Disable user access to the image library

  • Release version: Washingtondc
  • Updated February 1, 2024
  • 1 minute to read

    • By default, users can use and upload images to the image library from an HTML field. You can disable access to the image library from HTML fields.

    Before you begin

    Role required: admin

    Procedure

    1. Navigate to All > System UI > UI Pages.
    2. Select html_insert_image_dialog.
    3. Locate the following lines of code in the HTML field and comment them out. 
      <g:evaluate var="jvar_use_dbimage">
	var imageGR = new GlideRecord('db_image');
	 if(imageGR.isValid())
		imageGR.canRead();						  
</g:evaluate>
      and
      <j:if test= "${jvar_write_dbimage}">
    <j:set var = "jvar_default_insert_image_type" value = "dbimage" />
    <g:ui_select_option text = "${gs.getMessage('Image Library')}" value = "dbimage" selected = "${jvar_default_insert_image_type}" />
</j:if>
    4. Click Update.

    What to do next

    To remove the Upload from URL option in the HTML editor, add a new property named glide.ui.html.image.allow_url and set the Value to false.