Hiding controls from ListView quick edit mode

Question

I am working on a requirement that requires me to disable one field from editing (even in the quick edit mode). I just want user to add new record and update existing records (except one field).

I am able to achieve something and remove the fields from quick edit, however i see that on focus of the cell, quick edit adds a new control (drop down), has anyone figured out a way to disable that?

Any suggestions...

Answer 1

You could try using AllowGridEditing with JS Link like this (example with Title):

var fieldContext = {
  Templates: {
    Fields: {
      LinkTitle: {
        View: function(ctx, b) {
          b.AllowGridEditing = false;
          return ctx.CurrentItem.Title;
        }        
      }
    }
  }
};
SPClientTemplates.TemplateManager.RegisterTemplateOverrides(fieldContext); 

Answer 2

You can use approach used in below blog

http://sharepointbitsandbytes.com/2014/01/sharepoint-2013-quick-edit-javascript-validation/

I was exploring it for composite validation purpose. Not working for me. But while implementing same functionality was achieved at cell level for which ever column you want to implement.