I use 'showlink' like following

formatter: 'showlink', formatoptions: { baseLinkUrl: 'javascript:',
                                                          showAction: "MyBase.GetChangeData(jQuery('#list'),'",
                                                          addParam: "');" }

to call global MyBase.GetChangeData function. The function GetChangeData which has prototype function (grid,param) I start with following code

var ar = param.split('=');
if (grid.length > 0 && ar.length === 2 && ar[0] === '?id') {

    var rowid = ar[1];
    grid.setSelection(rowid); // or some other usage of jqGrid

   …

}

It can be not the best example of the usage of 'showlink' but it works in my code.

Best regards
Oleg 

If the target attribute worked properly and loaded in the div, then I will have jquery already loaded and will not get the 2nd issue.

Has anyone successfullyu implemented showlink? if so, does it load the result properly into the target dive?

thanks

I have implemented the showlink functionality as described here: /jqgridwiki/doku.php?id=wiki:predefined_formatter#predefined_format_types

Below is the html code that is rendered

<a href="qa/goToReportList?reportId=2″ target="main">1900x</a>

I have 2 problems:

1) the target attribute opens up in a new browser. Why is this happening? I have a div called 'main' and I want the html to be rendered in that div and not a new browser window.

2) I am getting the following error on my new page in firebug console & nothing is displayed:

many thanks