How to hide new and Upload menu from sharepoint document library

Question

We are using sharepoint 2007. Anyone knows how to hide or disable New and upload menu from sharepoint document library

Answer 1

Yes, you can hide/disable buttons using the custom action. See more details http://blogit.create.pt/blogs/andrevala/archive/2008/08/11/SharePoint-2007-Deployment_3A00_-Custom-Action-Features.aspx

Answer 2

I would expect this to work off the document library permissions if you browse to the real location of the document library. You would need to only allow 'Read' access to this document library for those user who you not wish to upload or create new documents.

You can have some control over the Documents web part which can be pointed to your document library and have its 'Toolbar Type' setting set to 'No Toolbar'. You can divert users to a page with such a web part set up which might give you the desired results.

Answer 3

Just give read Permissions to users

Select the Document Library

Goto Setings >Document Library Settings

Select Permissions for this document library under Permissions and Management

Permission page opens with list of all Existing permission.

• If the set of users is already existing, check on their names and Select Actions > Edit Permissions. Out of the permissions select Read and then OK.
• If new users are supposed to be given permission, Select New List the users separated by semicolon in the Box. Out of the permissions select Read and then OK.

Add if you want upload through code, use it through Elevated Priviledges

SPSecurity.RunWithElevatedPrivileges(delegate()
                {
                  //Code to upload
                }

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Other way is you can hide them through script in a Content Editor Webpart. Then no need of above coding and giving Read permissions.

Script to hide upload and New menu:

<script>
var aTags=document.getElementsByTagName('a');

for(i=0; i < aTags.length; i++)
{

 if(aTags[i].id.indexOf("NewMenu")!=-1)  
  {

   //alert(aTags[i].id);

   aTags[i].parentNode.parentNode.style.display='none';

  }

  if(aTags[i].id.indexOf("UploadMenu")!=-1)
  {

   //alert(aTags[i].id);

   aTags[i].parentNode.parentNode.style.display='none';
   break;
  }
}
</script>