Same problem here. ie7/ie8 and ie9 in compatibility view.
The problem didn't occur when i removed the height attribute.
My conf:
jQuery(document).ready(function() {
mygrid = jQuery('#'+news_grid_id).jqGrid({
'autowidth':false,
'datatype':'json',
'url':'<?php echo Yii::app()->createUrl('news/news/index',$this->arguments); ?>',
'editurl':'<?php echo Yii::app()->createUrl('news/news/delete',$this->arguments); ?>',
'colNames':['<?php echo news::model()->getAttributeLabel('title_nl'); ?>','','','',''],
'rowNum':20,
'rowList':[1,20,50,100],
'sortname':'sortorder',
'sortorder':'asc',
'multiselect':true,
'caption':'pagina's',
'ondblClickRow':function(rowid,iRow,iCol,e){
openItemDetail(rowid);
},
loadComplete: function(){
var ids = jQuery("#"+news_grid_id).getDataIDs();
for(var i=0;i<ids.length;i++){
var cl = ids[i];
view = "<span style='cursor: pointer;' class='ui-icon ui-icon-info' onclick=openItemDetail("+cl+"); ></span>";
var cont = jQuery("#"+news_grid_id).getCell(cl, "statusitem");
if(cont=='1'){
statusitem = "<span style='cursor: pointer;' class='ui-icon ui-icon-check' onclick=ChangeStatus("+cl+",news_grid_id); ></span>";
}else{
statusitem = "<span style='cursor: pointer;' class='ui-icon ui-icon-close' onclick=ChangeStatus("+cl+",news_grid_id); ></span>";
}
edit = "<span style='cursor: pointer;' class='ui-icon ui-icon-pencil' onclick=editRow("+cl+"); ></span>";
del = "<span style='cursor: pointer;' class='ui-icon ui-icon-trash' onclick=delRow(news_grid_id,"+cl+"); ></span>";
jQuery("#"+news_grid_id).setRowData(ids[i],{view:view,statusitem:statusitem,edit:edit,del:del})
}
},
'colModel':[
{'index':'title_nl','name':'<?php echo news::model()->getAttributeLabel('title_nl'); ?>'},
{name:'view' , index:'view' , sortable:false, search: false, fixed: 1, width: 16},
{name:'statusitem' , index:'statusitem' , sortable:false, search: false, fixed: 1, width: 16},
{name:'edit' , index:'edit' , sortable:false, search: false, fixed: 1, width: 16},
{name:'del' , index:'del' , sortable:false, search: false, fixed: 1, width: 16},
],
'pager':news_pager_id}).navGrid('#'+news_pager_id, {'edit':false,'add':false,'del':false,'search':false,'refresh':true});
jQuery('#'+news_grid_id).jqGrid('filterToolbar');
resize_the_grid(news_grid_id);
$('#jqgh_cb').remove();
});