If it is buttons you want to hide, there is a property setting, GridControl.ShowButtons, that you can use to hide the buttons.
In the current 1.1.0.0 release, you can make the buttons stay hidden until the cell becomes the currentcell using the setting below. In the next release, there are additional properties that allow you to keep the buttons hidden until the cell actually starts editing.
gridControl1.TableStyle.ShowButtons = GridShowButtons.ShowCurrentCell;