# Table - Limit Selectable Cells

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/table-limit-selectable-cells/80718>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** ignition81, vision\
**Created:** [October 19, 2023, 7:18pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/table-limit-selectable-cells/80718 "2023-10-19T19:18:15Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![amarks](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/amarks/32/45610_2.png) [@amarks](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/amarks)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2023, 7:18pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/table-limit-selectable-cells/80718/1 "2023-10-19T19:18:15Z")

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Wondering if there's a way to limit what column of cells is selectable. I can disable selection for the entire table via the `Enabled` prop, but wondering if I could do this for an entire column?

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**Author:** ![kyler.kamyszek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a4c791/32.png) [@kyler.kamyszek](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/kyler.kamyszek)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2023, 7:36pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/table-limit-selectable-cells/80718/2 "2023-10-19T19:36:18Z")

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If it's for editing purposes, you can set `Editable` to false on each column.

In general, when you use the `props.selection` property, this will show every column that is present in the` props.data` property.

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**Author:** ![Transistor](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/transistor/32/3380_2.png) [@Transistor](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Transistor)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2023, 7:41pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/table-limit-selectable-cells/80718/3 "2023-10-19T19:41:51Z")

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... and you'll probably need to have set each column's `field` property to the datasource column name - if you haven't already.

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**Author:** ![amarks](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/amarks/32/45610_2.png) [@amarks](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/amarks)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2023, 7:57pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/table-limit-selectable-cells/80718/4 "2023-10-19T19:57:26Z")

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What I ended up doing here is making a duplicate table and deleting the columns I didn't want selectable and hiding the one that I did want selectable and overlaying them in a group.

As far as the popup goes, I ended up just using a button external to the table. Instead of double clicking the cell, select the cell you want. When you've selected a valid cell, the button is enabled and parameters to the popup are filled in from the selected cell.