Question Disable "new topic"

I have searched everywhere trying to find a way to disable the "+ NEW TOPIC" button. One forum reply says to lock the topic, however this also locks future replies.

Have located the CSS for the "reply" and "new topic" buttons and can remove them, however it also takes the "REPLY" button too.

Is there a way to remove the new topic button (dont want users to go off track from the page topic), however at the same time allow the reply button to remain?

I'm not quite sure what you're trying to do and I'm not sure why this was posted in the K 1.7 Support category because, as you can see here, we need the New Topic button otherwise you can't create new topics, can you?

What, exactly, is wrong? Do you want to completely stop your users (including yourself) from creating new topics altogether, is that what you want to do? Or does this fall into one of the many questions that we receive about "allowing only certain people to create new topics but allowing everyone else to post?" Because, if that's what you want to do, I suggest that you read [Merged topic] User Groups, User Group Privileges, ACLs

In future, before you post questions in the K 1.7 Support category, make sure that you read the Guide to posting questions when asking for support on the main Index page of this forum. Thank you.