Set the Enabled property to False.

You may want to change the default Disabled Forecolor property too...

>Someone must have seen this:
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>I have created a grid that has several columns. Some columns are designed to be editable and several are designed to be read-only (like the columns you would freeze on the left side of a spreadsheet). I have set the tabstop for the textbox in the readonly columns to be .F., plus readonly=.T. and enabled=.F. and it does not let me TAB into them (this is the good news). However, if I mouse click into these textboxes, it highlights them (in off-color) and appears as if the cell has the focus (they are still read-only), even though the GOTFOCUS of the textbox for the cell does not fire (so it really doesn't have the focus).
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>I don't want the users to be able to get into my read-only columns with tabs or the mouse! Can anyone shed some light on how to prevent these text boxes getting this "ghost-focus" - it would be best if the click had no affect, and focus remained on the previously highlighted valid editing cell?