diff --git a/app-tree-items-edit/ng2-tree/src/tree-internal.component.ts b/app-tree-items-edit/ng2-tree/src/tree-internal.component.ts
index 1483c28..694094b 100644
--- a/app-tree-items-edit/ng2-tree/src/tree-internal.component.ts
+++ b/app-tree-items-edit/ng2-tree/src/tree-internal.component.ts
@@ -40,8 +40,13 @@ import { get, isNil } from './utils/fn.utils';
         <div class="folding" (click)="onSwitchFoldingType()" [ngClass]="tree.foldingCssClass"></div>
 
         <div class="node-checkbox" *ngIf="settings.showCheckboxes">
-        <input checkbox  type="checkbox" [disabled]="isReadOnly" [checked]="this.tree.checked" (change)="switchNodeCheckStatus()" #checkbox />
-         </div>
+          <div *ngIf="tree.can_edit">
+            <input checkbox  type="checkbox" [checked]="this.tree.checked" (change)="switchNodeCheckStatus()" #checkbox />
+          </div>
+          <div *ngIf="!tree.can_edit">
+            <input checkbox  type="checkbox" disabled="disabled" [checked]="this.tree.checked" (change)="switchNodeCheckStatus()" #checkbox />
+          </div>
+        </div>
 
         <div class="node-value"
           *ngIf="!shouldShowInputForTreeValue()"
@@ -94,7 +99,6 @@ export class TreeInternalComponent implements OnInit, OnChanges, OnDestroy, Afte
   public isSelected = false;
   public isRightMenuVisible = false;
   public isLeftMenuVisible = false;
-  public isReadOnly = false;
   public controller: TreeController;
 
   @ViewChild('checkbox') public checkboxElementRef: ElementRef;
@@ -123,7 +127,6 @@ export class TreeInternalComponent implements OnInit, OnChanges, OnDestroy, Afte
     }
 
     this.settings = this.settings || new Ng2TreeSettings();
-    this.isReadOnly = !get(this.settings, 'enableCheckboxes', true);
 
     if (this.tree.isRoot() && this.settings.rootIsVisible === false) {
       this.tree.disableCollapseOnInit();
diff --git a/app-tree-items-edit/ng2-tree/src/tree.ts b/app-tree-items-edit/ng2-tree/src/tree.ts
index 0b55a49..04b714b 100644
--- a/app-tree-items-edit/ng2-tree/src/tree.ts
+++ b/app-tree-items-edit/ng2-tree/src/tree.ts
@@ -236,6 +236,14 @@ export class Tree {
     return !!get(this.node.settings, 'checked');
   }
 
+  public set can_edit(can_edit: boolean) {
+    this.node.settings = Object.assign({}, this.node.settings, { can_edit });
+  }
+
+  public get can_edit(): boolean {
+    return !!get(this.node.settings, 'can_edit');
+  }
+
   public get checkedChildren(): Tree[] {
     return this.hasLoadedChildern() ? this.children.filter(child => child.checked) : [];
   }
diff --git a/app-tree-items-edit/ng2-tree/src/tree.types.ts b/app-tree-items-edit/ng2-tree/src/tree.types.ts
index af435ad..d70d963 100644
--- a/app-tree-items-edit/ng2-tree/src/tree.types.ts
+++ b/app-tree-items-edit/ng2-tree/src/tree.types.ts
@@ -95,6 +95,8 @@ export class TreeModelSettings {
 
   public checked?: boolean;
 
+  public can_edit?: boolean;
+
   public selectionAllowed?: boolean;
 
   public keepNodesInDOM?: boolean;
@@ -109,6 +111,7 @@ export class TreeModelSettings {
       rightMenu: true,
       isCollapsedOnInit: false,
       checked: false,
+      can_edit: true,
       keepNodesInDOM: false,
       selectionAllowed: true
     });