align

string

Defines the alignment of the cell in the Body layer, not in header cell. Possible values: left, center, right.

left

classes

string

This option allow to add classes to the column. If more than one class will be used a space should be set. By example classes:'class1 class2' will set a class1 and class2 to every cell on that column. In the grid css there is a predefined class ui-ellipsis which allow to attach ellipsis to a particular row. Also this will work in FireFox too.

empty string

datefmt

string

Governs format of sorttype:date (when datetype is set to local) and editrules {date:true} fields. Determines the expected date format for that column. Uses a PHP-like date formatting. Currently ”/”, ”-”, and ”.” are supported as date separators. Valid formats are:
y,Y,yyyy for four digits year
YY, yy for two digits year
m,mm for months
d,dd for days.

ISO Date (Y-m-d)

defval

string

The default value for the search field. This option is used only in and will be set as initial search.

empty

editable

boolean

Defines if the field is editable. This option is used in cell, inline and form modules. See editing

false

editoptions

array

Array of allowed options (attributes) for edittype option. See editing

empty array

editrules

array

sets additional rules for the editable field editing. See editing

empty array

edittype

string

Defines the edit type for inline and form editing Possible values: text, textarea, select, checkbox, password, button, image and file. See editing

text

fixed

boolean

If set to true this option does not allow recalculation of the width of the column if shrinkToFit option is set to true. Also the width does not change if a setGridWidth method is used to change the grid width.

false

formoptions

array

Defines various options for form editing. See See formoptions

empty

formatoptions

array

Format options can be defined for particular columns, overwriting the defaults from the language file. See Formatter for more details.

none

formatter

mixed

The predefined types (string) or custom function name that controls the format of this field. See Formatter for more details.

none

hidedlg

boolean

If set to true this column will not appear in the modal dialog where users can choose which columns to show or hide.

false

hidden

boolean

Defines if this column is hidden at initialization.

false

index

string

Set the index name when sorting. Passed as sidx parameter.

empty string

jsonmap

string

Defines the json mapping for the column in the incoming json string. This option does not have in in jqGrid PHP

none

key

boolean

In case if there is no id from server, this can be set as as id for the unique row id. Only one column can have this property. If there are more than one key the grid finds the first one and the second is ignored.

false

label

string

When colNames array is empty, defines the heading for this column. If both the colNames array and this setting are empty, the heading for this column comes from the name property.

none

name

string

Set the unique name in the grid for the column. This property is required. As well as other words used as property/event names, the reserved words (which cannot be used for names) include subgrid, cb and rn.

Required

resizable

boolean

Defines if the column can be re sized

true

search

boolean

When used in search modules, disables or enables searching on that column.

true

searchoptions

array

Defines the search options used searching See Search Configuration

empty

sortable

boolean

Defines is this can be sorted.

true

sorttype

string

Used when datatype is local. Defines the type of the column for appropriate sorting.Possible values:
int/integer - for sorting integer
float/number/currency - for sorting decimal numbers
date - for sorting date
text - for text sorting. The script automaticall fill this property.

text

stype

string

Determines the type of the element when searching - can be text or select. See here

text

surl

string

Valid only in and edittype : 'select' and describes the url from where we can get already-constructed select element

empty string

width

number

Set the initial width of the column, in pixels. This value currently can not be set as percentage

150

xmlmap

string

Defines the xml mapping for the column in the incomming xml file. Use a CCS specification for this. This property does not have sense in jqGrid PHP

none

unformat

function

Custom function to “unformat” a value of the cell when used in editing See Custom Formatter. (Unformat is also called during sort operations. The value returned by unformat is the value compared during the sort.)

null