With predefined formatter actions it is quite easy to add inline editing


HTML <table id="frmac"></table> <div id="pfrmac"></div> Java Scrpt code jQuery("#frmac").jqGrid({ url:'server.php?q=4', datatype: "json", colNames:[' ', 'Inv No', 'Date', 'Client', 'Amount','Tax','Total','Notes'], colModel:[ {name: 'myac', width:80, fixed:true, sortable:false, resize:false, formatter:'actions', formatoptions:{keys:true}}, {name:'id', key : true, index:'id', width:55}, {name:'invdate',index:'invdate', width:90}, {name:'name', index:'name', width:100}, {name:'amount',index:'amount', width:80, align:"right", editable:true}, {name:'tax',index:'tax', width:80, align:"right", editable:true}, {name:'total',index:'total', width:80,align:"right", editable:true}, {name:'note',index:'note', width:150, sortable:false, editable:true} ], rowNum:10, width:700, rowList:[10,20,30], pager: '#pfrmac', sortname: 'invdate', viewrecords: true, sortorder: "desc", jsonReader: { repeatitems : false }, caption: "Keyboard Navigation", height: '100%', editurl : 'server.php?q=dummy' }); jQuery("#kfrmac").jqGrid('navGrid','#pfrmac',{edit:false,add:false,del:false});