diff --git a/packages/nc-gui/components/smartsheet/VirtualCell.vue b/packages/nc-gui/components/smartsheet/VirtualCell.vue
index 9b11cc2af7..a9b78586be 100644
--- a/packages/nc-gui/components/smartsheet/VirtualCell.vue
+++ b/packages/nc-gui/components/smartsheet/VirtualCell.vue
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ const props = defineProps<{
   modelValue: any
   row?: Row
   active?: boolean
+  readOnly?: boolean
 }>()
 
 const emit = defineEmits(['update:modelValue', 'navigate', 'save'])
@@ -38,12 +39,14 @@ const emit = defineEmits(['update:modelValue', 'navigate', 'save'])
 const column = toRef(props, 'column')
 const active = toRef(props, 'active', false)
 const row = toRef(props, 'row')
+const readOnly = toRef(props, 'readOnly', false)
 
 provide(ColumnInj, column)
 provide(ActiveCellInj, active)
 provide(RowInj, row)
 provide(CellValueInj, toRef(props, 'modelValue'))
 provide(SaveRowInj, () => emit('save'))
+provide(ReadonlyInj, readOnly)
 
 const isGrid = inject(IsGridInj, ref(false))
 
@@ -94,7 +97,9 @@ onUnmounted(() => {
   <div
     ref="elementToObserve"
     class="nc-virtual-cell w-full flex items-center"
-    :class="{ 'text-right justify-end': isGrid && !isForm && isRollup(column) && !isExpandedForm }"
+    :class="{
+      'text-right justify-end': isGrid && !isForm && isRollup(column) && !isExpandedForm,
+    }"
     @keydown.enter.exact="onNavigate(NavigateDir.NEXT, $event)"
     @keydown.shift.enter.exact="onNavigate(NavigateDir.PREV, $event)"
   >
diff --git a/packages/nc-gui/components/smartsheet/expanded-form/index.vue b/packages/nc-gui/components/smartsheet/expanded-form/index.vue
index 0d871effbf..4695736513 100644
--- a/packages/nc-gui/components/smartsheet/expanded-form/index.vue
+++ b/packages/nc-gui/components/smartsheet/expanded-form/index.vue
@@ -88,6 +88,8 @@ const isRecordLinkCopied = ref(false)
 
 const { isUIAllowed } = useRoles()
 
+const readOnly = computed(() => !isUIAllowed('dataEdit') || isPublic.value)
+
 const reloadTrigger = inject(ReloadRowDataHookInj, createEventHook())
 
 const { addOrEditStackRow } = useKanbanViewStoreOrThrow()
@@ -669,6 +671,7 @@ export default {
                       :class="{
                         'px-1': isReadOnlyVirtualCell(col),
                       }"
+                      :read-only="readOnly"
                     />
 
                     <LazySmartsheetCell
@@ -677,7 +680,7 @@ export default {
                       :column="col"
                       :edit-enabled="true"
                       :active="true"
-                      :read-only="isPublic"
+                      :read-only="readOnly"
                       @update:model-value="changedColumns.add(col.title)"
                     />
                   </SmartsheetDivDataCell>
@@ -737,6 +740,7 @@ export default {
                         v-model="_row.row[col.title]"
                         :row="_row"
                         :column="col"
+                        :read-only="readOnly"
                       />
 
                       <LazySmartsheetCell
@@ -745,7 +749,7 @@ export default {
                         :column="col"
                         :edit-enabled="true"
                         :active="true"
-                        :read-only="isPublic"
+                        :read-only="readOnly"
                         @update:model-value="changedColumns.add(col.title)"
                       />
                     </LazySmartsheetDivDataCell>
diff --git a/packages/nc-gui/components/virtual-cell/Links.vue b/packages/nc-gui/components/virtual-cell/Links.vue
index ba1565d1ac..449b24c565 100644
--- a/packages/nc-gui/components/virtual-cell/Links.vue
+++ b/packages/nc-gui/components/virtual-cell/Links.vue
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ const openListDlg = () => {
         v-e="['c:cell:links:modal:open']"
         :title="textVal"
         class="text-center nc-datatype-link underline-transparent"
-        :class="{ '!text-gray-300': !textVal }"
+        :class="{ '!text-gray-300': !textVal, 'pointer-events-none': readOnly }"
         @click.stop.prevent="openChildList"
       >
         {{ textVal }}
@@ -127,7 +127,6 @@ const openListDlg = () => {
         @click.stop="openListDlg"
       />
     </div>
-
     <LazyVirtualCellComponentsListItems
       v-if="listItemsDlg || childListDlg"
       v-model="listItemsDlg"