The TelerikGrid is kind of missing a "None" Value in the enum for the EditMode.
We need to disable the edit mode based on a value from the model (role access restricted), and I don't see any way this is possible without copy-pasting the entire grid under an if statement.
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A possible workaround at the moment is to set the "Editable" parameter of the columns to "false" or not use a command column with "edit".
Another workaround can be to attach a OnEdit handler and cancel the event based on the view model flag only. If the user cannot edit - always cancel.