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jqGrid is a popular jQuery Plugin for displaying and editing data in tabular form. It has some other more sophisticated features, like subgrids, TreeGrids, grouping and so on.
jqGrid was developed mostly by Tony Tomov in the past and it was available under MIT/GPL-licences till the version 4.7.0 published Dec 8, 2014 (see here). Short time after that the license agreement was changed (see here) and new 4.7.1 version was published.
The code from the GitHib repository is the fork of jqGrid 4.7.0 - the latest version available under MIT/GPL-licences. It will be provided under MIT/GPL-licences.
Below you can find short description of new features already implemented in the fork. The version is developed by Oleg Kiriljuk, alias Oleg on the stackoverflow and OlegK on trirand forum.
Read Wiki for more detailed information about the features of free-jqGrid.
Free jqGrid can be used for free. You can still donate by sending money via Paypal to [email protected] with the comment "free jqGrid".
One can install the package with respect of bower by using "bower install free-jqgrid", with respect of npm by using "npm install free-jqgrid" or from NuGet by using "Install-Package free-jqGrid".
The repository is included on cdnjs. So one can include CSS by using
<link rel="stylesheet" href="//cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/free-jqgrid/4.8.0/css/ui.jqgrid.css">
If you skip http:
and https:
prefix in the URL then the prefix of the current page will be used. In the same way you can access JavaScript files by
<script src="//cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/free-jqgrid/4.8.0/js/jquery.jqgrid.min.js"></script>
or
<script src="//cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/free-jqgrid/4.8.0/js/jquery.jqgrid.src.js"></script>
All language files are available in js/i18n
sub-folder and plugins under plugins
sub-folder. For example
<script src="//cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/free-jqgrid/4.8.0/js/i18n/grid.locale-de.js"></script>
In the same way free jqGrid can be loaded from jsDelivr CDN too (see here).
<link rel="stylesheet" href="//cdn.jsdelivr.net/free-jqgrid/4.8.0/css/ui.jqgrid.css">
<script src="//cdn.jsdelivr.net/free-jqgrid/4.8.0/js/i18n/grid.locale-de.js"></script>
<script src="//cdn.jsdelivr.net/free-jqgrid/4.8.0/js/jquery.jqgrid.min.js"></script>
It somebody want to test the latest version of free jqGrid one can load it directly from GitHib using RawGit service:
<link rel="stylesheet" href="//rawgit.com/free-jqgrid/jqGrid/master/css/ui.jqgrid.css">
<script src="//rawgit.com/free-jqgrid/jqGrid/master/js/i18n/grid.locale-de.js"></script>
<script src="//rawgit.com/free-jqgrid/jqGrid/master/js/jquery.jqgrid.src.js"></script>
- the default values of some option of jqGrid are changed (see detailed description below). If you need to use other values as new defaults then you should include the option explicitly as parameters.
- some changes in "localization files" from
i18n
folder are made. One should used the files included in the fork and not combine old "local files" of jqGrid 4.7.0 with newjquery.jqGrid.min.js
orjquery.jqGrid.src.js
. - the internal method
$.fmatter.util.NumberFormat
is renamed to$.fmatter.NumberFormat
. You have to make the same renaming if you used internal method$.fmatter.util.NumberFormat
directly in your code. - the internal methods
$.jgrid.createModal
and$.jgrid.info_dialog
are changed. The methods expect DOM of the grid asthis
. So if you used the methods directly in your code you should replace$.jgrid.info_dialog(...)
to something like$.jgrid.info_dialog.call($("#grid")[0], ...)
. - the internal method
$.jgrid.parseDate
are changed in the same way. The methods expect DOM of the grid asthis
. So if you used the methods directly in your code you should replace$.jgrid.parseDate(...)
to something like$.jgrid.parseDate.call($("#grid")[0], ...)
. - because of changing the structure of the "localization files" from
i18n
folder the access to the strings are changed. If you used any strings from the locale files in your code directly, like$.jgrid.errors.errcap
for example then you should use the code to use$("#grid").jqGrid("getGridRes", "errors.errcap")
. The new method allow to access localized strings, which corresponds to the current locale of the grid. If you want to access some specific locale, for example"de"
then$.jgrid.errors.errcap
can be accessed now as$.jgrid.locales.de.errors.errcap
. The same string from the default US-English locale is accessible under$.jgrid.locales."en-US".errors.errcap
. If you have a lot of code which uses different old localization constants you can use$.extend(true, $.jgrid, $.jgrid.locales[jgrid.defaults.locale]);
as a temporary solution. We don't recommend to hold the workaround for the long time.
- Auto-adjustment of the width on columns based on the content of data in the column and the column headers.
- Redesign of the structure of Navigator Bar of the pagers. Allow wrapping of icons in multiple lines and allow to place texts under the navigator icons.
- Support of other icons as jQuery UI icons. New jqGrid
iconSet
can be used to redefine full set of icons. Currently allowed values oficonSet
option are "jQueryUI" and "fontAwesome". It's enough to define new set of icons under$.jgrid.icons
in the same way like "jQueryUI" and "fontAwesome" and use new value oficonSet
option.
- height: "auto" are used now instead of
150
before. It improves the visibility of small grids or the grids having small number of rows. NoscrollOffset: 0
are required to remove unneeded free space which one sees on some grids which have no vertical scrollbar. - gridview: true are used as default with the only exception:
afterInsertRow
callback are defined. The usage ofgridview: true
improves performance of rendering of the grid. In case of usageafterInsertRow
in old projects instead of much more effectivecellattr
,rowattr
or custom formatters one will have backward compatibility. - dynamic default value is used now for
rowNum
. The default valuerowNum: 20
will be changed to 10000 (the value of the newmaxRowNum
property) if no pager exists in jqGrid (nopager
andtoppager: true
option are used) or if one uses jqGrid option which switches off the pagination (liketreeGrid: true
). New jqGrid optionmaxRowNum
can be used to change the maximal value of rows displayed in the grid from 10000 default to another value. By the way jqGrid allow now to specifyrowNum: 0
orrowNum: 0
. In the case jqGrid replace therowNum
value tomaxRowNum
during initialization of the grid. - dynamic default value is used now for
datatype
. If one uses input optiondata
or if one don't specified anyurl
option, then undefineddatatype
will be initialized to"local"
. If one uses nodata
option and specifiesurl
option then one initializesdatatype
to"json"
if the input optionjsonReader
are used. In case of usage any other combinations of input parameters the optiondatatype
will be set to "xml" to stay mostly compatible to jqGrid 4.7.0 and older. - editurl: "clientArray" are use now instead of editurl: null used before. It allows to use local editing without minimal additional efforts and the requirement to have any server part implemented.
- cellsubmit: "clientArray" are use now instead of cellsubmit: "remote" used before.
The most the changes corresponds the tendency of web development last years. Local JavaScript data and JSON data loaded from the server (especially in combination with loadonce: true
) are used now much more frequently. The data will be more and more quickly processed by web browsers espessially the data which are not placed on the HTML page as DOM elements. Thus free jqGrid improves support of local data source and it will continue to do this in the next versions.
- support of auto-adjustment of the column width based on the content of data in the column and the content of the column header. To use the feature one should specify
autoResizable: true
property in the column (one can usecmTemplate: {autoResizable: true}
to set the property for all columns). After that the usage of double-click in the resizer (in the column header close to vertical line between columns) the width of the column will be adjusted. One can useautoresizeOnLoad: true
jqGrid option to auto-resize all columns havingautoResizable: true
property directly after loading/sorting/paging of the grid. **LIMITATION: Some values oftext-overflow
CSS style defined on<td>
could break auto-resizing functionality. For example the usage of.ui-jqgrid tr.jqgrow td { text-overflow:ellipsis }
will break auto-resizing. - one can specify the alignment of the column headers. See below the description of
labelAlign
andlabelClasses
properties ofcolModel
. - CSS of jqGrid is changed to simplify integration of jqGrid in projects which uses frameworks other as jQuery UI, for example Bootstrap.
jsonmap
property ofcolModel
can be used now withdatatype: "local"
. The only exception is the existence of non-emptydataTypeOrg
jqGrid option. The option will be set automatically after loading the data from the server and changingdatatype: "json"
anddatatype: "xml"
todatatype: "local"
. The option allows to usejsonmap
property for the data loading from the server and skip the property in later processing of the local data..trigger("reloadGrid")
has now additional optionfromServer: true
which allows to reload the data from the server in case ofloadonce: true
scenario.- including of English localization file
grid.locale-en.js
is not more required for successful working of jqGrid. - new
formatter: "checkboxFontAwesome4"
(inplugins/jQuery.jqGrid.checkboxFontAwesome4.js
) and the methodinitFontAwesome
(inplugins/jQuery.jqGrid.fontAwesome4.css
andplugins/jQuery.jqGrid.fontAwesome4.js
).
- new
lastSelectedData
option with sorted and filtereddata
can be used. See the old answer for details. No "subclassing" of internal$.jgrid.from
method are required more. The name of the internal optionlastSelected
are changed tolastSelectedData
. - new
widthOrg
option saves the value ofwidth
during creating of the grid. It will be used internally mostly to detect the case when jqGrid was created without specifying of anywidth
explicitly. It will be interpreted so, that the width of the grid could be adjusted on other changes of the width of the columns. - new
dataTypeOrg
option will be used internally in case of the usage remotedatatype
("json"
and"xml"
) together withloadonce: true
. The option will be deleted by.trigger("reloadGrid")
. - new
doubleClickSensitivity
option with the default value250
specify the time in ms. The resizer will stay visible at least the time after the first click. In the time the user can makes the second click and the double-click on the resizer could be detect. - new
autoresizeOnLoad
option used in combination withautoResizable: true
property ofcolModel
. IfautoresizeOnLoad: true
option are used then jqGrid make auto-resizing of all columns havingautoResizable: true
property direct afterloadComplete
. REMARK: Auto-resizing of hidden grids not work. So if you for example fill the grid on the hidden jQuery UI Tab for example then you can include the call ofautoResizeAllColumns
method directly after the tab will be active. - new
autoResizing
option is map of properties likegroupingView
used in grouping. It allows to tune some behaviour of auto-resizing.- compact - default value
false
. Means the usage of compact calculation of the width of the column header without reservation of the place of sorting icons - widthOfVisiblePartOfSortIcon: default value 12. Should be used only if one replaces the default jQuery UI icons to another icons.
- minColWidth: 33 - minimal width of column after resizing
- maxColWidth: 300 - maximal width of column after resizing
- wrapperClassName: "ui-jqgrid-cell-wrapper" - the name of the class assign to
<span>
included in every cell of the grid - adjustGridWidth: true - means that the width of the grid need be adjusted after resizing of the column
- fixWidthOnShrink: false - fill be removed later. It will be not included in the release
- compact - default value
- new
singleSelectClickMode
option with default value"toggle"
. It allows to control deselection of previously selected row on clicking on the row. Default behaviour now is toggle of selection. The have old behavior one need to specify any other value forsingleSelectClickMode
option, for examplesingleSelectClickMode: "selectonly"
orsingleSelectClickMode: ""
. It's important to stress, that the behaviour ofsetSelection
method is not changed. Multiple calls ofsetSelection
will not deselect the row.
- one can use
template: "integer"
,template: "number"
,template: "actions"
incolModel
to simplify the usage offormatter: "integer"
,formatter: "number"
andformatter: "actions"
incolModel
. The list of the standard templates will be extended in the next versions. One can use$.extend(true, $.jgrid.cmTemplate, { myDataTemplate: {...}}
to define custom column templates which can be used liketemplate: "myDataTemplate"
incolModel
. See the post and the old answer for more information about column templates. autoResizable
which will be used for auto-adjustment of the column width based on the content of data in the column and the content of the column headerautoResizingOption
property is an object likeeditoptions
,searchoptions
orformatoptions
. It can be used to change some commonautoResizing
grid options to another value which is specific for the column only. The properties ofautoResizingOption
:minColWidth
,maxColWidth
,compact
.labelAlign
property with "left", "center" (default), "right" and "likeData" values,labelClasses
property allows to add CSS class to the column header.editable
property can be defined as function. It have one parameter as object with properties:rowid
,iCol
,iRow
,name
(column name),cm
(column item incolModel
),mode
("add"
or"edit"
in case of inline editing,"cell"
for cell editing and"addForm"
or"editForm"
in case of form editing). The callback function can returntrue
to make the cell in the column editable. Form editing allows some other strings as return value:"hidden"
,"disabled"
,"readonly"
. The value"hidden"
means including the information in the form as hidden row. The value will be sent to the server in case of remote editing. The value"readonly"
means making the text input field readonly. The value"disabled"
means making data input field (select/checkbox/textarea and other) and the label disabled and readonly.
- setColWidth - allows to change the width of the column after the grid is created.
- autoResizeColumn - has integer iCol as parameters. It resize the column iCol if it has
autoResizable: true
property. Remark: Auto-resizing don't work with hidden grids. - autoResizeAllColumns - has integer iCol as parameters. It resize of all columns having
autoResizable: true
property. Remark: Auto-resizing don't work with hidden grids. - getGridComponent - allows to get different components of jqGrid like "bTable", "hTable", "fTable", "bDiv" and some other. The method will be extended later.
- one allows to create the grid from
<table>
element existing on the HTML page even if it has noid
attribute. jqGrid assign unique id to the<table>
automatically. - one can use
pager: true
option of jqGrid. In the case new<div>
with uniqueid
will be generated, placed on the<body>
and thepager
option will be modified to id selector of the new<div>
- one allows to use
navGrid
skipping ofpager
parameter.navGrid
will will create the navigator bar on all pagers of the grid (on one or two pagers depend on the values ofpager
andtoppager
option of jqGrid). - one allows to call
inlineNav
skipping ofpager
parameter.inlineNav
will will create the navigator bar on all pagers of the grid. - one allows to call
inlineNav
without previous calling ofnavGrid
to create the empty pager.inlineNav
will callnavGrid
itself if it's required. - Method
gridResize
are improved for the case of usage of the jqGrid optionheight: "auto"
orheight: "100%"
. It allows only horizontal resizing of such grid. See FontAwesome4 demo below to see how new version ofgridResize
works.
fatalError
- new callback which can be used to change displaying of critical error with respect of another function as default JvaScript function alert. One can use the feature in unit tests for example.resizeDblClick
callback andjqGridResizeDblClick
event will be called on the double-click on the column resizer. It's important to stress that the callbacks will be called even if noautoResizable: true
property are defined incolModel
. It allows to implement some custom action on double-click on the column resizer. Returningfalse
or"stop"
value fromresizeDblClick
callback orjqGridResizeDblClick
event in case ofautoResizable: true
property set in the column will prevent resizing on the column by calling ofautoResizeColumn
.- the callback
beforeInitGrid
and the eventjqGridBeforeInitGrid
are added. There will be executed directly at the beginning of creating jqGrid. It allows to make some changes before any parts of grid will be created. - the callback
onShowHideCol
andonRemapColumns
are added. There correspondjqGridShowHideCol
andjqGridRemapColumns
event which already exist in jqGrid 4.7.
- reading of XML/JSON data having default
repeatitems: true
property injsonReader
orxmlReader
in case of usagekey: true
in some column of thecolModel
. - many parts of jqGrid are fixed to allow to use special characters like dot in ids.
- deleting of rows which id contains comma character.
- id duplicates in case of usage
inlineNav
for both top pager and bottom pager. - the bug in data grouping with hiding of parent summary row on hiding of the last subgroup.
- ...
- files from
i18n
are changes to UTF-8 format. The texts should be always used as Unicode characters if the corresponding characters are visible. Compare for example grid.locale-ja.js with the corresponding file included in jqGrid 4.7.0 (see here). - some common properties which have no relation to the language are moved from the localization files grid.locale-*.js to grid.base.js module.
- We plan to change default value of
autoencode
fromtrue
tofalse
in the next release of jqGrid. We recommend all to includeautoencode
option explicitly. We remind thatautoencode: false
means that input data (including JSON data loaded from the server or local data loaded from the object) are interpreted as HTML fragments and not as pure data. It can produces some strange side effects if the data contains symbols&
,;
,>
and other used in HTML markup.
- the files are renamed to corresponds ISO 639-1 or ISO 3166-2 defines abbreviations for languages. The list of changes:
- grid.locale-cat.js with Catalan translation is renamed into grid.locale-ca.js (ISO 639-1)
- grid.locale-mne.js with Montenegrin translation is renamed into grid.locale-me.js (ISO 3166-2)
-
GetFilteredData - demonstrates how to use new
lastSelectedData
option which returns, in contrast todata
, filtered and sorted data items from all pages of jqGrid. Try to set some filter in the demo, make sorting by some column and set the page size to 2 for example. Click the button above the grid and see the displayed results. -
jsonmapLocal - demonstrates how to use
jsonmap
withdatatype: "local"
. -
saveLocally - demonstrates how to use
saveLocally
in addition tojsonmap
withdatatype: "local"
for implementing custom binding of columns to local data. -
autoResizing - demonstrates the default behaviour of auto-resizing feature. Double-click on the column resizer (in the header close to the right border which divides the columns). You will see the default behaviour of column resizing.
-
autoResizingCompact - demonstrates the default behaviour of auto-resizing feature. Double-click on the column resizer (in the header close to the right border which divides the columns). You will see the behaviour of column resizing in case of usage
autoResizing: { compact: true }
. -
autoResizingWithShrinkCompact - modification of the previous demo. It uses no
shrinkToFit: false
option andwidth: 518
instead. -
autoresizeOnLoad - demonstrates auto-resizing on loading. Try to use sorting, paging the grid, and see the results.
-
autoresizeOnLoadCompact - the same demo as before (auto-resizing on loading), but with the usage of
autoResizing: { compact: true }
additionally. -
autoResizingPerformane1000 - the demo create the grid with 1000 rows. By double-click on resizer you can see the performance of resizing for relatively large number of rows.
-
alignLabel - demonstrates the usage of new
labelAlign
andlabelClasses
properties ofcolModel
. -
autoResizingGrouping - demonstrates then auto-resizing on loading works with grouping too.
-
autoResizingGroupingRtl - the same as the previous demo, but it uses RTL.
-
LocalTreeGrid - TreeGrid filled with local data.
-
FontAwesome4 - Demo which demonstrate the usage of Font Awesome 4 plugin.
-
navButtons0 - demonstrates resizeable navigator bar with icons
-
navButtons1 - demonstrates resizeable navigator bar with icons and texts
-
navButtons2 - demonstrate new iconsOverText:true option
-
navButtons0-fa4 - demonstrates resizeable navigator bar with icons. It uses Font Awesome 4.
-
navButtons1-fa4 - demonstrates resizeable navigator bar with icons and texts. It uses Font Awesome 4.
-
navButtons2-fa4 - demonstrate new
iconsOverText:true
option. It uses Font Awesome 4.