diff --git a/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/editor/snippets.editor.js b/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/editor/snippets.editor.js
index 99349cbf151..36e2d8b26cf 100644
--- a/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/editor/snippets.editor.js
+++ b/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/editor/snippets.editor.js
@@ -157,7 +157,15 @@ var SnippetEditor = Widget.extend({
     init: function (parent, target, templateOptions, $editable, options) {
         this._super.apply(this, arguments);
         this.options = options;
-        this.$editable = $editable;
+        // This is possible to have a snippet editor not inside an editable area
+        // (data-no-check="true") and it is possible to not have editable areas
+        // at all (restricted editor), in that case we just suppose this is the
+        // body so related code can still be executed without crash (as we still
+        // need to instantiate instances of editors even if nothing is really
+        // editable (data-no-check="true" / navigation options / ...)).
+        // TODO this should probably be reviewed in master: do we need a
+        // reference to the editable area? There should be workarounds.
+        this.$editable = $editable && $editable.length ? $editable : $(document.body);
         this.ownerDocument = this.$editable[0].ownerDocument;
         this.$body = $(this.ownerDocument.body);
         this.$target = $(target);
@@ -3166,6 +3174,7 @@ var SnippetsMenu = Widget.extend({
         const smoothScrollOptions = this._getScrollOptions({
             jQueryDraggableOptions: {
                 handle: '.oe_snippet_thumbnail:not(.o_we_already_dragging)',
+                cancel: '.oe_snippet.o_disabled',
                 helper: function () {
                     const dragSnip = this.cloneNode(true);
                     dragSnip.querySelectorAll('.o_delete_btn, .o_rename_btn').forEach(
diff --git a/addons/website/static/src/components/wysiwyg_adapter/wysiwyg_adapter.js b/addons/website/static/src/components/wysiwyg_adapter/wysiwyg_adapter.js
index ab9f8553190..2070b1ea9a6 100644
--- a/addons/website/static/src/components/wysiwyg_adapter/wysiwyg_adapter.js
+++ b/addons/website/static/src/components/wysiwyg_adapter/wysiwyg_adapter.js
@@ -343,7 +343,9 @@ export class WysiwygAdapterComponent extends ComponentAdapter {
      * @private
      */
     _addEditorMessages() {
-        const $wrap = this.$editable.find('.oe_structure.oe_empty, [data-oe-type="html"]');
+        const $wrap = this.$editable
+            .find('.oe_structure.oe_empty, [data-oe-type="html"]')
+            .filter(':o_editable');
         this.$editorMessageElement = $wrap.not('[data-editor-message]')
                 .attr('data-editor-message-default', true)
                 .attr('data-editor-message', this.env._t('DRAG BUILDING BLOCKS HERE'));
diff --git a/addons/website/static/src/js/widgets/link_popover_widget.js b/addons/website/static/src/js/widgets/link_popover_widget.js
index 2d55c804b4f..1b357472e1c 100644
--- a/addons/website/static/src/js/widgets/link_popover_widget.js
+++ b/addons/website/static/src/js/widgets/link_popover_widget.js
@@ -29,14 +29,28 @@ const NavbarLinkPopoverWidget = weWidgets.LinkPopoverWidget.extend({
      *
      * @override
      */
-    start() {
+    async start() {
+        const _super = this._super.bind(this);
+
+        this.isWebsiteDesigner = await this._rpc({
+            'model': 'res.users',
+            'method': 'has_group',
+            'args': ['website.group_website_designer'],
+        });
+        const $removeLink = this.$('.o_we_remove_link');
         // remove link has no sense on navbar menu links, instead show edit menu
-        const $anchor = $('<a/>', {
-            href: '#', class: 'ms-2 js_edit_menu', title: _t('Edit Menu'),
-            'data-bs-placement': 'top', 'data-bs-toggle': 'tooltip',
-        }).append($('<i/>', {class: 'fa fa-sitemap'}));
-        this.$('.o_we_remove_link').replaceWith($anchor);
-        return this._super(...arguments);
+        if (this.isWebsiteDesigner) {
+            const $anchor = $('<a/>', {
+                href: '#', class: 'ms-2 js_edit_menu', title: _t('Edit Menu'),
+                'data-bs-placement': 'top', 'data-bs-toggle': 'tooltip',
+            }).append($('<i/>', {class: 'fa fa-sitemap'}));
+            $removeLink.replaceWith($anchor);
+        } else {
+            this.$('.o_we_edit_link').remove();
+            $removeLink.remove();
+        }
+
+        return _super(...arguments);
     },
 
     //--------------------------------------------------------------------------