I recommend to use the GridPanel's BeforeEdit to allow/disallow editing.
Please see the BeforeEdit listener, the CustomConfig section and the Toggle button in the following example.
Example
<%@ Page Language="C#" %>
<%@ Register Assembly="Ext.Net" Namespace="Ext.Net" TagPrefix="ext" %>
<script runat="server">
protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
if (!X.IsAjaxRequest)
{
Store store = this.GridPanel1.GetStore();
store.DataSource = new object[]
{
new object[] { "test1" },
new object[] { "test2" },
new object[] { "test3" }
};
store.DataBind();
}
}
</script>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head runat="server">
<title>Ext.Net Example</title>
</head>
<body>
<form runat="server">
<ext:ResourceManager runat="server" />
<ext:GridPanel
ID="GridPanel1"
runat="server"
AutoHeight="true"
ClicksToEdit="1">
<Store>
<ext:Store runat="server">
<Reader>
<ext:ArrayReader>
<Fields>
<ext:RecordField Name="test" />
</Fields>
</ext:ArrayReader>
</Reader>
</ext:Store>
</Store>
<ColumnModel runat="server">
<Columns>
<ext:Column Header="Test" DataIndex="test">
<Editor>
<ext:TextField runat="server" />
</Editor>
</ext:Column>
</Columns>
</ColumnModel>
<CustomConfig>
<ext:ConfigItem Name="lockEditing" Value="false" Mode="Raw" />
</CustomConfig>
<Listeners>
<BeforeEdit Handler="return this.lockEditing;" />
</Listeners>
</ext:GridPanel>
<ext:Button runat="server" Text="Toggle">
<Listeners>
<Click Handler="GridPanel1.lockEditing = !GridPanel1.lockEditing;" />
</Listeners>
</ext:Button>
</form>
</body>
</html>
See also
http://docs.sencha.com/ext-js/3-4/#!...ent-beforeedit