jQuery Grid Plugin - jqGrid

Hi,

I'm new to the forum and to JQGrid and was wondering if anyone could offer some advice.  I have a grid which uses Inline editing, seems to be rendering correctly etc.

Issue I have is that I have a <select> element on one colum of the grid.  It has a large number of values, some of which are similar (they are user names). 

My user has tested the grid and has identified a problem in relation to the time that is available in order to enter text to shortcut to a select option.  We are trying to use the grid with mainly keyboard entry, but find that the time allowed for entry of text to go to an option is too short.

For example assume the select has a few hundred users, and several have similar names eg Andrew Green, Andrew Brown, Andrea Pink, Anthea White.... 

User enters A.... N.... D.... and the select responds by selecting the first user.  However as the user continues to enter letters, the select process times out, and select jumps to letter R...

Is there any way to increase the time allowed to make a shortcut text entry associated with a select element?

BTW, the grid is generally a cracking piece of coding.  Keep up the good work.

Thanks in advance folks.