Vaadin Grid allows to be defined as editable with
grid.setEditorEnabled(true);
This makes all visible columns editable. However I don't want the user to edit an specific column, but seems like the editable is an all or nothing.
The next best solution I have found is to define an editor field with a disabled editor, which almost does the trick but the user is still able to select the text and move the cursor (but the field is not editable anymore).
Grid.Column nameColumn = grid.getColumn("fullName");
nameColumn.setHeaderCaption("Full Name");
nameColumn.setEditorField(getNoEditableTextField());
...
private Field<?> getNoEditableTextField() {
TextField noEditableTextFiled = new TextField();
noEditableTextFiled.setEnabled(false);
return noEditableTextFiled;
}
I believe Label cannot be used because it's not a Field.
Is there a better option to achieve this?
edit: as aakath said, there is a way of achieving this not enabling the column to be edited, but in doing so the cell value disappears when you edit the row, which is not desirable.
I think the same can be achieved by making the grid an editable one by
grid.setEditorEnabled(true);
and disabling editing option for other columns likegrid.getColumn(columnName).setEditable(false);
. But I am not sure of any demerits of this method. Any suggestion is always appreciated.