[Solved] Bug: RadGrid Column's ReadOnly is ignored for InForm and Popup GridEditModes

[Patrick]

I have a key field called Name which I do want to be displayed in the Grid, and also when editing a record, but I don't want it to be editable in the Edit form.

So I defined that column as follows in my Telerik MVC3 project's view page:

            columns.Bound(o => o.Name).Width(100).ReadOnly(true); // make the key column read only

This works fine if the GridEditMode is set to InLine, but not otherwise. If GridEditMode is set to InForm or PopUp, the field is fully editable for both server or client side binding, i.e. the ReadOnly property of the column only appears to work for GridEditMode = InLine.

Am I right in thinking this is a bug?  Is there a workaround? I like the PopUp mode best, because it prevents users from clicking Edit or Delete links on other records before they have finished dealing with the current record that they are editing, but it is a nuisance that the ReadOnly property is being ignored.

Thanks

[Patrick]

Just to add that actually, the problem that I felt there was with InLine or InForm editing, namely that it doesn't stop users from clicking Edit or Delete on another row, is less important than I thought: if that happens, the user just loses any changes they have made in the current row and it is the same as clicking Cancel and then clicking Edit/Delete on another row, but quicker.

But I still think the ReadOnly property should work for all 3 edit modes?

[Petur Subev]

Hello Patrick,

The editor templates used for the InForm and Popup edit modes are generated on the Server using the EditorForModel helper. To successfully customize the editor template used for the Popup window you should check this Code Library article.

All the best,
Petur Subev
the Telerik team