<td class="tabledit-view-mode">
       <span class=" tabledit-span ">header text</span>
       <input class="tabledit-input form-control input-sm" type="text" name="description" value=" " style="display: none;" disabled="">
   </td>

$('#thetable').Tabledit({
    url: 'editTask.php',
    editButton: false,
    deleteButton: false,
    columns: {
       identifier: [0, 'id'],
      editable: [[1, 'Header'], [2, 'Description']]
          }
});