Adds new 'toggle_editable' and 'change_grid_option' methods, instead of sending a 'toggle_editable' message directly to js.

Author: Tim Shawver

js/src/qgrid.widget.js

@@ -760,12 +760,13 @@ class QgridView extends widgets.DOMWidgetView {
           'type': 'change_selection'
         });
       }, 100);
-    } else if (msg.type == 'toggle_editable') {
-        if (this.slick_grid.getOptions().editable == false) {
-          this.slick_grid.setOptions({'editable': true});
-        } else {
-          this.slick_grid.setOptions({'editable': false});
-        }
+    } else if (msg.type == 'change_grid_option') {
+      var opt_name = msg.option_name;
+      var opt_val = msg.option_value;
+      if (this.slick_grid.getOptions()[opt_name] != opt_val) {
+        this.slick_grid.setOptions({[opt_name]: opt_val});
+        this.slick_grid.resizeCanvas();
+      }
     } else if (msg.type == 'change_selection') {
         this.ignore_selection_changed = true;
         this.slick_grid.setSelectedRows(msg.rows);

qgrid/grid.py

@@ -1796,5 +1796,32 @@ def _change_selection(self, rows, source, send_msg_to_js=False):
             'source': source
         })
 
+    def toggle_editable(self):
+        """
+        Change whether the grid is editable or not, without rebuilding
+        the entire grid widget.
+        """
+        self.change_grid_option('editable', not self.grid_options['editable'])
+
+    def change_grid_option(self, option_name, option_value):
+        """
+        Change a SlickGrid grid option without rebuilding the entire grid
+        widget.
+
+        Parameters
+        ----------
+        option_name : str
+            The name of the grid option to be changed.
+        option_value : str
+            The new value for the grid option.
+        """
+        self.grid_options[option_name] = option_value
+        self.send({
+            'type': 'change_grid_option',
+            'option_name': option_name,
+            'option_value': option_value
+        })
+
+
 # Alias for legacy support, since we changed the capitalization
 QGridWidget = QgridWidget