Overview
It seems that there is a lot of confusion about what JomSocial Toolbar is and how does it work.
This article will explained what actually toolbar is and what can you expect from it.
History
To better understand the JomSocial Toolbar we need to go back in time and see how it evolved through time
JomSocial 1
At the early stage, JomSocial had pretty much basic toolbar which was used as internal navigation system
This toolbar was very hard to manage. Including additional items to it was a nightmare for most users because it was only possible by creating plugin which will add the new set of menus, or, by hacking the core files which never was a good practice.
Toolbar with more or less this design lingered till JomSocial 1.8
JomSocial 2 brought up some massive redesign in design and functionality
JomSocial 2
Series 2 of JomSocial introduced redesigned toolbar, adding icons to the mix with tabs, notification system as well as few hard options such are returning back to "home" and "logout" but most noticeable improvement was possibility to add new menu items through Joomla Menu Manager.
This possibility however brought up new confusion which will be explained later through this article.