What is the error reported?

If you want to show some field in add and not in edit this is not the right way. Search the forum and you will find the solution. Too many post about this including jQuery google groups

Best Regards

Tony

I followed your advice:

{

name:'password',

index:'password',

edittype:'password',

hidden:true,

editrules: {edithidden:true}

}

and beforeInitData is empty now.

When I select Add the field password is still hidden !

If I add editable:true to colModel then the field password is visilble but jQgrid hangs !

Set the editable:true in colModel - it is the same.

Also I recommend you to use edithidden option in editrules and do not use beforeInitData.

http://www.trirand.com/jqgridw.....#editrules

Best Regards

Tony

...

{

name:'password',

index:'password',

edittype:'password',

hidden:true

}

when I add a row, I do this:

url: "test.php",

...

beforeInitData: function (formid)

{

jQuery("#list1").setColProp('password', {
                            editrules:{required:true}  ,
                            hidden:false,

                            editable:true

                    }) 

...

}

...

When I submit the form, jQgrid seems to hang

If I remove "editable:true" the submit is correct (but the password field absent) and test.php executed

If I put "editable:true" in the col definition, jQgrid hangs also

I don't see my fault ... note that test.php doesn't handle the fields.