diff --git a/services/web/frontend/js/features/source-editor/components/figure-modal/figure-modal-source-picker.tsx b/services/web/frontend/js/features/source-editor/components/figure-modal/figure-modal-source-picker.tsx
index e9ba17502c..5159fdd28a 100644
--- a/services/web/frontend/js/features/source-editor/components/figure-modal/figure-modal-source-picker.tsx
+++ b/services/web/frontend/js/features/source-editor/components/figure-modal/figure-modal-source-picker.tsx
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import getMeta from '@/utils/meta'
 import MaterialIcon from '@/shared/components/material-icon'
 import BootstrapVersionSwitcher from '@/features/ui/components/bootstrap-5/bootstrap-version-switcher'
 import { bsVersion } from '@/features/utils/bootstrap-5'
+import { usePermissionsContext } from '@/features/ide-react/context/permissions-context'
 
 export const FigureModalSourcePicker: FC = () => {
   const { t } = useTranslation()
@@ -17,26 +18,32 @@ export const FigureModalSourcePicker: FC = () => {
     hasLinkedProjectOutputFileFeature,
     hasLinkUrlFeature,
   } = getMeta('ol-ExposedSettings')
+
+  const { write } = usePermissionsContext()
+
   return (
     <div className="figure-modal-source-button-grid">
-      <FigureModalSourceButton
-        type={FigureModalSource.FILE_UPLOAD}
-        title={t('replace_from_computer')}
-        icon={bsVersion({ bs3: 'upload', bs5: 'upload' })}
-      />
+      {write && (
+        <FigureModalSourceButton
+          type={FigureModalSource.FILE_UPLOAD}
+          title={t('replace_from_computer')}
+          icon={bsVersion({ bs3: 'upload', bs5: 'upload' })}
+        />
+      )}
       <FigureModalSourceButton
         type={FigureModalSource.FILE_TREE}
         title={t('replace_from_project_files')}
         icon={bsVersion({ bs3: 'archive', bs5: 'inbox' })}
       />
-      {(hasLinkedProjectFileFeature || hasLinkedProjectOutputFileFeature) && (
-        <FigureModalSourceButton
-          type={FigureModalSource.OTHER_PROJECT}
-          title={t('replace_from_another_project')}
-          icon={bsVersion({ bs3: 'folder-open', bs5: 'folder_open' })}
-        />
-      )}
-      {hasLinkUrlFeature && (
+      {write &&
+        (hasLinkedProjectFileFeature || hasLinkedProjectOutputFileFeature) && (
+          <FigureModalSourceButton
+            type={FigureModalSource.OTHER_PROJECT}
+            title={t('replace_from_another_project')}
+            icon={bsVersion({ bs3: 'folder-open', bs5: 'folder_open' })}
+          />
+        )}
+      {write && hasLinkUrlFeature && (
         <FigureModalSourceButton
           type={FigureModalSource.FROM_URL}
           title={t('replace_from_url')}
diff --git a/services/web/frontend/js/features/source-editor/components/toolbar/insert-figure-dropdown.tsx b/services/web/frontend/js/features/source-editor/components/toolbar/insert-figure-dropdown.tsx
index 09c8f19d52..e365000e28 100644
--- a/services/web/frontend/js/features/source-editor/components/toolbar/insert-figure-dropdown.tsx
+++ b/services/web/frontend/js/features/source-editor/components/toolbar/insert-figure-dropdown.tsx
@@ -10,10 +10,13 @@ import { emitToolbarEvent } from '../../extensions/toolbar/utils/analytics'
 import { useCodeMirrorViewContext } from '../codemirror-context'
 import { insertFigure } from '../../extensions/toolbar/commands'
 import getMeta from '@/utils/meta'
+import { usePermissionsContext } from '@/features/ide-react/context/permissions-context'
+import { ToolbarButton } from './toolbar-button'
 
 export const InsertFigureDropdown = memo(function InsertFigureDropdown() {
   const { t } = useTranslation()
   const view = useCodeMirrorViewContext()
+  const { write } = usePermissionsContext()
   const openFigureModal = useCallback(
     (source: FigureModalSource, sourceName: string) => {
       emitToolbarEvent(view, `toolbar-figure-modal-${sourceName}`)
@@ -30,6 +33,20 @@ export const InsertFigureDropdown = memo(function InsertFigureDropdown() {
     hasLinkedProjectOutputFileFeature,
     hasLinkUrlFeature,
   } = getMeta('ol-ExposedSettings')
+
+  if (!write) {
+    return (
+      <ToolbarButton
+        id="toolbar-figure"
+        label={t('toolbar_insert_figure')}
+        command={() =>
+          openFigureModal(FigureModalSource.FILE_TREE, 'current-project')
+        }
+        icon="add_photo_alternate"
+      />
+    )
+  }
+
   return (
     <ToolbarButtonMenu
       id="toolbar-figure"