If you want to hide the “Check Out” functionality in SharePoint 2013, this can be achieved using CSS and JavaScript.
SharePoint 2013 offers two different Menus for checking out documents in a SharePoint libary:
If you want to use a CEWP (Content Editor Web Part) to add some CSS to your page, this can easily be automated using PowerShell script.The following code sample adds a Web Part (called Color) to the default list view. If it already existed, the Web Part will be deleted first.
Although there are many resources and examples in the internet about how to color-code SharePoint list items, here’s my approach.
Improve user experience by using different colors for different approval steps…