TYPO3 tx_news flexform configuration for be user group

I'd like to configure the items of the flexform select box for a BE user group. Is that possible? E.g. an editor should only be able to choose between list view and list of selected items. Screenshot of the selectbox in the backend

Solution

Via TsConfig you can configure almost every backend field. Since you want to change a plugin, this is done via TCEFORM.tt_content.pi_flexform because the selected values of the FlexForm field are saved in the tt_content table in the field pi_flexform.

Your specific question is perfectly answered in the documentation of EXT:news:

# Example: TCEFORM.tt_content.pi_flexform.news_pi1.sDEF.switchableControllerActions.removeItems = Tag->list

The available items are:

News->list
News->detail
News->dateMenu
News->searchForm
News->searchResult
Category->list
Tag->list