Allow quick search for non-admins, while hiding inaccessible areas

src/common/config/filter_navigation_pages.ts

@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ export const filterNavigationPages = (
     if (page.path === "#external-app-configuration") {
       return hass.auth.external?.config.hasSettingsScreen;
     }
+    if (page.adminOnly && !hass.user?.is_admin) {
+      return false;
+    }
     // Only show Bluetooth page if there are Bluetooth config entries
     if (page.component === "bluetooth") {
       return options.hasBluetoothConfigEntries ?? false;

src/data/quick_bar.ts

@@ -105,10 +105,6 @@ const generateNavigationConfigSectionCommands = (
   hass: HomeAssistant,
   filterOptions: NavigationFilterOptions = {}
 ): BaseNavigationCommand[] => {
-  if (!hass.user?.is_admin) {
-    return [];
-  }
-
   const items: NavigationInfo[] = [];
   const allPages = Object.values(configSections).flat();
   const visiblePages = filterNavigationPages(hass, allPages, filterOptions);

src/dialogs/quick-bar/ha-quick-bar.ts

@@ -57,7 +57,11 @@ import type { HomeAssistant } from "../../types";
 import { isMac } from "../../util/is_mac";
 import { showConfirmationDialog } from "../generic/show-dialog-box";
 import { showShortcutsDialog } from "../shortcuts/show-shortcuts-dialog";
-import type { QuickBarParams, QuickBarSection } from "./show-dialog-quick-bar";
+import {
+  effectiveQuickBarMode,
+  type QuickBarParams,
+  type QuickBarSection,
+} from "./show-dialog-quick-bar";
 
 const SEPARATOR = "________";
 
@@ -100,7 +104,7 @@ export class QuickBar extends LitElement {
       this._translationsLoaded = true;
     }
     this._initialize();
-    this._selectedSection = params.mode;
+    this._selectedSection = effectiveQuickBarMode(this.hass.user, params.mode);
     this._showHint = params.showHint ?? false;
 
     this._relatedResult = params.contextItem ? params.related : undefined;

src/dialogs/quick-bar/show-dialog-quick-bar.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { fireEvent } from "../../common/dom/fire_event";
 import type { ItemType, RelatedResult } from "../../data/search";
+import type { HomeAssistant } from "../../types";
 import { closeDialog } from "../make-dialog-manager";
 
 export type QuickBarSection =
@@ -22,6 +23,20 @@ export interface QuickBarParams {
   related?: RelatedResult;
 }
 
+/** Non-admin users cannot scope the bar to command, device, or area (those sections are admin-only). */
+export const effectiveQuickBarMode = (
+  user: HomeAssistant["user"],
+  mode?: QuickBarSection
+): QuickBarSection | undefined => {
+  if (mode && user?.is_admin) {
+    return mode;
+  }
+  if (mode === "command" || mode === "device" || mode === "area") {
+    return undefined;
+  }
+  return mode;
+};
+
 export const loadQuickBar = () => import("./ha-quick-bar");
 
 export const showQuickBar = (

src/layouts/hass-tabs-subpage.ts

@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ export interface PageNavigation {
   not_component?: string | string[];
   core?: boolean;
   advancedOnly?: boolean;
+  /** Hide from non-admin users in filtered navigation and quick bar. */
+  adminOnly?: boolean;
   iconPath?: string;
   iconSecondaryPath?: string;
   iconViewBox?: string;

src/panels/config/dashboard/ha-config-dashboard.ts

@@ -112,12 +112,14 @@ const randomTip = (openFn: any, hass: HomeAssistant, narrow: boolean) => {
       >`,
     };
 
-    tips.push(
-      {
+    if (hass.user?.is_admin) {
+      tips.push({
         content: hass.localize("ui.tips.key_c_tip", localizeParam),
         weight: 1,
         narrow: false,
-      },
+      });
+    }
+    tips.push(
       {
         content: hass.localize("ui.tips.key_m_tip", localizeParam),
         weight: 1,