Enable selection in readonly textbox grid cell

[Mydatafactory]

Is there a way to enable selection in a readonly textbox grid cell? So a user cannot edit the text but can select part of the text?

[Dess | Tech Support Engineer, Principal]

Hello Jeroen,

Thank you for writing.  

Read-only columns are not supposed to enter edit mode. However, note that you can set the ReadOnly property of the column to false, but make the editor read-only. Thus, you will be allowed to enter edit mode and select part of the text. Here is a sample code snippet: 

public RadForm1()
{
    InitializeComponent();

    this.radGridView1.Columns["ProductName"].ReadOnly = false;
    this.radGridView1.CellEditorInitialized += radGridView1_CellEditorInitialized;
}

private void radGridView1_CellEditorInitialized(object sender, Telerik.WinControls.UI.GridViewCellEventArgs e)
{
    RadTextBoxEditor tb = e.ActiveEditor as RadTextBoxEditor;
    if (tb != null && this.radGridView1.CurrentColumn.Name == "ProductName")
    {
        RadTextBoxEditorElement el = tb.EditorElement as RadTextBoxEditorElement;
        el.TextBoxItem.ReadOnly = true;
    }
}

I hope this information helps. Should you have further questions I would be glad to help.

Regards,
Dess
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