---
title: Setup for Restricted Users
product: Survey Creator
description: You can limit how much your content manager can edit or format a form definition in your in-house form builder tool to make sure the related domain model remains unchanged. View the free demo for JavaScript to learn more.
framework: jQuery
source: https://surveyjs.io/survey-creator/examples/setup-for-content-manager/jquery
index: https://surveyjs.io/survey-creator/examples/overview.md
---

# Setup for Restricted Users (jQuery)

This example demonstrates how you can configure Survey Creator to ensure that users do not break the synchronization between a domain model and a survey JSON schema. This functionality is part of a wider use case described in the following help topic: [No-code Editor for Domain Models](https://surveyjs.io/documentation/no-code-editor-for-domain-models).

Domain model properties and form fields have synchronized names and types. To keep the synchronization intact, users should not add, delete, or duplicate questions and change question names or types. Refer to the Survey Creator configuration in code to see how you can disallow these actions.

## Files

### `public/index.html`

```html
<!-- Uncomment the following lines to enable Ace Editor in the JSON Editor tab -->
<!-- 
<script src="https://unpkg.com/ace-builds/src-min-noconflict/ace.js"></script>
<script src="https://unpkg.com/ace-builds/src-min-noconflict/ext-searchbox.js"></script>
<script src="https://unpkg.com/ace-builds/src-min-noconflict/theme-clouds_midnight.js"></script>
-->

<div id="surveyCreatorContainer" style="position: absolute; height: 100%; width: 100%"></div>
```

### `src/index.css`

```css
/* You can add your custom CSS here. */
```

### `src/survey_json.js`

```js
export const formJSON = {
  "name": "PatientAssessment",
  "title": "Patient Assessment Form",
  "checkErrorsMode": "onValueChanged",
  "questionErrorLocation": "bottom",
  "pages": [
    {
      "name": "PatientInformation",
      "title": "Patient information",
      "navigationTitle": "Patient information",
      "elements": [
        {
          "type": "panel",
          "name": "patient-information",
          "title": "All fields with an asterisk (*) are required fields, and must be filled out in order to process the information in strict confidentiality.",
          "elements": [
            {
              "type": "text",
              "name": "FirstName",
              "title": "First name",
              "isRequired": true
            },
            {
              "type": "text",
              "name": "LastName",
              "startWithNewLine": false,
              "title": "Last name",
              "isRequired": true
            },
            {
              "type": "text",
              "name": "SSN",
              "title": "Social Security number",
              "requiredErrorText": "You SSN must be a 9-digit number.",
              "isRequired": true
            },
            {
              "type": "text",
              "name": "BirthDate",
              "startWithNewLine": false,
              "title": "Date of birth",
              "isRequired": true,
              "inputType": "date"
            },
            {
              "type": "text",
              "name": "Concerns",
              "title": "List any concerns you want to talk about during your visit"
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "HealthHistory",
      "title": "Health history",
      "navigationTitle": "Health history",
      "elements": [
        {
          "type": "panel",
          "name": "health-history",
          "elements": [
            {
              "type": "boolean",
              "name": "Diabetes",
              "title": "Do you have diabetes?",
              "startWithNewLine": false
            },
            {
              "type": "boolean",
              "name": "HighBloodPressure",
              "title": "High blood pressure?",
              "startWithNewLine": false
            },
            {
              "type": "boolean",
              "name": "HighCholesterol",
              "title": "High cholesterol?",
              "startWithNewLine": false
            },
            {
              "type": "comment",
              "name": "OtherHealthConditions",
              "title": "Do you have other health conditions?"
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "SocialHistory",
      "title": "Social history",
      "navigationTitle": "Social history",
      "elements": [
        {
          "type": "panel",
          "name": "social-history",
          "elements": [
            {
              "type": "panel",
              "name": "smoking",
              "elements": [
                {
                  "type": "radiogroup",
                  "name": "Cigarettes",
                  "title": "Do you smoke cigarettes?",
                  "choices": [
                    {
                      "value": "never",
                      "text": "Never"
                    },
                    {
                      "value": "yes",
                      "text": "Yes"
                    },
                    {
                      "value": "quit",
                      "text": "Quit"
                    }
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "type": "text",
                  "name": "CigarettesPacksPerDay",
                  "visibleIf": "{Cigarettes} = 'yes'",
                  "title": "How many packs a day?",
                  "inputType": "number",
                  "min": 0
                },
                {
                  "name": "date-quit",
                  "title": "CigarettesDateQuit",
                  "inputType": "date",
                  "maxValueExpression": "today()",
                  "visibleIf": "{Cigarettes} = 'quit'"
                },
                {
                  "name": "CigarettesYearsSmoked",
                  "title": "Years smoked",
                  "inputType": "number",
                  "min": 0,
                  "visibleIf": "{Cigarettes} = 'quit'"
                },
                {
                  "type": "boolean",
                  "name": "CigarettesVape",
                  "title": "Do you vape (e-cigarettes)?"
                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "type": "panel",
              "name": "alcohol-use-history",
              "elements": [
                {
                  "type": "boolean",
                  "name": "Alcohol",
                  "title": "Do you drink alcohol?"
                },
                {
                  "type": "text",
                  "name": "DrinksPerWeek",
                  "inputType": "number",
                  "visibleIf": "{Alcohol} = true",
                  "title": "How many drinks per week?"
                }
              ],
              "startWithNewLine": false
            },
            {
              "type": "panel",
              "name": "drug-use-history",
              "elements": [
                {
                  "type": "checkbox",
                  "name": "RecreationalDrugs",
                  "title": "Do you use recreational drugs?",
                  "choices": [
                    {
                      "value": "rarely",
                      "text": "Rarely"
                    },
                    {
                      "value": "marijuana",
                      "text": "Marijuana"
                    },
                    {
                      "value": "cocaine",
                      "text": "Cocaine"
                    },
                    {
                      "value": "opioids",
                      "text": "Opioids"
                    }
                  ],
                  "showOtherItem": true,
                  "otherPlaceholder": "Please specify... ",
                  "otherText": "Other",
                  "showNoneItem": true,
                  "noneText": "Never",
                  "colCount": 3
                },
                {
                  "type": "text",
                  "name": "DrugUseTimesPerMonth",
                  "visibleIf": "{RecreationalDrugs} anyof ['rarely', 'marijuana', 'cocaine', 'opioids', 'other']",
                  "title": "How many times per month",
                  "description": "If you take different types of drugs, please specify the frequency of use for each in a 'drug - # times/month' format."
                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "type": "panel",
              "name": "personal-info",
              "elements": [
                {
                  "type": "dropdown",
                  "name": "Education",
                  "title": "What is your highest level of education completed?",
                  "choices": [
                    {
                      "value": "high-school",
                      "text": "High School"
                    },
                    {
                      "value": "trade-school",
                      "text": "Trade School"
                    },
                    {
                      "value": "college",
                      "text": "College"
                    },
                    {
                      "value": "post-graduate",
                      "text": "Post-graduate degree(s)"
                    }
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "type": "dropdown",
                  "name": "MaritalStatus",
                  "title": "What is your marital status?",
                  "choices": [
                    {
                      "value": "married",
                      "text": "Married"
                    },
                    {
                      "value": "partnership",
                      "text": "Partnership"
                    },
                    {
                      "value": "divorced",
                      "text": "Divorced"
                    },
                    {
                      "value": "separated",
                      "text": "Separated"
                    },
                    {
                      "value": "single",
                      "text": "Single"
                    },
                    {
                      "value": "widow",
                      "text": "Widow(er)"
                    }
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "type": "panel",
                  "name": "sexual-life",
                  "elements": [
                    {
                      "type": "boolean",
                      "name": "SexuallyActive",
                      "title": "Are you sexually active?"
                    },
                    {
                      "type": "text",
                      "name": "SexualPartnersNumber",
                      "title": "How many sexual partners do you have?",
                      "inputType": "number",
                      "min": 0
                    },
                    {
                      "type": "radiogroup",
                      "name": "SexualPartnersGender",
                      "titleLocation": "hidden",
                      "choices": [
                        {
                          "value": "men",
                          "text": "Men"
                        },
                        {
                          "value": "women",
                          "text": "Women"
                        },
                        {
                          "value": "both",
                          "text": "Both"
                        }
                      ],
                      "colCount": 3
                    },
                    {
                      "type": "boolean",
                      "name": "Contraception",
                      "title": "Do you use contraception?"
                    },
                    {
                      "type": "comment",
                      "name": "ContraceptionComment",
                      "title": "What type of contraception do you use?",
                      "visibleIf": "{Contraception} = true"
                    }
                  ]
                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "type": "panel",
              "name": "employment-exercises-children",
              "startWithNewLine": false,
              "elements": [
                {
                  "type": "radiogroup",
                  "name": "Employment",
                  "title": "Are you employed?",
                  "choices": [
                    {
                      "value": "yes",
                      "text": "Yes"
                    },
                    {
                      "value": "no",
                      "text": "No"
                    },
                    {
                      "value": "retired",
                      "text": "Retired"
                    }
                  ],
                  "colCount": 3
                },
                {
                  "type": "comment",
                  "name": "EmploymentComment",
                  "title": "Type of work"
                },
                {
                  "type": "panel",
                  "name": "physical-activity",
                  "elements": [
                    {
                      "type": "boolean",
                      "name": "DoExercise",
                      "title": "Do you exercise?"
                    },
                    {
                      "type": "text",
                      "name": "ExerciseActivityType",
                      "title": "Type of activity",
                      "visibleIf": "{DoExercise} = true"
                    },
                    {
                      "type": "text",
                      "name": "ExerciseActivityFrequency",
                      "title": "How often?",
                      "visibleIf": "{DoExercise} = true"
                    },
                    {
                      "type": "text",
                      "name": "ExerciseActivityDuration",
                      "title": "How long per activity?",
                      "visibleIf": "{DoExercise} = true"
                    }
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "type": "panel",
                  "name": "children",
                  "elements": [
                    {
                      "type": "boolean",
                      "name": "HaveChildren",
                      "title": "Do you have children?"
                    },
                    {
                      "type": "text",
                      "name": "ChildrenNumber",
                      "title": "# of children",
                      "inputType": "number",
                      "visibleIf": "{HaveChildren} = true"
                    },
                    {
                      "type": "text",
                      "name": "ChildrenAges",
                      "title": "Their ages",
                      "visibleIf": "{HaveChildren} = true"
                    }
                  ]
                }
              ]
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "SurgicalHistory",
      "title": "Surgical history / recent hospitalizations",
      "navigationTitle": "Surgical history",
      "elements": [
        {
          "type": "comment",
          "name": "SurgeryDescription",
          "title": "Date and type of surgery / procedure"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "FamilyHistory",
      "title": "Family history",
      "navigationTitle": "Family history",
      "elements": [
        {
          "type": "matrixdynamic",
          "name": "FamilyHistory",
          "cellType": "text",
          "titleLocation": "hidden",
          "rowCount": 1,
          "columns": [
            {
              "name": "Relation"
            },
            {
              "name": "HealthConditions",
              "title": "Health conditions"
            },
            {
              "name": "CancerHistory",
              "title": "Family history of cancer"
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "PreventiveCare",
      "title": "Preventive care",
      "navigationTitle": "Preventive care",
      "elements": [
        {
          "type": "panel",
          "name": "preventive-care",
          "elements": [
            {
              "type": "matrixdynamic",
              "name": "RecentShots",
              "title": "Recent shots from a doctor or pharmacist",
              "rowCount": 0,
              "columns": [
                {
                  "name": "Name",
                  "cellType": "dropdown",
                  "isRequired": true,
                  "choices": [
                    {
                      "value": "flu",
                      "text": "Flu"
                    },
                    {
                      "value": "shingles",
                      "text": "Shingles"
                    },
                    {
                      "value": "pneumonia",
                      "text": "Pneumonia"
                    },
                    {
                      "value": "tetanus",
                      "text": "Tetanus"
                    },
                    {
                      "value": "other",
                      "text": "Other"
                    }
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "name": "Date",
                  "cellType": "text",
                  "inputType": "date"
                },
                {
                  "name": "Place",
                  "cellType": "text"
                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "type": "matrixdynamic",
              "name": "RecentTests",
              "title": "Recent tests or procedures",
              "rowCount": 0,
              "columns": [
                {
                  "name": "Name",
                  "isRequired": true,
                  "cellType": "dropdown",
                  "choices": [
                    {
                      "value": "colonoscopy",
                      "text": "Colonoscopy"
                    },
                    {
                      "value": "cologuard",
                      "text": "Cologuard"
                    },
                    {
                      "value": "mammogram",
                      "text": "Mammogram"
                    },
                    {
                      "value": "pap",
                      "text": "PAP"
                    },
                    {
                      "value": "other",
                      "text": "Other"
                    }
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "name": "Date",
                  "cellType": "text",
                  "inputType": "date"
                },
                {
                  "name": "Place",
                  "cellType": "text"
                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "type": "matrixdynamic",
              "name": "Specialists",
              "cellType": "text",
              "columns": [
                {
                  "name": "Provider",
                  "title": "Provider's first and last name"
                },
                {
                  "name": "Speciality",
                  "title": "Speciality"
                },
                {
                  "name": "City",
                  "title": "Town/City"
                }
              ],
              "rowCount": 1
            },
            {
              "type": "matrixdynamic",
              "name": "Medications",
              "cellType": "text",
              "rowCount": 1,
              "columns": [
                {
                  "name": "Name"
                },
                {
                  "name": "Dose"
                },
                {
                  "name": "TimesPerDay",
                  "title": "Times per day"
                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "type": "matrixdynamic",
              "name": "Allergies",
              "cellType": "text",
              "rowCount": 1,
              "columns": [
                {
                  "name": "Type"
                },
                {
                  "name": "Reaction"
                }
              ]
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Symptoms",
      "elements": [
        {
          "type": "tagbox",
          "name": "Symptoms",
          "title": "Please select any symptoms you have now or have had in the past month.",
          "choices": [
            "Fever",
            "Chills",
            "Feeling poorly",
            "Feeling tired",
            "Weight gain",
            "Weight loss",
            "Chest pain",
            "Heart pounding",
            "Fast pulse",
            "Slow pulse",
            "Leg pain with exercise",
            "Leg swelling",
            "Joint pain",
            "Neck pain",
            "Joint swelling",
            "Joint stiffness",
            "Muscle aches",
            "Back pain",
            "Sores",
            "Rash",
            "Itching",
            "Change in a mole",
            "Unusual growth/spot"
          ]
        },
        {
          "type": "text",
          "name": "CurrentDate",
          "title": "Today's date:",
          "titleLocation": "left",
          "inputType": "date",
          "defaultValueExpression": "today()"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "showTOC": true,
  "completeText": "Submit",
  "showPreviewBeforeComplete": true,
  "widthMode": "static",
  "width": "1200px"
};
```

### `src/index.js`

```js
import { SurveyCreator } from "survey-creator-js";
import "survey-core/survey.i18n";
import "survey-creator-core/survey-creator-core.i18n";
import { settings } from "survey-creator-core";
import { formJSON } from "./survey_json";
import "survey-core/survey-core.css";
import "survey-creator-core/survey-creator-core.css";
import "./index.css";

import SurveyTheme from "survey-core/themes";
import { registerCreatorTheme } from "survey-creator-core";

registerCreatorTheme(SurveyTheme); // Add predefined Survey Creator UI themes

// Hide the "Add Question" button from the design surface
settings.designer.showAddQuestionButton = false;

function isObjColumn(obj) {
    return !!obj && obj.getType() === "matrixdropdowncolumn";
}
const creator = new SurveyCreator();
const panelItem = creator.toolbox.getItemByName("panel");
// Allow restricted users to add only panels. If you want to hide the entire Toolbox, set `creator.showToolbox = false;`
creator.toolbox.clearItems();
creator.toolbox.addItem(panelItem);
// Change the default question type to "panel"
creator.currentAddQuestionType = "panel";
creator.onElementAllowOperations.add((_, options) => {
    // Disallow restricted users to change question types, delete questions, or copy them
    options.allowChangeType = false;
    options.allowCopy = false;
    const element = options.element;
    if (element.isQuestion) {
        options.allowDelete = false;
    }
    if (element.isPage || element.isPanel) {
        options.allowDelete = element.questions.length === 0;
    }
});
creator.onCollectionItemAllowOperations.add((_, options) => {
    // Disallow restricted users to delete columns via adorners on the design surface
    options.allowDelete = !isObjColumn(options.item)
});
creator.onConfigureTablePropertyEditor.add((_, options) => {
    // Disallow restricted users to add or delete matrix columns via the Property Grid
    options.allowAddRemoveItems = options.propertyName !== "columns";
});
creator.onPropertyGetReadOnly.add((_, options) => {
    // Disallow restricted users to change cell question type in matrixes
    if (options.property.name === "cellType") {
        options.readOnly = true;
    }
    // Disallow restricted users to modify the `name` property for questions and matrix columns
    if (options.property.name === "name") {
        options.readOnly = options.element.isQuestion || isObjColumn(options.element);
    }
});
creator.JSON = formJSON;
creator.render("surveyCreatorContainer");
```

### `package.json`

```json
{
  "dependencies": {
    "jquery": "latest",
    "survey-core": "latest",
    "survey-js-ui": "latest",
    "survey-creator-core": "latest",
    "survey-creator-js": "latest"
  },
  "devDependencies": {
    "react-scripts": "latest"
  }
}
```

## Other Frameworks

- [Angular](https://surveyjs.io/survey-creator/examples/setup-for-content-manager/angular.md)
- [React](https://surveyjs.io/survey-creator/examples/setup-for-content-manager/reactjs.md)
- [Vue 3](https://surveyjs.io/survey-creator/examples/setup-for-content-manager/vue3js.md)
- [Vanilla JS](https://surveyjs.io/survey-creator/examples/setup-for-content-manager/vanillajs.md)