SharePoint Customization Tricks - Part 1

hideListViewToolbarItems("Edit in Datasheet",
	"export to Spreadsheet","view rss feed","settings:create view");
	


	function hideListViewToolbarItems()
	{
	 /// <summary>
         /// By : Ayman M. El-Hattab ( ayman.elhattab@gmail.com )
         /// http://ayman-elhattab.blogspot.com        
         /// You can use this function to hide any menu items rendered in the ListViewWebPart toolbar
         /// which is used in the list view pages, Just call the function and pass the menu item
         /// names ( comma separated ) as they appear in the toolbar.
         /// Only one exception to that when you need to hide "Create View" which appears twice
         /// one in  "List Settings" and the other one in the view selector, in order to resolve this 	 /// conflict just call the function as follows :
         //  hideListViewToolbarItems("settings:create view")
         /// or hideListViewToolbarItems("view:create view").
         /// Kindly note that the arguments are case Insensitive         
         ///     
         /// </summary>
		
		var menuItem;	
		var menuItemName;
		var menuItemIndex=-1;
		var menuItemNames=new Array("edit in datasheet",
		"open with windows explorer","connect to outlook",
		'export to spreadsheet','view rss feed','alert me'
		,"create column","settings:create view","list settings",
		"document library settings","explorer view","all documents",
		"all items","modify this view","view:create view",
		"new document","new item","new folder","upload document",
		"upload multiple documents");
		var menuItems = new Array("EditInGridButton",
		"OpenInExplorer","OfflineButton",
		"ExportToSpreadsheet","ViewRSS","SubscribeButton"
		,"AddColumn","AddView","ListSettings",
		"ListSettings","View1","DefaultView",
		"DefaultView","ModifyView","CreateView",
		"New0","New0","NewFolder","Upload",
		"MultipleUpload");		
		var allMenuItems = document.getElementsByTagName('ie:menuitem');
			for(var i = 0; i < hideListViewToolbarItems.arguments.length; i++ ) 
			{								
				menuItemName= hideListViewToolbarItems.arguments[i].toLowerCase();								
								
					for (j=0;j<menuItemNames.length;j++) 
					{
						if(menuItemNames[j]==menuItemName)
						{				
							menuItemIndex = j;
							break;
						}
					}
					
					menuItem=menuItems[menuItemIndex];
					
					for (var l = 0; l < allMenuItems.length; l++)
					{		
						if(menuItemName.indexOf(":")!=-1)
						{
							menuItemName = menuItemName.split(":")[1];
						}
						if (allMenuItems[l].id.indexOf(menuItem)!=-1 && allMenuItems[l].text.toLowerCase() == menuItemName )
						{		
							// For FireFox Compatibility
							var parentNodeOfMenuItem = allMenuItems[l].parentNode;
							parentNodeOfMenuItem.removeChild(allMenuItems[l]);
						}
					}
				
				
			}
	}