Working with the toolbar

The administrative toolbar gives you quick access to the most important administrative pages. The Toolbar module is enabled by default and the shortcut bar that is displayed below it.

Uses

Manage

1. Content: Find, manage, and create new pages; manage comments.
2. Structure: Edit blocks, define new content types, configure menus, administer tags with taxonomy, and configure some contributed modules.
3. Appearance: Switch between themes, install themes, and update existing themes.
4. Extend: Update, enable, disable, and install new modules.
5. Configuration: Configure the settings for various functionality, including some contributed modules. You can edit user account settings, general site information, and settings for other general administrative tasks.
6. People: Manage existing users, or create new user accounts.
7. Reports: Display information about site security, necessary updates, and information on site activity.
8. Help: Display information about the functionality of all of the modules installed on the site, including core modules. Each help page has a link to the module's online documentation page on Drupal.org, where more information can be found.
9. User-specific actions: Display the user account page or log out.

Shortcuts bar

When you select the Shortcuts menu, you will see a white bar below the Toolbar with a customizable list of shortcuts. Click "edit shortcuts" on the right side to add to the default shortcuts.

You can customize different sets of shortcuts on the Shortcuts administration page (Administer > Configuration > User interface > Shortcuts or http://example.com/admin/config/user-interface/shortcut/). Each set of shortcuts is its own list of custom links, and each user can select which set they would like to see on their user profile.

The shortcut set that is selected can also be displayed as a block in any region, by adding the Shortcuts block to a region on the Blocks administration page (Administer > Structure > Block Layout or http://example.com/admin/structure/block).

Admin Menu

1. View profile: View your Drupal account profile.
2. Edit profile: Edit your Drupal account profile.
3. Log out: Log out of your Drupal account.

Roles and permissions

For the site administrator (User 1) and users with the "Use the administration toolbar" permission, the toolbar is displayed at the top of the page.

Disabling

The Toolbar and Shortcuts bar can both be disabled by disabling their associated module via the Modules administration page (Manage > Extend  or http://example.com/admin/modules).

If the toolbar is disabled, you can reach the administrative screens directly by going to http://example.com/admin.