# Role Selection

The visibility of command palette results, navigation bar menus and context menus are controlled according to active user roles.  Clicking the Select Roles button on the left of the navigation bar at the top of the window will open a dialog listing Elyse roles for which you have been authorised.  Select or deselect roles according to how you want the interface to appear.  For example, if you have Controller level role privileges but for the current session you want to simplify the interface for carrying out read-only tasks then deselecting the Controller role will automatically hide all Controller level menus and commands.  

Note that this role selection only affects the user interface and has no impact on actual database privileges.   For example, if a URL for a particular command is saved and later retrieved then it will still function regardless of the role selection.  

