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title: "How can I make the wpf datagrid cells readonly?"  
description: "How can I make the wpf datagrid cells readonly?"  
author: "Anonymous User"  
published: 2013-09-03  
updated: 2013-09-03  
canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/forum/1419/how-can-i-make-the-wpf-datagrid-cells-readonly  
category: "wpf"  
tags: ["wpf"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# How can I make the wpf datagrid cells readonly?

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```
<DataGrid Grid.Row="1"Grid.Column="1" Name="Grid"ItemsSource="{Binding}" 
AutoGenerateColumns="False" >           
<DataGrid.Columns>               
<DataGridTextColumn Header="Name" Width="100"Binding="{Binding Path=Name}"></DataGridTextColumn>                <DataGridTextColumn Header="OldValue" Width="100" Binding="{Binding
Path=OldValue}"></DataGridTextColumn>               
<DataGridTextColumn Header="NewValue" Width="100*" Binding="{Binding
Path=NewValue}"></DataGridTextColumn>            </DataGrid.Columns>       
</DataGrid>
```

How can i make cells [readonly](https://www.mindstick.com/interview/801/what-is-readonly-keyword-in-c-sharp)

Any help will be appreciated.

## Replies

### Reply by Sumit Kesarwani

Hi Goti,\

Set DataGrid's IsReadOnly property to true.

<DataGrid Grid.Row="1" Grid.Column="1" Name="Grid" ItemsSource="{Binding}"

IsReadOnly="True" AutoGenerateColumns="False" >

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