The Menu Quick Switch user function fails to create the two menu items described in the README file.

[izmeez]

After enabling the masquerade module and in configuration adding a user name in the section Menu Quick Switch user where is the menu item found? The Readme file says two items will be added to the "Navigation" menu but I am not able to find them.

[argiepiano]

There is no Navigation menu in Backdrop. That was removed in version 1.0. So this is a Masquerade bug that needs fixing, probably.

[izmeez]

Thanks for the quick response. While looking for this I thought it would be good to have an item under the "User accounts" (admin/people). It would also be nice to have access through the menu to the masquerade function rather than just through a block. Meanwhile adding the masquerade block to the dashboard was a quick solution for me.

[izmeez]

[Edit, added] This is just a workaround not a proper fix.

To add a menu item to masquerade as a specific user: first configure masquerade (admin/config/people/masquerade) and in the field "Menu Quick Switch user" add the name of the user to switch to; then go to a menu where you want to add the item, click on "Add link", in the path begin to type "masquerade" and the option will appear, select and add title. The "Switch back" item can be added to a menu in a similar fashion.

[izmeez]

After my previous comment, #11 (comment) I wrongly added "Solved" to the title rather than identifying my comment as a work around. Changing the title resulted in this issue being closed. Whereas, the issue is a bug as identified in comment #11 (comment) above.

The issue is that while the README file says:

By default, when a user is selected for the 'Menu Quick Switch user', the Masquerade module adds two menu items to the 'Navigation' menu:

• Masquerade as 'the user selected': When clicked, the user can quick switch to the user selected.
• Switch back: This menu item appears while masquerading so that you can switch back to your original user.

This does not happen since the "Navigation" menu was removed from Backdrop, https://docs.backdropcms.org/change-records/removed-the-navigation-menu with the decision that:

All modules in core that provide links should add them into the "Primary navigation" or "Administration" menus instead.

The same should apply to contrib modules.

The solution will require recreating this functionality of masquerade and adding the two menu items to the "Primary navigation" menus. Furthermore, if the user name is removed from the field "Menu Quick Switch user" these two menu items will need to be deleted.