JQgrid : specific value from a selected row

Question

how to get a value of a (hidden) column, from the selected row. that is, the cell value needs to be from the cell identied by colName, and the selected row (not using multi select). From the API i see the method getGridParam("selrow") for reading the row, may be able to combine with other methods.. but, any convenient method available? a code snippet would save lot of time... \ thanks.

Solution

You should use getCell function to read the value from the cell identified by row id. So if you need a data from the column 'MyColName' of selected row you can do this with the following code:

var grid = jQuery('#list');
var sel_id = grid.jqGrid('getGridParam', 'selrow');
var myCellData = grid.jqGrid('getCell', sel_id, 'MyColName');

If you need read full data of a row you can use getRowData instead of getCell. More about methods supported by jqGrid you can read in the documentation (see http://www.trirand.com/jqgridwiki/doku.php?id=wiki:methods).

Comments

[bsr]

Hello, I'll treat the question as answered as it was direct. I get the cell value as null though (see the below qn). but, my real issue is unsolved, which I formulated as another qn.stackoverflow.com/questions/3024075/…. hope ur expertise would help me.

[Oleg]

I don't understand why you receive null value. Do you not filled it or you ask the value BEFORE the value is filled? (for example, not inside of loadComplete or gridComplete). Or you have other problem?

[bsr]

the data wasn't there because of the JSON response wasn't correct.. and it worked great after.. thanks

[davidb]

@Oleg, sir, could you please help this stackoverflow.com/questions/45752959/…