---
title: Why can't I see the chats, issues or floor tabs?
question: cant see the support tabs
area: support
audience: beginner
surface: desktop
keywords: [no chats tab, no issues tab, no floor button, support tab missing, cant find support, support module, not showing, sign in to codus cloud, enabled but not showing, refresh, restart]
related: [what-is-codus-support, how-do-i-reply-to-and-manage-support-conversations, what-is-the-support-floor, why-cant-my-visitor-see-replies]
updated: 2026-07-21
---

# Why can't I see the chats, issues or floor tabs?

The **chats** and **issues** sidebar tabs and the **floor** button in the top bar only appear for accounts that have the Support module. If you do not have it, none of them show, which is by design and not a fault. If the tabs are there but ask you to sign in, that is a separate thing: the module is present, but the conversations live in codus cloud and need you signed in.

## Before you start

- codus identifies you by your GitHub username. A module granted to a different account of yours will not show up on the one you are signed in as.
- The **chats** and **issues** tabs sit in a project's sidebar, next to **tasks**, **done**, and **notes**. Their names are lowercase.
- The **floor** button sits in the bar along the top.

## The usual reason: no Support module

The Support module adds all of it: the **chats** tab, the **issues** tab, and the **floor** button. Without the module, none of them appear. See [What are the modules, and what does each one add?](../modules/what-are-the-modules.md).

If you should have it and do not, ask whoever manages your team's codus to enable it. See [How do I turn on a module?](../modules/how-do-i-turn-on-a-module.md) and [Who can enable a module?](../modules/who-can-enable-a-module.md).

## If it was granted a moment ago

A newly granted module can take about a minute to appear, and nothing announces it. To hurry it along:

- **Click away and back.** Switch to any other app, then click back onto codus. That is often enough.
- **Reload the window.** With codus in front, choose **View** then **Reload** in the menu bar at the top of your screen. This reloads only the codus window. Your agents and their conversations are not part of that window, so nothing you have running is interrupted.

You do not need to reinstall anything.

## The tabs are there but ask me to sign in

If you can see the tabs but they say to sign in, the module is fine and you only need to sign in to codus cloud, where your conversations live. The messages you might see are:

- The **chats** tab: "Sign in to codus cloud (Settings → Account) to run customer-support chat".
- The **issues** tab: "Sign in to codus cloud to use the issues queue".
- The **floor**: "Sign in to codus cloud (Settings → Account) to run the support floor".

Sign in and they load. See [Signing in to codus cloud](../settings/cloud-account-sign-in.md).

## Someone else's codus shows more tabs

A development or demo build shows every area regardless of what is paid for. A normal account only shows the modules it holds, so having fewer tabs than a colleague's demo machine is expected, not broken.

## How do I know it worked?

A project's sidebar shows **chats** and **issues** tabs, and the top bar shows a **floor** button. Clicking **chats** opens the conversation list rather than doing nothing.

## Still stuck

If the tabs have not appeared after a few minutes, confirm with whoever granted the module that it went to the GitHub account you are signed in as. This is the same situation covered in [I was given a pack but I can't see its tab](../troubleshooting/i-was-given-a-pack-but-cant-see-its-tab.md).