In jqGrid, anyway, to use Ajax to get the data for your custom_element?

Question

I am doing something similar to this question where I have a list of checkboxes as a custom control. The difference is that I want to get my list from the server (not hardcoded on the client with Check1, Check2, Check3 .

Is there a way to do this either in the column setting or in the custom_element function?

It seems to me that I need something similar to the dataUrl property, which you use for individual elements, but it seems that it applies only to individual elements (and not to ordinary ones).

Any suggestions?

Answer 1

You can use any list option (to be exactly editoptions ) during grid initialization, and then overwrite the value with real data loaded from the server:

 $("#list").jqGrid({ colModel: [ {name:'MyMultiCheck',edittype:'custom', editoptions:{custom_element:MultiCheckElem, custom_value:MultiCheckVal,list:''} } ... ] ... }); $.ajax({ url:"getMultiCheckList", // any other parameters like dataType:'json', // type: 'POST' (default type is 'GET') which depend on the server success: function(data){ // the code here depend on the format of data returned from the server // in the simplest situation we have as data already the comma-separated // string which we need as a value for the list parameter so we can do jQuery("#list").setColProp('MyMultiCheck',{editoptions:{list:data}}); } });