Fine-Grained Field-Level Permissions (Read/Update Subset Without Full Read Access)

Summary Currently, Directus requires granting read access to all fields in a collection for a role to view and select individual items. This makes it impossible to restrict users to read + edit only specific fields without exposing all other fields. This feature request proposes allowing read and update access at the field level independently, so roles can be limited to only the fields they should see or modify. Basic Example For example, a posts collection with these fields: content slug hil_content hil_seo_title hil_seo_description Desired role: hil_user Read-only access: hil_content, hil_seo_title, hil_seo_description Update access: hil_content, hil_seo_title, hil_seo_description No access: content, slug Expected behavior: hil_user can open and edit only the hil_* fields for posts without being forced to read all other fields. Motivation Why: Current design forces roles to have read access to all fields to see records, even if they should only wo…