<p>You can use the <a href="https://github.com/lindseydiloreto/craft-cpusergroup" rel="nofollow">Control Panel User Group</a> plugin to automatically add special classes to the <code>&lt;body&gt;</code> tag in the CP.</p>

<p>Once those classes are in place, it's easy to use <a href="https://github.com/lindseydiloreto/craft-cpcss" rel="nofollow">CSS</a> or <a href="https://github.com/lindseydiloreto/craft-cpjs" rel="nofollow">JavaScript</a> to hide fields from certain user groups (or trigger other behavior based on user group status).</p>

<p><em>* Disclaimer: I'm the author of all of those plugins. :)</em></p>

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2016-05-26T16:17:15.903Z
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Lindsey D
<p>Both of those are on the to-do list. In the meantime your best bet would be to write a plugin that conditionally hides those fields via Javascript.</p>

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2014-09-30T04:33:24.843Z
I went ahead and developed a user experience using frontend forms etc. I would recommend this to folks in my position. I locked down CP for admins only. Even my editorial staff is making use of frontend forms and custom plugins.
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Brandon Kelly
<p>I saw this thread <a href="https://craftcms.stackexchange.com/questions/1087/check-user-is-in-user-group-custom-user-permissions">Check user is in User Group / Custom User Permissions</a> had an idea. Can I use USER group to limit who can see the Author dropdown on the entries form? Is this even permitted the craft license. I really need to remove that field from view of two user groups. Also would be nice to be able to limit which fields a user has access to when creating an entry. </p>

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Restricting access to fields based on user group
# Restricting access to fields based on user group

(Asked by: username_0 on 2014-08-27)

I saw this thread [Check user is in User Group / Custom User Permissions](https://craftcms.stackexchange.com/questions/1087/check-user-is-in-user-group-custom-user-permissions) had an idea. Can I use USER group to limit who can see the Author dropdown on the entries form? Is this even permitted the craft license. I really need to remove that field from view of two user groups. Also would be nice to be able to limit which fields a user has access to when creating an entry.

**Tags:** field, entry, user-groups


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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2016-05-26. Score: 3

You can use the [Control Panel User Group](https://github.com/lindseydiloreto/craft-cpusergroup) plugin to automatically add special classes to the  tag in the CP.

Once those classes are in place, it's easy to use [CSS](https://github.com/lindseydiloreto/craft-cpcss) or [JavaScript](https://github.com/lindseydiloreto/craft-cpjs) to hide fields from certain user groups (or trigger other behavior based on user group status).

*\* Disclaimer: I'm the author of all of those plugins. :)*


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### Answer by username_2 on 2014-09-28. Score: 1

Both of those are on the to-do list. In the meantime your best bet would be to write a plugin that conditionally hides those fields via Javascript.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: I went ahead and developed a user experience using frontend forms etc. I would recommend this to folks in my position. I locked down CP for admins only. Even my editorial staff is making use of frontend forms and custom plugins.  

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