- Patch #659480 by mgifford, David_Rothstein, aaronbauman, Jody Lynn, casey, cwgordon7: added per-user setting for the overlay.

modules/overlay/overlay.module

@@ -57,6 +57,39 @@ function overlay_theme() {
   );
 }
 
+/**
+ * Implements hook_form_FORM_ID_alter().
+ */
+function overlay_form_user_profile_form_alter(&$form, &$form_state) {
+  if ($form['#user_category'] == 'account') {
+    $account = $form['#user'];
+    if (user_access('access overlay', $account)) {
+      $form['overlay_control'] = array(
+        '#type' => 'fieldset',
+        '#title' => t('Administrative overlay'),
+        '#weight' => 4,
+        '#collapsible' => TRUE,
+      );
+
+      $form['overlay_control']['overlay'] = array(
+        '#type' => 'checkbox',
+        '#title' => t('Use the overlay for administrative pages.'),
+        '#description' => t('Show administrative pages on top of the page you started from.'),
+        '#default_value' => isset($account->data['overlay']) ? $account->data['overlay'] : 1,
+      );
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Implements hook_user_presave().
+ */
+function overlay_user_presave(&$edit, $account, $category) {
+  if (isset($edit['overlay'])) {
+    $edit['data']['overlay'] = $edit['overlay'];
+  }
+}
+
 /**
  * Implements hook_init().
  *
@@ -66,11 +99,14 @@ function overlay_theme() {
  * @see overlay_set_mode()
  */
 function overlay_init() {
+  global $user;
+
   $mode = overlay_get_mode();
 
   // Only act if the user has access to the overlay and a mode was not already
   // set. Other modules can also enable the overlay directly for other uses.
-  if (empty($mode) && user_access('access overlay')) {
+  $use_overlay = !isset($user->data['overlay']) || $user->data['overlay'];
+  if (empty($mode) && user_access('access overlay') && $use_overlay) {
     $current_path = current_path();
     // After overlay is enabled on the modules page, redirect to
     // <front>#overlay=admin/modules to actually enable the overlay.