jQuery Grid Plugin - jqGrid

Hello Tony,

the current implementation of jqGrid has one problem. Let us we use adjacency model and fill the grid with JSON data returned from the server. The documentation described only the existance of the parent column having the parent id, but not the order in which the items should be placed in the JSON. Depend on the server code and the method how the data are hold in the database it is possible that the server fill for example first the noded from the level 0 (root), then its direct children (level 1 items) and only after that the childrens of the nodes from the level 1. The current server code fill the nodes in the same order in which they are in the JSON input. On the node expanding jqGrid just search the child noded and display it without placing the child nodes imedietely after its parent:

(see the demo here).

I see at least three solutions of the problem:

1. Include in the documentation, that the server have to sort the items which it includes in the serponse in the order of full expanded tree. (It's of caurse not a real solution of the problem, but it's better this as nothing)
2. The jqGrid should reorder items from the JSON input before including there with respect of the current code.
3. On expanding of the node jqGrid should verify that the opening children are before of the next sibling tree node.

I would personnaly prefer the second way.

Best regards
Oleg