Hide 'New Topic' when no permission

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Hi everyone,

Is it possible to hide this button when you can’t actually use it? Thought that the standard installation would include this, however, it does not. Seems like a no brainer. Doesn’t seem like that’s an option, so this is a feature suggestion.

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Thanks.

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I use this CSS to hide the disabled button together with the tooltip:

.category-navigation button[disabled] {
    display: none;
    + span.fk-d-tooltip__trigger {
            display: none;
    }
}
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Sometimes being able to see what they can’t do can help advertise the feature to them. For example, if they would be able to do it if they joined a group or paid a subscription or used the platform more so they had a higher trust level, then showing a disabled button (or link or whatnot) can help them become aware the feature exists.

But I agree that it’s not always helpful to show such things.

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One thing to consider here is user experience. If they see the button disabled, it’s pretty clear that for some reason they can’t create a topic. However, if it’s hidden, they might spend a long time looking for it, thinking it must be somewhere else or that there’s some trick to it!

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