Show create dashboard link if at least editor in one folder

pkg/api/index.go

@@ -92,17 +92,22 @@ func setIndexViewData(c *m.ReqContext) (*dtos.IndexViewData, error) {
 		data.Theme = "light"
 	}
 
-	if c.OrgRole == m.ROLE_ADMIN || c.OrgRole == m.ROLE_EDITOR {
+	if hasEditPermissionInFoldersQuery.Result {
+		children := []*dtos.NavLink{
+			{Text: "Dashboard", Icon: "gicon gicon-dashboard-new", Url: setting.AppSubUrl + "/dashboard/new"},
+		}
+
+		if c.OrgRole == m.ROLE_ADMIN || c.OrgRole == m.ROLE_EDITOR {
+			children = append(children, &dtos.NavLink{Text: "Folder", SubTitle: "Create a new folder to organize your dashboards", Id: "folder", Icon: "gicon gicon-folder-new", Url: setting.AppSubUrl + "/dashboards/folder/new"})
+			children = append(children, &dtos.NavLink{Text: "Import", SubTitle: "Import dashboard from file or Grafana.com", Id: "import", Icon: "gicon gicon-dashboard-import", Url: setting.AppSubUrl + "/dashboard/import"})
+		}
+
 		data.NavTree = append(data.NavTree, &dtos.NavLink{
-			Text: "Create",
-			Id:   "create",
-			Icon: "fa fa-fw fa-plus",
-			Url:  setting.AppSubUrl + "/dashboard/new",
-			Children: []*dtos.NavLink{
-				{Text: "Dashboard", Icon: "gicon gicon-dashboard-new", Url: setting.AppSubUrl + "/dashboard/new"},
-				{Text: "Folder", SubTitle: "Create a new folder to organize your dashboards", Id: "folder", Icon: "gicon gicon-folder-new", Url: setting.AppSubUrl + "/dashboards/folder/new"},
-				{Text: "Import", SubTitle: "Import dashboard from file or Grafana.com", Id: "import", Icon: "gicon gicon-dashboard-import", Url: setting.AppSubUrl + "/dashboard/import"},
-			},
+			Text:     "Create",
+			Id:       "create",
+			Icon:     "fa fa-fw fa-plus",
+			Url:      setting.AppSubUrl + "/dashboard/new",
+			Children: children,
 		})
 	}
 

public/app/core/components/manage_dashboards/manage_dashboards.html

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
       <i class="gf-form-input-icon fa fa-search"></i>
     </label>
     <div class="page-action-bar__spacer"></div>
-    <a class="btn btn-success" ng-href="{{ctrl.createDashboardUrl()}}" ng-if="ctrl.isEditor || ctrl.canSave">
+    <a class="btn btn-success" ng-href="{{ctrl.createDashboardUrl()}}" ng-if="ctrl.hasEditPermissionInFolders || ctrl.canSave">
       <i class="fa fa-plus"></i>
       Dashboard
     </a>

public/app/core/components/manage_dashboards/manage_dashboards.ts

@@ -42,9 +42,12 @@ export class ManageDashboardsCtrl {
   // if user has editor role or higher
   isEditor: boolean;
 
+  hasEditPermissionInFolders: boolean;
+
   /** @ngInject */
   constructor(private backendSrv, navModelSrv, private searchSrv: SearchSrv, private contextSrv) {
     this.isEditor = this.contextSrv.isEditor;
+    this.hasEditPermissionInFolders = this.contextSrv.hasEditPermissionInFolders;
 
     this.query = {
       query: '',
@@ -80,6 +83,9 @@ export class ManageDashboardsCtrl {
 
         return this.backendSrv.getFolderByUid(this.folderUid).then(folder => {
           this.canSave = folder.canSave;
+          if (!this.canSave) {
+            this.hasEditPermissionInFolders = false;
+          }
         });
       });
   }

public/app/core/components/search/search.html

@@ -45,14 +45,14 @@
         </tag-filter>
       </div>
 
-      <div class="search-filter-box" ng-if="ctrl.isEditor">
+      <div class="search-filter-box" ng-if="ctrl.isEditor || ctrl.hasEditPermissionInFolders">
         <a href="dashboard/new" class="search-filter-box-link">
           <i class="gicon gicon-dashboard-new"></i> New dashboard
         </a>
-        <a href="dashboards/folder/new" class="search-filter-box-link">
+        <a href="dashboards/folder/new" class="search-filter-box-link" ng-if="ctrl.isEditor">
           <i class="gicon gicon-folder-new"></i> New folder
         </a>
-        <a href="dashboard/import" class="search-filter-box-link">
+        <a href="dashboard/import" class="search-filter-box-link" ng-if="ctrl.isEditor">
           <i class="gicon gicon-dashboard-import"></i> Import dashboard
         </a>
         <a class="search-filter-box-link" target="_blank" href="https://grafana.com/dashboards?utm_source=grafana_search">

public/app/core/components/search/search.ts

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ export class SearchCtrl {
   isLoading: boolean;
   initialFolderFilterTitle: string;
   isEditor: string;
+  hasEditPermissionInFolders: boolean;
 
   /** @ngInject */
   constructor($scope, private $location, private $timeout, private searchSrv: SearchSrv) {
@@ -27,6 +28,7 @@ export class SearchCtrl {
     this.getTags = this.getTags.bind(this);
     this.onTagSelect = this.onTagSelect.bind(this);
     this.isEditor = contextSrv.isEditor;
+    this.hasEditPermissionInFolders = contextSrv.hasEditPermissionInFolders;
   }
 
   closeSearch() {