thanks!  (Vielen Dank)

var cm = jQuery("#list1″).jqGrid("getGridParam", "colModel");
var colName = cm[iCol];
alert(colName['index']);

is exactly where I was looking for! 

Thanks again

.tel

var cm = jQuery("#list1″).jqGrid("getGridParam", "colModel");
var colName = cm[iCol];

to get the column name colName from the column number iCol.

Best regards
Oleg 

 I would like to get the column index  as defined at the colModel.  i.e. “country”.  

I got always the column “index number” i.e. “4” at the “onCellSelect” method.

I’m using column reordering, too. After the columns have been reordered the column index numbers are changed as well.

In other words the “country” column index number has no longer the value “4”. And here is my issue :

I try to implement more than one hyperlink at the same row, depending on the cell click.

Therefore I need to know if someone click at the “country” cell. With the changed column index numbers I guess I can't figure out.

I use the following not perfect workaround  :

 onCellSelect: function(id,cellidx,cellvalue) {                                                                                                   

      var  row= jQuery("#list1").jqGrid('getRowData',id);

     if(cellvalue== row.country){

   // ajax call URL 1

    }         

   else

   if(cellvalue== row.name){

                // ajax call URL 2

   }

 else

   return false;

…

}

BTW:

colNames: ['ID','Name', 'Last Login', 'Country','Active','Time Zone','Local Format','First','Last','Email'],

colModel : [

                {name : 'id', index : 'id', width : 40,  sorttype : 'int', align: 'center'},

                {name : 'name', index : 'name', width : 80, sorttype : 'text', align: 'left'},

                {name : 'lastlogin', index : 'lastlogin', width : 80, sorttype : 'date', align: 'left',hidedlg :'true'},

                {name : 'country', index : 'country', width : 80,  align: 'left'},

                {name : 'user_active', index : 'user_active', width : 80,  align: 'right'},

                {name : 'timezone', index : 'timezone', width : 80,  align: 'right'},

                {name : 'number_format', index : 'number_format', width : 80,  align: 'right'},

                {name : 'firstname', index : 'firstname', width : 80,  align: 'right'},

                {name : 'lastname', index : 'lastname', width : 80, align: 'right'},

                {name : 'email', index : 'email', width : 80,  align: 'right' }

    ],

Any ideas how I can get the column index name instead of the column index number?

Thanks!