Highlight "You can’t edit files directly in this project." message
When user doesn't have permissions to edit the code we show a very small banner right suggesting to fork the project.
I very often just hit the "Edit" button multiple times and just think that something is broken.
Usually it looks like this:
https://www.loom.com/share/8658f74e20ee4c80ad9c452c3d5094f7
(Note the the whole page jumps once I click the edit button, so it's really hard to notice that something is changed)
Can we highlight the banner somehow to attract the user attention?
(Personally I would expect some kind of a modal window suggesting to create a fork)
Solution
As the user cannot proceed without forking the project, using a modal would be the right interaction to inform the user that they can't edit and would need to fork the project.
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Edited by Vladimir Shushlin