#19766 closed defect (bug) (wontfix)
Admin bar should be able to be turned off in admin area
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| Milestone: | Priority: | normal | |
| Severity: | normal | Version: | 3.3.1 |
| Component: | UI | Keywords: | |
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Description
In reference to http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/18197, Nacin added a patch that enforces the admin bar on when in the admin area. This invalidates part of the utility of show_admin_bar(), which can be used to change whether the admin bar will be shown via modifying the global $show_admin_bar. Plugin authors may find themselves in a situation that they wanted to do away with the admin bar, even in the admin area, as BuddyPress did until this changeset.
This logic is held within is_admin_bar_showing() (admin-bar.php:710). Currently if is_admin() returns true is_admin_bar_showing returns true. I'm suggesting adding an AND condition to validate against the global $show_admin_bar as well, which is what this global is intended to be used for.
Although I found this bug while working with BuddyPress, I feel that the utility may be applicable in other situations, and keeping WP more flexible than less flexible is a good idea.
It's no longer the admin bar in user terms, it's a persistent part of the navigation called the toolbar and cannot be removed from the dashboard without breaking things.