provide a few system defined permcats; will require a permission editor page to define new (personal) ones.

Zotlabs/Module/Connedit.php

@@ -793,6 +793,15 @@ class Connedit extends \Zotlabs\Web\Controller {
 				$perms[] = array('perms_' . $k, $v, ((array_key_exists($k,$their_perms)) ? intval($their_perms[$k]) : ''),$thisperm, 1, (($checkinherited & PERMS_SPECIFIC) ? '' : '1'), '', $checkinherited);
 			}
 	
+			$pcat = new \Zotlabs\Lib\Permcat(local_channel());
+			$pcatlist = $pcat->listing();
+			$permcats = [];
+			if($pcatlist) {
+				foreach($pcatlist as $pc) {
+					$permcats[$pc['name']] = $pc['localname'];
+				}
+			}
+
 			$locstr = '';
 	
 			$locs = q("select hubloc_addr as location from hubloc left join site on hubloc_url = site_url where hubloc_hash = '%s'
@@ -817,6 +826,7 @@ class Connedit extends \Zotlabs\Web\Controller {
 			$o .= replace_macros($tpl, [
 				'$header'         => (($self) ? t('Connection Default Permissions') : sprintf( t('Connection: %s'),$contact['xchan_name'])),
 				'$autoperms'      => array('autoperms',t('Apply these permissions automatically'), ((get_pconfig(local_channel(),'system','autoperms')) ? 1 : 0), t('Connection requests will be approved without your interaction'), $yes_no),
+				'$permcat'        => [ 'permcat', t('Permission role'), '', '',$permcats ],
 				'$addr'           => $contact['xchan_addr'],
 				'$section'        => $section,
 				'$sections'       => $sections,

view/js/mod_connedit.js

@@ -17,6 +17,15 @@ $(document).ready(function() {
 			connectFullShare();
 	});
 
+
+	$('#id_permcat').change(function() {
+		$('.loading-role-rotator').spin(true);
+		var permName = $('#id_permcat').val();
+		loadAbookRole(permName);
+	});
+
+
+
 	$(document).on('click', '.vcard-header, .vcard-cancel-btn', updateView);
 	$(document).on('click', '.add-field', doAdd);
 	$(document).on('click', '.remove-field', doRemove);
@@ -119,6 +128,7 @@ function loadAbookRole(name) {
 			if(this.value)
 				$('#me_id_perms_' + this.name).attr('checked','checked');
 		});
+		$('.loading-role-rotator').spin(false);
 	});
 }
 

view/tpl/abook_edit.tpl

@@ -473,6 +473,9 @@
 						{{if $self}}{{$permnote_self}}{{/if}}
 						</div>
 
+						<div class="loading-role-rotator"></div>
+						{{include file="field_select.tpl" field=$permcat}}
+
 						<table id="perms-tool-table" class=form-group>
 							<tr>
 								<td></td>