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		aequitas on Nov 17, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Headlamp: a new UI for Kubernetes > Click Edit -> "Access denied" -> Ah, I need to ask my admin for additional permissions Please don't let me click twice just to tell me I can't do something (once to try the action, second to dismiss the error). Instead make the action control disabled (not hidden), with possibly a tooltip to explain why you can't do it.

londons_explore on Nov 17, 2020 [–]

Make sure to make the disabled controls a subtly different colour of black so the user can't tell if it's disabled or not unless the buttons right next to a non-disabled one... /S

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