In this article we will be learning about trimming controls in SharePoint 2013 / SharePoint 2016 depending on logged in user. Site setting gear icon will appear only for the logged in user is owner or above. We will see how we can use spsecuritytrimmedcontrol in sharepoint 2013.
SharePoint 2016 Tutorial Contents
Objective :: Hide site setting gear option
In my application user want to hide the site setting gear icon / option for all the user other than site owners and above. As we all know that in SharePoint 2013 and SharePoint 2016 site settings gear icon is available for all the users. If we want to achieve this across the site, we have to implement this change in master page.
Solution :: Implement SPSecurityTrimmedControl
Follow the below steps to update the master page to hide the gear icon.
- Open the SharePoint site in SharePoint designer 2013
hide site setting gear icon in sharepoint 2013 - Navigate to Master page part of All Files -> _catalogs
- Identify your custom master page and check out in advanced mode
remove gear icon sharepoint 2013 - look for <span class=”ms-siteactions-root” id=”siteactiontd” >
- Copy the below code and paste right above that span tag
<SharePoint:SPSecurityTrimmedControl runat=”server” Permissions=”ManageSubWebs”>
After u add this line it will like as below and ensure that you close this tag properly.
Once you are done with your changes publish the latest master page and the output will be as follows:
Logged in user is site owner:
Logged in user is contributor:
Hope this helps, happy branding in SharePoint 2013 / 2016 !!!
