Hide Master page left navigation and top ribbon but should be able to add webparts easily

Question

I am developing master page. I don't want to show top ribbon and left navigation menu to user.

So I am hiding it using css

#s4-leftpanel,#s4-ribbonrow {
 display:none !important;
}

The challenge I am facing is if I keep this css in master page. I am not able to create pages easily. Also not able to access ribbon.

So I created master page with both visible and created a page layout based on master page. and added this css to it. But again the same problem.

I need to make sure I can add webparts to any pages I create using the ribbon and access the left navigation. but not the users.

Any Suggestions?

Answer 1

You can try to validate if the page is in edit mode.

But since you'd rather be able to still see everything as an elevated user, perhaps using SPSecurityTrimmedControl is a better choice.

<style>
/*hide stuff from users*/
#s4-leftpanel,#s4-ribbonrow {
 display:none !important;
}
</style>

<Sharepoint:SPSecurityTrimmedControl runat="server" PermissionsString="FullMask">
<style>
/*show stuff for full control users*/
#s4-leftpanel,#s4-ribbonrow {
block !important;
}
</style>
</Sharepoint:SPSecurityTrimmedControl>