[Archivesspace_Users_Group] Hiding Controlled Date Fields

[Alexander Duryee]

Since implementing automated date parsing in ASpace and our discovery
system, we don't have a local need for the controlled date fields in
ASpace's Date sub-form.  As such, we'd like to prevent the controlled date
fields from spawning in the data entry interface via a plug-in.

It seems that the subforms are generated by dates.crud.js, which creates
the forms upon the user selecting a date type.  I'm not quite certain how
to remove/override this bit of JavaScript via a plug-in - I tried modifying
the JS and saving the file to plugins/my-plugin/frontend/assets/, but to no
avail.  Is this the right approach to override the script's behavior, or is
there another tack I should be taking?

More ambitiously, we'd like to only show the controlled date subform to
users above a certain permission level.  We were able to implement this for
non-JS forms in the user interface (via user_can? checks), but I'm not
clear as to how this can be done for JS events.  Is this possible, and if
so, what would need to be modified?

Thanks!
--Alex

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Alexander Duryee
Metadata Archivist
New York Public Library
(917)-229-9590
alexanderduryee at nypl.org
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