remove "save" button from new item form ribbon in SharePoint Foundation 2010

Question

I have looked through this article but don't see a solution to my specific issue.

Is it possible to remove the Save button at the top of the "new item" form just for one list (but not for the other lists on the same site)?

Alternatively, hiding the entire "Edit" tab for that list would be OK also.

Answer 1

If you're a bit of a perfectionist as I am, and after a "right" way of doing things, and don't particularly like js/css hacks, then you might want to consider the custom action approach:

<CustomAction
 Id="RemoveRibbonButton"
 RegistrationType="List"
 RegistrationId="{GUID-OF-YOUR-LIST-HERE}"
 Location="CommandUI.Ribbon.NewForm"
>
  <CommandUIExtension>
    <CommandUIDefinitions>
     <CommandUIDefinition Location="Ribbon.ListForm.Edit.Commit.Publish" />
    </CommandUIDefinitions>
  </CommandUIExtension>
</CustomAction>

This will effectively and completely remove the Save button from the New form of your list.

To remove it both from New and Edit form, use Location="CommandUI.Ribbon" instead of Location="CommandUI.Ribbon.NewForm".

To remove the whole tab, change CommandUIDefinition location like this (not tested, but should work):

<CommandUIDefinition Location="Ribbon.ListForm.Edit" />

Answer 2

You will want to modify the NewForm.aspx page as Colbs described in his answer, although the use of JavaScript is not strictly necessary.

The "Commit" section's container in the Edit ribbon should have a unique ID assigned to it, which you can find by inspecting the page source. Once you've found the ID, you can set it's CSS Display property to "none" by adding the following to the NewForm.aspx page (where [containerID] refers to the "ID" property of the commit section's container):

<style>
#[containerID] { display:none }
</style>

Answer 3

In SharePoint Designer, navigate to the NewForm.aspx file under your specified list. Edit this in advanced mode and within the 'PlaceHolderAdditionalPageHead' place this script (Ensure jQuery is being referenced in the MasterPage being used):

<script>
    $( document ).ready(function() {
        $( "a:contains('Save')" ).css( "visibility", "hidden" );
    });
</script>