From 8e0bd2527c23711bcd1e0e111731fd0ee528b457 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Marcus Andersson <marcus.andersson@grafana.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2025 16:21:17 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] wip

---
 .../scene/DashboardLinksControls.tsx          | 19 +++++++++++++------
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/scene/DashboardLinksControls.tsx b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/scene/DashboardLinksControls.tsx
index 6a9ad667217..d45c51d49e0 100644
--- a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/scene/DashboardLinksControls.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/scene/DashboardLinksControls.tsx
@@ -17,22 +17,29 @@ export function DashboardLinksControls({ links, dashboard }: Props) {
   sceneGraph.getTimeRange(dashboard).useState();
   const uid = dashboard.state.uid;
   const styles = useStyles2(getStyles);
+  const linksToDisplay = excludeControlMenuLinks(links);
 
-  if (!links || !uid || links.length === 0) {
+  if (!uid || linksToDisplay.length === 0) {
     return null;
   }
 
   return (
     <div className={styles.linksContainer}>
-      {links
-        .filter((link) => link.placement === undefined)
-        .map((link: DashboardLink, index: number) => (
-          <DashboardLinkRenderer link={link} dashboardUID={uid} key={`${link.title}-$${index}`} />
-        ))}
+      {linksToDisplay.map((link: DashboardLink, index: number) => (
+        <DashboardLinkRenderer link={link} dashboardUID={uid} key={`${link.title}-$${index}`} />
+      ))}
     </div>
   );
 }
 
+function excludeControlMenuLinks(links: DashboardLink[]): DashboardLink[] {
+  if (!links || links.length === 0) {
+    return [];
+  }
+
+  return links.filter((link) => link.placement === undefined);
+}
+
 function getStyles(theme: GrafanaTheme2) {
   return {
     linksContainer: css({