Ken's solution is for TWC. Did you look at ste.. 's solution in the thread I linked above? It seems to do everything that can actually be done in TW5. You could hide the admin control with a title like $:/mysecretbutton and only someone who knew the title could find it.
Mark On Friday, June 23, 2017 at 6:25:19 PM UTC-7, JWHoneycutt wrote: > > Thank you Ken, > > I need to ask a really basic question. How does your solution get loaded? > > I created a new tiddler titled: > edit ability based on UserName > > with body text: > <div class='toolbar' macro="showWhen config.options.txtUserName == > 'KenGirard' "> > > <span macro='toolbar editTiddler closeOthers closeTiddler'></span> > </div> > > <div class='toolbar' macro="showWhen config.options.txtUserName !== > 'KenGirard' "> > <span macro='toolbar closeTiddler'></span> > </div> > > > and I can't tell that anything changes. (I didn't even change your name > field to mine.) When you say UserName - do you mean the initial login to > the computer, or a UserName specified within TiddlyWiki5 (which I don't > know about)? > > JWHoneycutt > > On Friday, June 23, 2017 at 7:01:07 PM UTC-4, Ken Girard wrote: >> >> Years ago I made a TW that showed one toolbar if the right username was >> typed in, and a different toolbar (No edit features) if anything else was >> in there. Still using it here at work. >> >> <div class='toolbar' macro="showWhen config.options.txtUserName == >> 'KenGirard' "> >> <span macro='toolbar editTiddler closeOthers closeTiddler'></span> >> </div> >> >> <div class='toolbar' macro="showWhen config.options.txtUserName !== >> 'KenGirard' "> >> <span macro='toolbar closeTiddler'></span> >> </div> >> >> >> Used http://mptw.tiddlyspot.com/#HideWhenPlugin All kinds of fun stuff from >> that.. >> >> >> Now, that will not stop anyone who really knows what they are doing, but >> it keeps the clueless out. >> >> On Wednesday, June 21, 2017 at 6:14:18 PM UTC-5, JWHoneycutt wrote: >>> >>> I would like to share a TW5 file from Dropbox, but have it be read-only. >>> >>> Does this have an easy answer? >>> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywiki. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/47b5d3be-fad2-41db-9565-d4f8c97f102c%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.

