From 847d2b9141cce63b1dc5099b75f56d9c1bda1305 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Julian Lam <julian@nodebb.org>
Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2022 15:58:17 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] fix: #10795, early return for selection tooltip based on
 calling user privilege

---
 public/src/client/topic/postTools.js | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/public/src/client/topic/postTools.js b/public/src/client/topic/postTools.js
index 8b46eb3485..28b1119a3f 100644
--- a/public/src/client/topic/postTools.js
+++ b/public/src/client/topic/postTools.js
@@ -478,6 +478,10 @@ define('forum/topic/postTools', [
 	const selectionChangeFn = utils.debounce(selectionChange, 100);
 
 	function handleSelectionTooltip() {
+		if (!ajaxify.data.privileges['topics:reply']) {
+			return;
+		}
+
 		hooks.onPage('action:posts.loaded', delayedTooltip);
 
 		$(document).off('selectionchange', selectionChangeFn).on('selectionchange', selectionChangeFn);