CSV Import Frontend - remove controls css

[ontarget]

Hi
I have a site which requires several users to import csv data into a single list from the frontend.
It only takes one person to select "drop data" and remove everyone elses data - Ouch!
Here is a css solution added to your template.css file to remove the controls shown to users on the frontend:

• Drop data
• Overwrite
• Format
• Field delimiter
• Tab delimiter
• Text delimiter

/*Fabrik Import Controls */
#jform_drop_data-lbl{display:none;}
#jform_drop_data{display:none;}
#jform_overwrite-lbl{display:none;}
#jform_overwrite{display:none;}
#jform_inPutFormat-lbl{display:none;}
#jform_inPutFormat{display:none;}
#jform_field_delimiter-lbl{display:none;}
#jform_field_delimiter{display:none;}
#jform_tabdelimited-lbl{display:none;}
#jform_tabdelimited{display:none;}
#jform_text_delimiter-lbl{display:none;}
#jform_text_delimiter{display:none;}

Hope you find this useful - if there is another method of blocking these controls via Fabrik backend via ACL that would be great to know.
Thanks

 

[troester]

CSS (like JS) is never a means of security (everybody who knows can reset it) but yes, it helps to avoid unwanted accidents.
But CSV import is not simple anyway: the CSV file must match exactly

 

[ontarget]

Thanks Troester
I agree css was not ideal - but it was quick and dirty!
A nice future dev would be ACL on the frontend import controls?
I have provided a csv template for my users to first download, modify then upload and the upload / import is only available to Special access