Profile Link in App Bar?

[konreu]

Hey –

Does anyone have a work-around to get a link to a user’s profile from the App bar?

I was able to use the “list of one” trick (How to set up a Public Profile screen for Users - Adalo Resources). But it’s annoying because it flashes the blue loading spinner in the header and makes everything shift around after it loads.

I’d be great if I could just use the icon sets in the app bar, but apparently I can’t pass in the Logged In User to be the Current User:

Am I missing something? Is there a better alternative?

Thanks!

[Ben]

@konreu Your options at this point are to either use the list of one trick like you mentioned or to have a separate profile screen for logged in users to view their own profile and link to that from the app bar icon.

[konreu]

Thanks, Ben!

What’s the “login / redirect” trick I’ve heard mentioned? Is there a way to pre-load a user so that it doesn’t spin? Like, is it possible to click to a blank page that loads the user and sends it to the profile page as “Current User”?

[Ben]

Yes, you can add a screen action on that blank page that’s a link to your next page.

[konreu]

Thanks for your help in figuring this out.

I’d heard references to the redirect work-around, but I haven’t been able to get it to work, and haven’t been able to find it here on the Forums or in Slack.

When I create a “Load User” screen, and create a link action when the user visits the screen, it lets me redirect, but it doesn’t let me send a Current User over, so the profile screen is still blank.

Am I missing something? I was hoping that by linking an icon to this “Load User” screen, it could redirect to the profile with the current user.

[Ben]

That will only load logged in user, not “current user”