Appearance update: applies colours in server-rendered HTML and styles the full information-message panel. Includes the JCE popup scrolling fix from Toolkit 2.0.5.

# Articirra Admin Toolkit 2.0.16

Articirra Admin Toolkit has a separate plugin identity and should have its own JED listing. The original Sticky Admin listing can remain available as a separate product.

## Installing over a site using Sticky Admin

Install plg_system_articirraadmintoolkit-2.0.16.zip through Joomla’s extension installer. If Sticky Admin is active, the installer enables Toolkit, enables Toolkit’s sticky master switch and disables Sticky Admin. This handover also applies when updating an existing Toolkit installation, including 2.0.3, if Sticky Admin is active at that time. Reload the administrator and use Toolkit’s Sticky elements controls from then on.

Sticky Admin’s saved settings and files are retained. They are not imported into Toolkit or removed. Existing Toolkit colours, fonts, chosen tools and individual sticky switches are preserved; only Toolkit’s enabled state and sticky master switch are changed for the handover. New Toolkit installations start with their sticky master on, and individual controls default on. Appearance overrides remain off until configured.

When Sticky Admin is absent or already disabled, a new Toolkit installation is enabled normally. Later Toolkit updates preserve existing settings and enabled/disabled state unless an active Sticky Admin requires handover. Toolkit’s sticky master off leaves positioning to Joomla or another plugin.

The handover uses a database transaction. If settings validation or either update fails, changes made by the handover are rolled back and an installation warning is shown. Other plugins are not changed. Uninstalling Toolkit does not automatically re-enable Sticky Admin.

## Features and compatibility

All previous colour, font, compact picker, dashboard, form/tab/dropdown styling and My Tools improvements are retained. Admin Toolkit is first inside My Tools for users who can edit plugin settings. Safe settings is last for recovery and temporarily bypasses Toolkit appearance, forced colour mode, sticky positioning and My Tools without resetting saved settings.

Designed for Joomla 5 and 6 with Atum. Joomla 7 remains planned and inactive pending verification.

## Publishing

Use the 2.0.16 installer and publishing files in place of 2.0.3. Create a separate Articirra Admin Toolkit JED listing. The original Sticky Admin listing, public downloads and original update feed remain separate. Upload the website download/pages first, then the Toolkit XML feed last. The publishing bundle includes the correct version, download URL and checksum, plus listing text and upload instructions.

JED Checker and live hosted updating still require verification. No live website or JED listing was changed by this task.

## Validation

Native Joomla 5.4.9 and 6.1.4 checks verify install/update handover from active Sticky Admin; retention of Sticky Admin’s saved settings; preservation of Toolkit appearance and individual switches; subsequent update state preservation; fresh sticky defaults; and rollback on malformed Toolkit settings or a failed database write. Installer contract checks and PHPStan level 5 passed. Existing browser suites passed in 2.0.3 (116 settings/positioning and 42 My Tools checks); browser code is unchanged in this release. Appearance browser checks passed in 2.0.1 (612 dashboard and 792 forms checks).

Automated checks use real Joomla libraries/database drivers and browser fixtures; a live Joomla installation/updater has not been verified by this task.

2.0.16: Palette-derived hover, focus, active and disabled states now cover button variants and toggles, including Publisher header controls. Dropdowns, pagination, focus rings and range controls follow the palette. Custom component overrides, the red Publisher Save Settings button and the Plugins Version column are retained.

2.0.16: Joomla extension installer Browse for file button text and icon stay white in normal, hover, focus, active and disabled states.

2.0.16: Filled outline button hover/focus/active states use matching palette text colours, correcting Publisher Publish again contrast.

2.0.16: Upload button keeps white normal text; hover, focus and pressed states use dark text/icon on a light grey background with a visible border.

2.0.16: Top User Menu and Guided Tours dropdown rows and icons use a readable normal foreground; hover/focus follows the palette accent contrast.

2.0.16: Shared success, warning and danger button states derive complete colours, fixing media Select buttons. Automatic text contrast follows each state background; explicit custom text overrides remain respected.

2.0.16: Native Choose File text is visible normally (white on green) and on hover/focus (dark on light grey). Applies to all administrator form-control file inputs, including Publisher hashtag imports.
