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You want the field to not be inline editable? Or you want it to only be able to be inline edited?

Not be inline editable only. Usually what I do is use formula with field id at saved searches.

Make your standard form have the field as "disabled" then use a workflow to make the display type normal while the user is editing it

I cannot achieve the same using workflow?

Workflow doesn't really run in a saved search

(not entirely true - but, you have to specifically do things to get it to run correctly during inline edit and they are limited)

I was able via workflow to return user error and prevent field value to be change during inline editing so I thought I can disable the field as well.

Yes. That can be done via workflow - disabling cannot.

Hence my comment around the limitations of workflow on a saved search

Also - you can't really look at "other" fields with a workflow - so if you have something that is dependent on other fields - it doesn't work quite right for example

as for now I always use formula at saved search for prevent inline editing. Your solution is better.