Policy indicators

Settings that can't be controlled by the current user often show an icon and a tooltip explaining why. This happens when a setting is:

• enforced by user policy, or different from a policy's "recommended" value
• overridden by an extension
• or (on Chrome OS):
  • enforced/recommended by device policy (for enrolled devices)
  • set by the device owner (for non-enrolled devices)
  • controlled by the primary user (for multiple profile sessions)

Indicator UI

The badge icons are sourced from cr_elements/icons.html by default.

Indicators show a tooltip with explanatory text on hover if CrPolicyStrings is set; see settings_ui.ts for an example from MD Settings.

Using an indicator

Elements like <cr-policy-indicator> and <cr-policy-pref-indicator> are provided to be reused in WebUI pages:

<cr-policy-indicator indicator-type="userPolicy"></cr-policy-indicator>

Example: settings-checkbox.

For one-off or composed elements, CrPolicyIndicatorBehavior provides some configurable properties and calculates dependent properties, such as the tooltip, icon, and visibility of the indicator.

Example: cr_policy_pref_indicator.ts overrides indicatorType and indicatorTooltip. cr_policy_pref_indicator.html displays the computed properties from CrPolicyIndicatorBehavior.