How to make WPF DataGridCell ReadOnly?

Question

I understand you can make the whole DataGrid or a whole column readyonly (IsReadOnly = true). However, at cell level this property is ready only. But I do need this level of

Answer 1

One way of getting selectable, read-only text cells for DataGrid is to use template and style like this:

<DataGrid>
<DataGrid.CellStyle>
    <Style TargetType="{x:Type DataGridCell}">                                        
        <Setter Property="BorderThickness" Value="0" />
        <Setter Property="Template">
            <Setter.Value>
                <ControlTemplate TargetType="{x:Type DataGridCell}">
                    <Border Padding="0" BorderBrush="{TemplateBinding BorderBrush}" BorderThickness="{TemplateBinding BorderThickness}" Background="{TemplateBinding Background}" SnapsToDevicePixels="True">
                         <ContentPresenter SnapsToDevicePixels="{TemplateBinding SnapsToDevicePixels}"/>
                        <TextBox BorderThickness="0" MouseDoubleClick="DataGrid_TextBox_MouseDoubleClick" IsReadOnly="True" Padding="5" Text="{Binding RelativeSource={RelativeSource TemplatedParent}, Path=Content.Text}"/>
                    </Border>
                </ControlTemplate>
            </Setter.Value>
        </Setter>
    </Style>
</DataGrid.CellStyle>

And for CS backend:

private void DataGrid_TextBox_MouseDoubleClick(object sender, MouseButtonEventArgs e)
    {
        (sender as TextBox).SelectAll();
    }

Answer 2

My solution is to use binding to the DataGridTemplateColumn with converter.

<UserControl.Resources>
    <c:isReadOnlyConverter x:Key="isRead"/>
</UserControl.Resources>

   <DataGridTemplateColumn x:Name="exampleTemplate" Header="example:" Width="120" IsReadOnly="True">
                <DataGridTemplateColumn.CellTemplate>
                    <DataTemplate>
                            <CheckBox x:Name="exampleCheckBox" VerticalAlignment="Center" IsEnabled="{Binding ElementName=exmpleTemplate, Path=IsReadOnly, Converter={StaticResource isRead}}"/>
                    </DataTemplate>
                </DataGridTemplateColumn.CellTemplate>
            </DataGridTemplateColumn>

and the converter:

class isReadOnlyConverter : IValueConverter
{
    public object Convert(object value, Type targetType, object parameter, System.Globalization.CultureInfo culture)
    {
        try
        {
            return !(bool)value;
        }
        catch (Exception)
        {
            return false;
        }
    }

Answer 3

In my case I was using DataGridTextColumn. I set the IsEnabled property on ContentPresenter in Style as follows and it works fine -

     <DataGrid ItemsSource="{Binding Items}" AutoGenerateColumns="False">
        <DataGrid.Resources>
            <Style TargetType="{x:Type DataGridCell}">
                <Setter Property="Template">
                    <Setter.Value>
                        <ControlTemplate TargetType="{x:Type DataGridCell}">
                            <Grid Background="{TemplateBinding Background}" >
                                <ContentPresenter IsEnabled="{Binding Path=IsEditable}"/>
                            </Grid>
                        </ControlTemplate>
                    </Setter.Value>
                </Setter>
            </Style>
        </DataGrid.Resources>
        <DataGridTextColumn Header="A" 
                            Binding="{Binding Path=A}"/>
    </DataGrid>

Answer 4

This is a bit late but, I was looking into this as well, these solutions work well but I needed something a little different, I did the following and it works exactly like I wanted and what the question is looking for.

I essentially I wanted to be able to enter edit mode for the cell and have all that other templates and command logic the same while not being able to edit the cell.

The solution for all this is to set the TextBox.IsReadOnly property to true in the DataGridCell Style and to handle the initial keydown event

<Style TargetType="DataGridCell">
    <Setter Property="TextBox.IsReadOnly" Value="True"/>
    <EventSetter Event="PreviewKeyDown" Handler="cell_PreviewKeyDown"/>
</Style>

and the following code behind to stop the initial edit

protected void cell_PreviewKeyDown(object sender, KeyEventArgs e)
{
    DataGridCell cell = sender as DataGridCell;
    if (cell.IsEditing == false && 
        ((Keyboard.Modifiers & ModifierKeys.Control) != ModifierKeys.Control)) //So that Ctrl+C keeps working
    {
        cell.IsEditing = true;
        e.Handled = true;
    }
}

Hopefully this is helpful.