To make it multiline use the edittype textarea, set the number of rows in the editoptions.

To change the width of the textarea, set the number of columns (cols) in the editoptions.

$grid->setColProperty("RiskDescr", array("label"=>"Risk Description", "width"=>235, "edittype"=>"textarea", "editoptions"=>array("rows"=>5, "cols"=>100, "placeholder"=>"– Enter a Risk Description –"), "editrules"=>array("required"=>true), "searchoptions"=>array("sopt"=>array("cn"))));

I am using jqGrid.  I have the grid functioning and have an add dialog working.

I would like to change some of the attributes of the elements on the modal dialog.

For instance:  I have a text box for a description field.  I would like this box to show up with multiple lines and wrap the data.

From my research I think that there is probably an editoption that would accomplish this but the documentation on editoptions does not appear to be complete.  

The documentation says:

In this case you can set any other valid attribute for the editable element. For example, if the element is edittype:'text', we can set size, maxlength, etc. attributes. Refer to the valid attributes for the element

but I can't seem to find documentation on what the valid attributes are for the element type textbox.

I have been able to change the width using the size attribute.  I have tried using height as an attribute but that doesn't work.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.