NEW In-line edit is an opt-out configuration setting

README.md

@@ -176,6 +176,12 @@ class MyElement extends BaseElement
 }
 ```
 
+#### In-line Editing
+
+By default elements can be edited in the CMS using an inline form where all your elements appear together. For elements 
+that are more complex you can disable the in-line edit form by setting `private static $inline_editable = false` in your
+element class. A `GridFieldDetailForm` will be used to edit blocks that are not in-line editable.
+
 ### Defining your own HTML
 
 `MyElement` will be rendered into a `MyElement.ss` template with the `ElementHolder.ss` wrapper. Changing the holder

_config/graphql.yml

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ SilverStripe\GraphQL\Manager:
         types:
           # Expose common static fields for the ElementEditor component to use for preview summaries
           DNADesign\Elemental\Models\BaseElement:
-            fields: [ID, LastEdited, AbsoluteLink, Title, ShowTitle, Sort, BlockSchema]
+            fields: [ID, LastEdited, AbsoluteLink, Title, ShowTitle, Sort, BlockSchema, InlineEditable]
             operations:
               copyToStage: true
               readOne: true

client/src/types/elementType.js

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ const elementType = {
   ID: PropTypes.number.isRequired,
   Title: PropTypes.string,
   BlockSchema: PropTypes.object,
+  InlineEditable: PropTypes.bool,
 };
 
 export { elementType };

src/Models/BaseElement.php

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 use SilverStripe\Forms\NumericField;
 use SilverStripe\Forms\TextField;
 use SilverStripe\ORM\DataObject;
+use SilverStripe\ORM\FieldType\DBBoolean;
 use SilverStripe\ORM\FieldType\DBField;
 use SilverStripe\ORM\FieldType\DBHTMLText;
 use SilverStripe\Security\Member;
@@ -76,6 +77,7 @@ class BaseElement extends DataObject
 
     private static $casting = [
         'BlockSchema' => DBObjectType::class,
+        'InlineEditable' => DBBoolean::class,
     ];
 
     private static $versioned_gridfield_extensions = true;
@@ -128,6 +130,15 @@ class BaseElement extends DataObject
      */
     private static $disable_pretty_anchor_name = false;
 
+    /**
+     * Set to false to prevent an in-line edit form from showing in an elemental area. Instead the element will be
+     * clickable and a GridFieldDetailForm will be used.
+     *
+     * @config
+     * @var bool
+     */
+    private static $inline_editable = true;
+
     /**
      * Store used anchor names, this is to avoid title clashes
      * when calling 'getAnchor'
@@ -331,6 +342,16 @@ public function getType()
         return _t(__CLASS__ . '.BlockType', 'Block');
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Proxy through to configuration setting 'inline_editable'
+     *
+     * @return bool
+     */
+    public function inlineEditable()
+    {
+        return static::config()->get('inline_editable');
+    }
+
     /**
      * @param ElementController $controller
      *