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davcondevdavcondev 

Render lookup inputField based on permissions?

Lookup inputFields do not display on Visualforce pages if the user doesn't have at least read access to the related object.

 

Is there a way to detect this (interrogate user permissions? check whether the field is displayed?) and rendering appropriately instead of just having a missing field?

 

i.e. If user has object rights, show an inputField, otherwise show explanatory outputText.

 

A VF only solution is preferred rather than javascript or controller side logic.

 

 

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aballardaballard

I believe you can test accessibility of a field via the $ObjectType global variable in a VF expression, though I'm not sure of the syntax and it is poorly documented.   Something like {!$ObjectType.object.Fields.fieldname.isAccessible} 

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aballardaballard

I believe you can test accessibility of a field via the $ObjectType global variable in a VF expression, though I'm not sure of the syntax and it is poorly documented.   Something like {!$ObjectType.object.Fields.fieldname.isAccessible} 

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davcondevdavcondev

It's easy when you know how huh?

 

For my outputText I just added

 

rendered="{!!$ObjectType.myCustomObject__c.accessible}"