How to make QTableWidget cells read only using PYQT5?

Question

I have a QTableWidget in my dialog. I want to make some cells read only. How do I do that using PYQT5?

I thought this was a dupe of [this question](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2574115/how-to-make-a-column-in-qtablewidget-read-only), but that is about columns, not cells. — halfer, Jun 05 '19 at 13:13

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 01 '18 at 09:55

To make particular cell of a QTableWidget read only:

item = QTableWidgetItem()
item.setFlags(item.flags() ^ Qt.ItemIsEditable)
tableName.setItem(row, column, item)

Just change flags to change the behavior/properties of the cell.

Reference answer is @Narek

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 05 '19 at 13:07

The below code can set a specific QTableWidget cell item as read-only for PyQt5. The cell item can be assigned before being set as read-only.

from PyQt5.QtCore import Qt

cell_item = tableWidget.item(i, j)
cell_item .setFlags(cell_item.flags() ^ Qt.ItemIsEditable)

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