15. Cannot change the privileges (read only, write, invisible) for the field

How to change the privilege of a field, whose privilege button is not moving (transparent)

Problem

User want to make a field from write to read only, but fails to do so. Because, the privilege switch button of a field cannot be moved and is transparent. As shown in the image

The privilege of these fields cannot be changed as the switch button for the field is not moving

Reason

The reason behind this behavior of the switch button is, that the field for which user is trying to change the privilege is a mandatory field. If a field is mandatory then its privilege cannot be changed

Solution

To solve this problem, go to layout editor and uncheck the mandatory field feature for that field

Use layout editor and uncheck the mandatory field feature for that field

Once done now, you can change the privilege for that field

Once done, user can go to the module layout and fields and change the make the field mandatory