within the front UI of Telligent Community. The contextual management UI is completely defined by plugins, so its easy to add to.
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Types of contextual management UI extensions
The contextual management UI is available throughout the front UI via the pencil icon in the upper left corner of the page (visible when there are contextual management panels available). The contextual management UI reviews the contextual data relative to the page via the data supplied by the currently active URL route's page context definition. The contextual management UI will identify panels related to containers, applications, and themes. Additionally, panels can be used for ad-hoc contexts (for example, managerial or moderation actions on content that could exist on any page).
The following panel types are supported by the contextual management UI:
- Container Panels. Container panels are exposed when the matching container type exists in the current context. See the content model for more information about containers.
- Application Panels. Application panels are exposed when the matching application type exists in the current context. See content model for more information about applications.
- Theme Panels. Theme panels are exposed for the current contextual theme context/type. See themes for more information about themes.
- Explicit Panels. Explicit panels are not included within the browseable navigation of the contextual panel UI and, instead, represent managerial functionality that could be accessed from any context. Explicit panels are opened by their URL directly.
Container panels
TBD
Application panels
TBD
Theme panels
TBD
Explicit panels
TBD