A user with site level default manager permissions cannot add a block to the front page.

MDLQA-2024 was executed during 2.2 QA testing and passed. I have tested this in 2.2.3 and 2.3 and a user with manager permissions at site level cannot add blocks to the front page on either of those versions of Moodle.

Test both tests in 2.2.3 and 2.3.

Test 1:
Test Pre-requisites:

• A user assigned the manager role at site level.

Test Steps:
1. Login as a manager and turn editing on for the front page.
2. Add a comments block.
3. Configure the comments block and set the page contexts to display throughout the entire site.
4. Browse to a course and check that the comments block is displayed on the course page.
5. Configure the comments block on the course page and change the weight on this page to -10.
6. Check that the comments block is displayed at the top of the course page (or just below any other blocks with weight -10).

Expected result:

• The manager can add a comments block to the front page.

Actual Result:

• When editing is turned on the manager sees "There are no blocks that you can add to this page." in the "Add a block" block and there are no controls to add a block.

Test 2:
Test Pre-requisites:

• A user assigned the manager role at site level.
• A user assigned the manager role at front page level.

Test Steps:
1. Login as a manager and turn editing on for the front page.
2. Add a comments block.
3. Configure the comments block and set the page contexts to display throughout the entire site.
4. Browse to a course and check that the comments block is displayed on the course page.
5. Configure the comments block on the course page and change the weight on this page to -10.
6. Check that the comments block is displayed at the top of the course page (or just below any other blocks with weight -10).

Expected result:

• The manager can add a comments block to the front page.

Actual Result:

• When editing is turned on the manager sees "There are no blocks that you can add to this page." in the "Add a block" block and there are no controls to add a block.