This is experimental method which resizes the grid
This feature uses the jQuery UI resizable widget
HTML
Java Scrpt code
jQuery("#resize").jqGrid({
url:'server.php?q=2',
datatype: "json",
colNames:['Inv No','Date', 'Client', 'Amount','Tax','Total','Notes'],
colModel:[
{name:'id',index:'id', width:55},
{name:'invdate',index:'invdate', width:90},
{name:'name',index:'name asc, invdate', width:100},
{name:'amount',index:'amount', width:80, align:"right"},
{name:'tax',index:'tax', width:80, align:"right"},
{name:'total',index:'total', width:80,align:"right"},
{name:'note',index:'note', width:150, sortable:false}
],
rowNum:10,
width:700,
rowList:[10,20,30],
pager: '#presize',
sortname: 'invdate',
viewrecords: true,
sortorder: "desc",
caption:"New API Example"
});
jQuery("#resize").jqGrid('navGrid','#presize',{edit:false,add:false,del:false});
jQuery("#resize").jqGrid('gridResize',{minWidth:350,maxWidth:800,minHeight:80, maxHeight:350});