Disabling the new thread box on forum pages

[Brettflan]

I'd like to disable the box which says "Thread Title" initially and "Post a new thread on this forum" on hover, which lets users create a new thread directly from the top of forum listings. I want them to have to use the "Post thread" button instead. I've looked around a bit but can't find any simple way to do it.
I'm thinking it probably will require a template modification. Is that right, or is there a simpler way?

 

[Bryan]

Add this to your extra.less template:

.structItemContainer > .structItem:first-child {
    display:none
}

 

[Brettflan]

Hiding it using CSS? I guess that works. Thanks, I'll give that a shot.

 

[Freak]

For the record, this also deletes the first message in conversation view. Wondering if there's another solution.

 

[Jeremy P]

That selector is pretty general and liable to cause issues on any page with structured items. This might work better:

.template-forum_view .structItemContainer > form.structItem:first-child { display: none }

 

[Brettflan]

Thanks for the more specific selector.

 

[tomdav]

Why not the data attribute? Short and sweet:

[data-xf-init="quick-thread ajax-submit draft"] { display: none; }

You also need to get rid of the annoying double border that remains if you hide the first child. You need to hide the border top of the first child of the div that follows the element you are hiding:

[data-xf-init="quick-thread ajax-submit draft"] {
    display: none;
    + div {
        :first-child {
            border-top: none;
        }
    }
}

You can also make things look much cleaner by changing the filter bar bottom border color from "heavy" to "light" on all pages:

.block-filterBar {
    border-bottom-color: @xf-borderColorLight;
}

 

[AndyB]

You might like this add-on:

https://xenforo.com/community/resources/remove-quick-thread.5634/

 

[tomdav]

You might like this add-on:

https://xenforo.com/community/resources/remove-quick-thread.5634/

I can't believe people charge for mods to do something a few lines of CSS can accomplish for free.