Read Only PropertyDefinition

Updated on Sep 15, 2025

This article shows how to control which property definitions to be read only.

If you want to control the read-only state of a PropertyDefinition, you can use the IsReadOnly property. You can bind it to a boolean property of your business object. Note that you need to specify the Source of the binding explicitly.

Here is a simple PropertyDefinition declaration:

Example 1: Binding IsReadOnly property

XAML

	<telerik:PropertyDefinition 
	            Binding="{Binding FirstName}" 
	            DisplayName="First Name"
	            IsReadOnly="{Binding  Path=IsActive, Source={StaticResource MyViewModel}}">
	</telerik:PropertyDefinition>

For an extended example, check out the ReadOnlyPropertyDefinition demo from our SDK Samples Browser.