If you use custom content with custom events, you should control this behaviour with your own functions and events.

Also why do you not use the cell edit if you like such behaviour. On the select when used with cell edit you can bind your own events -

look here

http://www.trirand.com/jqgridw.....ditoptions

especially the dataEvents option

Best Regards

Tony

I am using jqgrid.setRowData method to set custom html dropdown in a jqgrid cell.Can it be made read only like jqgrid cells behaves when edittype is select ?

For example,if a jqgrid cell has edittype as select ,when we try to edit it ,it becomes a dropdown ,after selecting some value from dropdown ,we do a tab,jqgrid cell looks like a read only label .CAn same feature be applied to a custom html dropdown in a jqgrid cell .

grid.setRowData(selectedRow, { comtype: '<select onChange="EnableDropDown(this)";><option value="Hard">Hard</option></select>'

});