jQuery Grid Plugin - jqGrid

using 4.3.2 latest download

Assume a colModel fragment as follows

            { name: "LinkType", index: "LinkType", width: 80, editable: true, edittype: "select", formatter: "select",
              editoptions: { value: { "default": "Default", "menu": "Menu", "program": "Program" }, "class": "{required:true,  messages:{required:"Missing Link type"}}" }
            },

            { name: "Link", index: "Link", width: 350, editable: true, edittype: "select",
              formatter: function (cellValue, options, row) {
                var s;
                return "XX";
              }, //formatter:
              editoptions: { value: "", "class": "{required:true,  messages:{required:"Missing Link XXX"}}" }

Then when the table is generrated this is the html fragment

<TD title=Dispatch role=gridcell aria-describedby=tbltblCssLinkList_2_Link>
<SELECT class=editable role=select></SELECT></TD>
<TD style="DISPLAY: none" title=2 role=gridcell aria-describedby=tbltblCssLinkList_2_LinkID>2</TD>

note the missing id tag normally a column is generrated when using a select as

<TD title=Program role=gridcell aria-describedby=tbltblCssLinkList_2_LinkType>
<SELECT id=3_LinkType class='{required:true,  messages:{required:"Missing Link type"}} editable'
role=select size=1 name=LinkType><OPTION role=option value=default>Default</OPTION>
<OPTION role=option value=menu>Menu</OPTION><OPTION role=option selected value=program>Program</OPTION>
</SELECT></TD>

so you end up writing something ugly like in the onEdiRow

  var onEditRow = function (rowID) {

  var oGrid = $("#mygrid");

var el = $(oGrid.selector + " #" + rowID + " [aria-describedby='" + oGrid.selector.substr(1) + "_Link']").children(":first")

…

}

instead of $("#" + rowID + "_Link") like normal to reference a cell item in edit mode