How is it implemented?
1. Magento\Config\Block\System\Config\Form::_initElement()
Details:
The ability to setup the disabled
as and is_disable_inheritance
properties is absent in Magento <= 2.1.3:
But even in Magento 2.1.x >= 2.1.3 the $this->getElementVisibility()->isDisabled($field->getPath())
call is absent:
2. Magento\Config\Block\System\Config\Form::getElementVisibility()
3. Magento_Config/etc/adminhtml/di.xml
4. Magento_Backend/etc/adminhtml/di.xml
5. Magento\Config\Model\Config\Structure\ElementVisibilityComposite::isDisabled()
6. Magento\Config\Model\Config\Structure\ConcealInProductionConfigList::isDisabled()