How to make template variable read only for a given usergroup?

Hi all,

I would like to allow a given usergroup to edit resources and their tv for a while, and then make these still visible but read only (not editable at all).

I tried playing around with Context Access Policies and Resource Access Policies, disabling edit_document/save_document (in a duplicate of Content Editor) or disabling save/copy/... (in a duplicate of Resource).

As mentioned in another post, nothing gives the aimed result.
For ex. one config is:
Content Editor AP
edit_document: yes
save_document: no
Resource AP: original

Result: resource and tv are visible and editable, but the Save button is not available.


Another try is disabling permissions in the Resource AP: we get a read only resource, but the only visible tabs are General, Changes and Cache output, whereas I would like to see the content of the TV tabs (created with Form customization).

Can someone help with a working (and tested) ACL config or any other tip, please? Thanks a lot.

I don’t think this is possible at present, but it’s a great feature request. A "read-only" form customization rule would be really handy.

You could write a plugin that would prevent the user from saving the resource if certain TVs are changed, but that’s not a very satisfactory solution.

Thanks for this info. I’ve posted a feature request.
http://bugs.modx.com/issues/5511

PS: In one of my several attempts with ACL, it seems that I could disable the Save button, but the user can still edit the tv fields. I agree with you, it is not a really clean solution.