How to use trusted contacts as a selection rule for user panel page, drupal commons

Question

In Drupal Commons, using Panels, I'd like to change the behavior of the user page.

One variant for users to view their own page, and another for viewing other user pages. Also, I'd like to limit it so that only the trusted contacts of a user can view his/her page.

It is set up using panels, so first I added a variant with a selection rule: user: compare - User being viewed is not Logged in user. This works fine.

But how to configure it to limited to trusted contacts of a user. The context for user: user_trusted_contacts is already listed as an option, but I can't use it as a selection rule. There's no option there for "..user is one of".

I'm sure it can be done within panels, thanks for any help. D

commons-7.x-3.46

Answer 1

I couldn't find a direct solution for this.

So as a workaround, I'm using Flags and Rules. Trusted contacts are flagged (explained in "How to create a rule to flag users when they're approved as a Trusted Contact?").

Once the flag is there you can then use it as a selection rule in panels.