Allow plugins to hide write controls in the dashboard app

src/core_plugins/kibana/index.js

@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ import * as systemApi from './server/lib/system_api';
 import handleEsError from './server/lib/handle_es_error';
 import mappings from './mappings.json';
 
+import { injectVars } from './inject_vars';
+
 const mkdirp = Promise.promisify(mkdirpNode);
 
 module.exports = function (kibana) {
@@ -43,27 +45,7 @@ module.exports = function (kibana) {
           'devTools',
           'docViews'
         ],
-        injectVars: function (server) {
-          const serverConfig = server.config();
-
-          //DEPRECATED SETTINGS
-          //if the url is set, the old settings must be used.
-          //keeping this logic for backward compatibilty.
-          const configuredUrl = server.config().get('tilemap.url');
-          const isOverridden = typeof configuredUrl === 'string' && configuredUrl !== '';
-          const tilemapConfig = serverConfig.get('tilemap');
-
-          return {
-            kbnDefaultAppId: serverConfig.get('kibana.defaultAppId'),
-            tilemapsConfig: {
-              deprecated: {
-                isOverridden: isOverridden,
-                config: tilemapConfig,
-              },
-              manifestServiceUrl: serverConfig.get('tilemap.manifestServiceUrl')
-            }
-          };
-        },
+        injectVars,
       },
 
       links: [
@@ -148,6 +130,7 @@ module.exports = function (kibana) {
 
       server.expose('systemApi', systemApi);
       server.expose('handleEsError', handleEsError);
+      server.expose('injectVars', injectVars);
     }
   });
 };

src/core_plugins/kibana/inject_vars.js

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+export function injectVars(server) {
+  const serverConfig = server.config();
+
+  //DEPRECATED SETTINGS
+  //if the url is set, the old settings must be used.
+  //keeping this logic for backward compatibilty.
+  const configuredUrl = server.config().get('tilemap.url');
+  const isOverridden = typeof configuredUrl === 'string' && configuredUrl !== '';
+  const tilemapConfig = serverConfig.get('tilemap');
+
+  return {
+    kbnDefaultAppId: serverConfig.get('kibana.defaultAppId'),
+    tilemapsConfig: {
+      deprecated: {
+        isOverridden,
+        config: tilemapConfig,
+      },
+      manifestServiceUrl: serverConfig.get('tilemap.manifestServiceUrl')
+    }
+  };
+}

src/core_plugins/kibana/public/dashboard/__tests__/dashboard_state.js

@@ -10,9 +10,10 @@ describe('DashboardState', function () {
   let SavedDashboard;
   let timefilter;
   let quickTimeRanges;
+  let dashboardConfig;
 
   function initDashboardState() {
-    dashboardState = new DashboardState(savedDashboard, AppState);
+    dashboardState = new DashboardState(savedDashboard, AppState, dashboardConfig);
   }
 
   beforeEach(ngMock.module('kibana'));
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@ describe('DashboardState', function () {
     quickTimeRanges = $injector.get('quickRanges');
     AppState = $injector.get('AppState');
     SavedDashboard = $injector.get('SavedDashboard');
+    dashboardConfig = $injector.get('dashboardConfig');
     savedDashboard = new SavedDashboard();
   }));
 

src/core_plugins/kibana/public/dashboard/dashboard.js

@@ -80,14 +80,13 @@ app.directive('dashboardApp', function ($injector) {
   const kbnUrl = $injector.get('kbnUrl');
   const confirmModal = $injector.get('confirmModal');
   const Private = $injector.get('Private');
-
   const brushEvent = Private(UtilsBrushEventProvider);
   const filterBarClickHandler = Private(FilterBarClickHandlerProvider);
 
   return {
     restrict: 'E',
     controllerAs: 'dashboardApp',
-    controller: function ($scope, $rootScope, $route, $routeParams, $location, getAppState, $compile) {
+    controller: function ($scope, $rootScope, $route, $routeParams, $location, getAppState, $compile, dashboardConfig) {
       const filterBar = Private(FilterBarQueryFilterProvider);
       const docTitle = Private(DocTitleProvider);
       const notify = new Notifier({ location: 'Dashboard' });
@@ -98,7 +97,7 @@ app.directive('dashboardApp', function ($injector) {
         docTitle.change(dash.title);
       }
 
-      const dashboardState = new DashboardState(dash, AppState);
+      const dashboardState = new DashboardState(dash, AppState, dashboardConfig);
 
       // The 'previouslyStored' check is so we only update the time filter on dashboard open, not during
       // normal cross app navigation.
@@ -151,8 +150,16 @@ app.directive('dashboardApp', function ($injector) {
         dashboardState.getIsDirty(timefilter));
       $scope.newDashboard = () => { kbnUrl.change(DashboardConstants.CREATE_NEW_DASHBOARD_URL, {}); };
       $scope.saveState = () => dashboardState.saveState();
-      $scope.getShouldShowEditHelp = () => !dashboardState.getPanels().length && dashboardState.getIsEditMode();
-      $scope.getShouldShowViewHelp = () => !dashboardState.getPanels().length && dashboardState.getIsViewMode();
+      $scope.getShouldShowEditHelp = () => (
+        !dashboardState.getPanels().length &&
+        dashboardState.getIsEditMode() &&
+        !dashboardConfig.getHideWriteControls()
+      );
+      $scope.getShouldShowViewHelp = () => (
+        !dashboardState.getPanels().length &&
+        dashboardState.getIsViewMode() &&
+        !dashboardConfig.getHideWriteControls()
+      );
 
       $scope.toggleExpandPanel = (panelIndex) => {
         if ($scope.expandedPanel && $scope.expandedPanel.panelIndex === panelIndex) {
@@ -207,7 +214,7 @@ app.directive('dashboardApp', function ($injector) {
       $scope.$listen(timefilter, 'fetch', $scope.refresh);
 
       function updateViewMode(newMode) {
-        $scope.topNavMenu = getTopNavConfig(newMode, navActions); // eslint-disable-line no-use-before-define
+        $scope.topNavMenu = dashboardConfig.getHideWriteControls() ? [] : getTopNavConfig(newMode, navActions); // eslint-disable-line no-use-before-define
         dashboardState.switchViewMode(newMode);
         $scope.dashboardViewMode = newMode;
       }

src/core_plugins/kibana/public/dashboard/dashboard_config.js

@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+import { uiModules } from 'ui/modules';
+uiModules.get('kibana')
+  .provider('dashboardConfig', () => {
+    let hideWriteControls = false;
+
+    return {
+      /**
+       * Part of the exposed plugin API - do not remove without careful consideration.
+       * @type {boolean}
+       */
+      turnHideWriteControlsOn() {
+        hideWriteControls = true;
+      },
+      $get() {
+        return {
+          getHideWriteControls() {
+            return hideWriteControls;
+          }
+        };
+      }
+    };
+  });

src/core_plugins/kibana/public/dashboard/dashboard_state.js

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import { stateMonitorFactory } from 'ui/state_management/state_monitor_factory';
 import { createPanelState } from 'plugins/kibana/dashboard/panel/panel_state';
 import { getPersistedStateId } from 'plugins/kibana/dashboard/panel/panel_state';
 
-function getStateDefaults(dashboard) {
+function getStateDefaults(dashboard, hideWriteControls) {
   return {
     title: dashboard.title,
     description: dashboard.description,
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ function getStateDefaults(dashboard) {
     uiState: dashboard.uiStateJSON ? JSON.parse(dashboard.uiStateJSON) : {},
     query: FilterUtils.getQueryFilterForDashboard(dashboard),
     filters: FilterUtils.getFilterBarsForDashboard(dashboard),
-    viewMode: dashboard.id ? DashboardViewMode.VIEW : DashboardViewMode.EDIT,
+    viewMode: dashboard.id || hideWriteControls ? DashboardViewMode.VIEW : DashboardViewMode.EDIT,
   };
 }
 
@@ -59,11 +59,13 @@ export class DashboardState {
    *
    * @param savedDashboard {SavedDashboard}
    * @param AppState {AppState}
+   * @param dashboardConfig {DashboardConfigProvider}
    */
-  constructor(savedDashboard, AppState) {
+  constructor(savedDashboard, AppState, dashboardConfig) {
     this.savedDashboard = savedDashboard;
+    this.dashboardConfig = dashboardConfig;
 
-    this.stateDefaults = getStateDefaults(this.savedDashboard);
+    this.stateDefaults = getStateDefaults(this.savedDashboard, this.dashboardConfig.getHideWriteControls());
 
     this.appState = new AppState(this.stateDefaults);
     this.uiState = this.appState.makeStateful('uiState');
@@ -93,7 +95,7 @@ export class DashboardState {
     // The right way to fix this might be to ensure the defaults object stored on state is a deep
     // clone, but given how much code uses the state object, I determined that to be too risky of a change for
     // now.  TODO: revisit this!
-    this.stateDefaults = getStateDefaults(this.savedDashboard);
+    this.stateDefaults = getStateDefaults(this.savedDashboard, this.dashboardConfig.getHideWriteControls());
     // The original query won't be restored by the above because the query on this.savedDashboard is applied
     // in place in order for it to affect the visualizations.
     this.stateDefaults.query = this.lastSavedDashboardFilters.query;
@@ -223,7 +225,7 @@ export class DashboardState {
    * @returns {DashboardViewMode}
    */
   getViewMode() {
-    return this.appState.viewMode;
+    return this.dashboardConfig.getHideWriteControls() ? DashboardViewMode.VIEW : this.appState.viewMode;
   }
 
   /**

src/core_plugins/kibana/public/dashboard/index.js

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import 'plugins/kibana/dashboard/dashboard';
 import 'plugins/kibana/dashboard/saved_dashboard/saved_dashboards';
 import 'plugins/kibana/dashboard/styles/index.less';
+import 'plugins/kibana/dashboard/dashboard_config';
 import uiRoutes from 'ui/routes';
 import { SavedObjectRegistryProvider } from 'ui/saved_objects/saved_object_registry';
 import { savedDashboardRegister } from 'plugins/kibana/dashboard/saved_dashboard/saved_dashboard_register';

src/core_plugins/kibana/public/dashboard/listing/dashboard_listing.html

@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
           class="kuiButton kuiButton--danger"
           ng-click="listingController.deleteSelectedItems()"
           aria-label="Delete selected dashboards"
-          ng-if="listingController.getSelectedItemsCount() > 0"
+          ng-if="listingController.getSelectedItemsCount() > 0 && !listingController.hideWriteControls"
           tooltip="Delete selected dashboards"
           tooltip-append-to-body="true"
           data-test-subj="deleteSelectedDashboards"
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
           href="{{listingController.getCreateDashboardHref()}}"
           aria-label="Create new dashboard"
           data-test-subj="newDashboardLink"
-          ng-if="listingController.getSelectedItemsCount() === 0"
+          ng-if="listingController.getSelectedItemsCount() === 0 && !listingController.hideWriteControls"
           tooltip="Create new dashboard"
           tooltip-append-to-body="true"
         >
@@ -104,10 +104,10 @@
     >
       <div class="kuiPromptForItems">
         <div class="kuiPromptForItems__message">
-          Looks like you don&rsquo;t have any dashboards. Let&rsquo;s create some!
+          Looks like you don&rsquo;t have any dashboards. <span ng-if="!listingController.hideWriteControls">Let&rsquo;s create some!</span>
         </div>
 
-        <div class="kuiPromptForItems__actions">
+        <div class="kuiPromptForItems__actions" ng-if="!listingController.hideWriteControls">
           <a
             class="kuiButton kuiButton--primary kuiButton--iconText"
             data-test-subj="createDashboardPromptButton"
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@
     <table class="kuiTable" ng-if="listingController.items.length">
       <thead>
       <tr>
-        <th class="kuiTableHeaderCell kuiTableHeaderCell--checkBox">
+        <th class="kuiTableHeaderCell kuiTableHeaderCell--checkBox" ng-if="!listingController.hideWriteControls">
           <input
             type="checkbox"
             class="kuiCheckBox"
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@
         ng-repeat="item in listingController.pageOfItems track by item.id"
         class="kuiTableRow"
       >
-        <td class="kuiTableRowCell kuiTableRowCell--checkBox">
+        <td class="kuiTableRowCell kuiTableRowCell--checkBox" ng-if="!listingController.hideWriteControls">
           <div class="kuiTableRowCell__liner">
             <input
               type="checkbox"

src/core_plugins/kibana/public/dashboard/listing/dashboard_listing.js

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ export function DashboardListingController($injector, $scope) {
   const Private = $injector.get('Private');
   const timefilter = $injector.get('timefilter');
   const config = $injector.get('config');
+  const dashboardConfig = $injector.get('dashboardConfig');
 
   timefilter.enabled = false;
 
@@ -72,6 +73,8 @@ export function DashboardListingController($injector, $scope) {
 
   this.pager = pagerFactory.create(this.items.length, 20, 1);
 
+  this.hideWriteControls = dashboardConfig.getHideWriteControls();
+
   $scope.$watch(() => this.filter, () => {
     deselectAll();
     fetchItems();

src/core_plugins/kibana/public/dashboard/panel/panel.js

@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ import 'ui/visualize';
 import 'ui/doc_table';
 import * as columnActions from 'ui/doc_table/actions/columns';
 import 'plugins/kibana/dashboard/panel/get_object_loaders_for_dashboard';
+import 'plugins/kibana/visualize/saved_visualizations';
+import 'plugins/kibana/discover/saved_searches';
 import { FilterManagerProvider } from 'ui/filter_manager';
 import { uiModules } from 'ui/modules';
 import panelTemplate from 'plugins/kibana/dashboard/panel/panel.html';

src/core_plugins/kibana/public/kibana.js

@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 // autoloading
 
 // preloading (for faster webpack builds)
-import moment from 'moment-timezone';
 import chrome from 'ui/chrome';
 import routes from 'ui/routes';
 import { uiModules } from 'ui/modules';
@@ -21,6 +20,7 @@ import 'ui/timepicker';
 import 'ui/react_components';
 import { Notifier } from 'ui/notify/notifier';
 import 'leaflet';
+import { KibanaRootController } from './kibana_root_controller';
 
 routes.enable();
 
@@ -29,24 +29,6 @@ routes
   redirectTo: `/${chrome.getInjected('kbnDefaultAppId', 'discover')}`
 });
 
-chrome
-.setRootController('kibana', function ($scope, courier, config) {
-  // wait for the application to finish loading
-  $scope.$on('application.load', function () {
-    courier.start();
-  });
-
-  config.watch('dateFormat:tz', setDefaultTimezone, $scope);
-  config.watch('dateFormat:dow', setStartDayOfWeek, $scope);
-
-  function setDefaultTimezone(tz) {
-    moment.tz.setDefault(tz);
-  }
-
-  function setStartDayOfWeek(day) {
-    const dow = moment.weekdays().indexOf(day);
-    moment.updateLocale(moment.locale(), { week: { dow } });
-  }
-});
+chrome.setRootController('kibana', KibanaRootController);
 
 uiModules.get('kibana').run(Notifier.pullMessageFromUrl);

src/core_plugins/kibana/public/kibana_root_controller.js

@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+import moment from 'moment-timezone';
+
+export function KibanaRootController($scope, courier, config) {
+  // wait for the application to finish loading
+  $scope.$on('application.load', function () {
+    courier.start();
+  });
+
+  config.watch('dateFormat:tz', setDefaultTimezone, $scope);
+  config.watch('dateFormat:dow', setStartDayOfWeek, $scope);
+
+  function setDefaultTimezone(tz) {
+    moment.tz.setDefault(tz);
+  }
+
+  function setStartDayOfWeek(day) {
+    const dow = moment.weekdays().indexOf(day);
+    moment.updateLocale(moment.locale(), { week: { dow } });
+  }
+}

src/ui/public/chrome/api/nav.js

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { remove } from 'lodash';
 import { parse, format } from 'url';
 import { isString } from 'lodash';
 
@@ -18,6 +19,10 @@ export function initChromeNavApi(chrome, internals) {
     return navLink;
   };
 
+  chrome.showOnlyById = (id) => {
+    remove(internals.nav, app => app.id !== id);
+  };
+
   chrome.getBasePath = function () {
     return internals.basePath || '';
   };

test/functional/page_objects/dashboard_page.js

@@ -299,9 +299,16 @@ export function DashboardPageProvider({ getService, getPageObjects }) {
     async loadSavedDashboard(dashName) {
       log.debug(`Load Saved Dashboard ${dashName}`);
 
-      await this.searchForDashboardWithName(dashName);
-      await this.clickDashboardByLinkText(dashName);
-      return PageObjects.header.waitUntilLoadingHasFinished();
+      await retry.try(async () => {
+        await this.searchForDashboardWithName(dashName);
+        await this.clickDashboardByLinkText(dashName);
+        await PageObjects.header.waitUntilLoadingHasFinished();
+
+        const onDashboardLandingPage = await this.onDashboardLandingPage();
+        if (onDashboardLandingPage) {
+          throw new Error('Failed to open the dashboard up');
+        }
+      });
     }
 
     getPanelTitles() {