public/client.js

@@ -208,6 +208,59 @@
 		});
 	}
 
+	function clearSupportBadge() {
+		toArray(document.querySelectorAll('[component="support/count"]')).forEach((badge) => {
+			badge.textContent = '0';
+			badge.classList.add('hidden');
+		});
+	}
+
+	function renderSupportMenu(menuEl, entries) {
+		if (!menuEl) {
+			return;
+		}
+
+		const relativePath = (window.config && window.config.relative_path) || '';
+
+		// remove the loading row and any previously injected entries; the
+		// empty-state and footer/divider rows are server-rendered and stay put
+		const loading = menuEl.querySelector('[data-wg-support-loading]');
+		if (loading) {
+			loading.remove();
+		}
+		toArray(menuEl.querySelectorAll('.wg-support-item')).forEach((li) => {
+			li.remove();
+		});
+
+		const emptyEl = menuEl.querySelector('[data-wg-support-empty]');
+		const footerEl = menuEl.querySelector('[data-wg-support-footer]');
+
+		const list = (entries || []).slice(0, 10);
+		if (emptyEl) {
+			emptyEl.classList.toggle('hidden', list.length > 0);
+		}
+
+		list.forEach((entry) => {
+			const link = document.createElement('a');
+			link.className = 'dropdown-item wg-support-item text-truncate';
+			link.href = relativePath + entry.path;
+			link.textContent = entry.bodyShort;
+			if (!entry.read) {
+				link.classList.add('wg-support-item--unread');
+			}
+
+			const li = document.createElement('li');
+			li.className = 'wg-support-item';
+			li.appendChild(link);
+
+			if (footerEl) {
+				menuEl.insertBefore(li, footerEl);
+			} else {
+				menuEl.appendChild(li);
+			}
+		});
+	}
+
 	function getWestgateTopbar() {
 		if (!document || typeof document.querySelector !== 'function') {
 			return null;
@@ -293,12 +346,36 @@
 					renderUnreadMenu(menuEl, []);
 				});
 			});
+
+		$(document)
+			.off('show.bs.dropdown.westgateSupport')
+			.on('show.bs.dropdown.westgateSupport', '.wg-topbar [component="support"]', function () {
+				const menuEl = this.querySelector('[data-wg-support-menu]');
+				require(['api'], function (api) {
+					api.get('/plugins/support/notifications', {}, function (err, data) {
+						if (err) {
+							renderSupportMenu(menuEl, []);
+							return;
+						}
+						renderSupportMenu(menuEl, data && data.notifications);
+						// ponytail: unlike core's unread/notification badges, this one
+						// gets no live socket push, so it only catches up on the next
+						// full page load after the box is opened here. Add a socket
+						// event if that gap matters.
+						if (data && data.unreadCount) {
+							api.post('/plugins/support/notifications/read', {}, function () {});
+							clearSupportBadge();
+						}
+					});
+				});
+			});
 	}
 
 	window.westgateTheme = window.westgateTheme || {};
 	window.westgateTheme.wrapWikiTables = wrapWestgateWikiTables;
 	window.westgateTheme.initTopbar = initWestgateTopbar;
 	window.westgateTheme.renderUnreadMenu = renderUnreadMenu;
+	window.westgateTheme.renderSupportMenu = renderSupportMenu;
 
 	$(document).ready(function () {
 		wrapWestgateWikiTables(document);

scss/westgate/_topbar.scss

@@ -173,7 +173,8 @@ $wg-topbar-panel-bg: rgba(21, 17, 26, 0.98);
 .wg-topbar .notifications-dropdown,
 .wg-topbar .chats-dropdown,
 .wg-topbar .drafts-dropdown,
-.wg-topbar .unread-dropdown {
+.wg-topbar .unread-dropdown,
+.wg-topbar .support-dropdown {
   width: min(24rem, calc(100vw - 1.5rem));
 }
 
@@ -189,6 +190,10 @@ $wg-topbar-panel-bg: rgba(21, 17, 26, 0.98);
   opacity: 0.7;
 }
 
+.wg-topbar .wg-support-item--unread {
+  font-weight: 600;
+}
+
 .wg-topbar .dropdown-item,
 .wg-topbar .btn.btn-ghost,
 .wg-topbar .btn.btn-light {

templates/partials/header/support-drawer.tpl

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+<a class="nav-link dropdown-toggle d-flex gap-2 align-items-center" href="#" role="button" data-bs-toggle="dropdown" aria-haspopup="true" aria-expanded="false" aria-label="Support inbox">
+	<i class="fa fa-fw fa-life-ring" aria-hidden="true"></i>
+	<span component="support/count" class="badge rounded-1 bg-primary {{{ if !support.unreadCount }}}hidden{{{ end }}}">{support.unreadCount}</span>
+</a>
+<ul class="dropdown-menu wg-topbar__dropdown support-dropdown p-1 shadow" role="menu" data-wg-support-menu>
+	<li data-wg-support-loading class="dropdown-item disabled"><i class="fa fa-fw fa-spinner fa-spin" aria-hidden="true"></i> Support inbox</li>
+	<li data-wg-support-empty class="hidden"><span class="dropdown-item disabled">Nothing new</span></li>
+	<li data-wg-support-footer><hr class="dropdown-divider"><a class="dropdown-item wg-support-item--all" href="{relative_path}/support">Go to Support</a></li>
+</ul>

templates/partials/header/topbar.tpl

@@ -45,6 +45,12 @@
 					<!-- IMPORT partials/sidebar/notifications.tpl -->
 				</li>
 
+				{{{ if support.visible }}}
+				<li component="support" class="nav-item support dropdown" title="Support inbox">
+					<!-- IMPORT partials/header/support-drawer.tpl -->
+				</li>
+				{{{ end }}}
+
 				{{{ if canChat }}}
 				<li class="nav-item chats dropdown" title="[[global:header.chats]]">
 					<!-- IMPORT partials/sidebar/chats.tpl -->
@@ -115,6 +121,9 @@
 			<div class="wg-topbar__drawer-actions">
 				<a href="{relative_path}/unread"><i class="fa fa-fw fa-inbox" aria-hidden="true"></i><span>[[unread:title]]</span><span component="unread/count" class="badge rounded-1 bg-primary {{{ if !unreadCount.topic }}}hidden{{{ end }}}">{unreadCount.topic}</span></a>
 				<a href="{relative_path}/notifications"><i class="fa fa-fw fa-bell" aria-hidden="true"></i><span>[[global:header.notifications]]</span><span component="notifications/count" class="badge rounded-1 bg-primary {{{ if !unreadCount.notification }}}hidden{{{ end }}}">{unreadCount.notification}</span></a>
+				{{{ if support.visible }}}
+				<a href="{relative_path}/support"><i class="fa fa-fw fa-life-ring" aria-hidden="true"></i><span>Support inbox</span><span component="support/count" class="badge rounded-1 bg-primary {{{ if !support.unreadCount }}}hidden{{{ end }}}">{support.unreadCount}</span></a>
+				{{{ end }}}
 				{{{ if canChat }}}
 				<a href="{relative_path}/user/{user.userslug}/chats{{{ if user.lastRoomId }}}/{user.lastRoomId}{{{ end }}}"><i class="fa fa-fw fa-comment" aria-hidden="true"></i><span>[[global:header.chats]]</span><span component="chat/count" class="badge rounded-1 bg-primary {{{ if !unreadCount.chat }}}hidden{{{ end }}}">{unreadCount.chat}</span></a>
 				{{{ end }}}

tests/global-topbar-contract.test.js

@@ -180,3 +180,39 @@ assertIncludes(
 	'.unread-dropdown',
 	'Topbar styles should cover the unread dropdown'
 );
+
+const supportDrawer = read('templates/partials/header/support-drawer.tpl');
+assertIncludes(
+	topbar,
+	'<!-- IMPORT partials/header/support-drawer.tpl -->',
+	'Topbar should mount the support inbox drawer'
+);
+assertIncludes(
+	topbar,
+	'{{{ if support.visible }}}',
+	'Support inbox drawer should be gated on the viewer having any support access'
+);
+assert(
+	topbar.indexOf('partials/sidebar/notifications.tpl') < topbar.indexOf('partials/header/support-drawer.tpl'),
+	'Support inbox should sit next to (after) the notifications bell'
+);
+assertIncludes(
+	supportDrawer,
+	'component="support/count"',
+	'Support toggle should carry its own unread count badge'
+);
+assertIncludes(
+	supportDrawer,
+	'data-wg-support-menu',
+	'Support dropdown menu should expose the JS mount hook'
+);
+assertMatches(
+	topbar,
+	/href="\{relative_path\}\/support"[^>]*>[\s\S]*?component="support\/count"/,
+	'Mobile drawer actions should include a Support inbox link with count badge'
+);
+assertIncludes(
+	stylesheet,
+	'.support-dropdown',
+	'Topbar styles should cover the support inbox dropdown'
+);

tests/support-drawer-client.test.js

@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+'use strict';
+
+const assert = require('assert');
+const fs = require('fs');
+const path = require('path');
+
+const client = fs.readFileSync(path.join(__dirname, '..', 'public', 'client.js'), 'utf8');
+
+assert(
+	client.includes("'show.bs.dropdown.westgateSupport'"),
+	'client.js should fetch the support inbox when its dropdown opens'
+);
+assert(
+	client.includes("'/plugins/support/notifications'"),
+	'client.js should load the support inbox from the plugin API via the api module (for CSRF-safe writes)'
+);
+assert(
+	client.includes("'/plugins/support/notifications/read'"),
+	'client.js should mark the support inbox read when it is opened with unread entries'
+);
+assert(
+	client.includes('renderSupportMenu'),
+	'client.js should expose the support inbox menu renderer'
+);
+assert(
+	/textContent/.test(client) && !/innerHTML\s*=[^=]*bodyShort/.test(client),
+	'Support inbox entry text must be inserted via textContent, never innerHTML'
+);