Question

Is there any way to hide a column in a jqGrid table, but have it show as read-only when the row is edited in the form editor modal dialog?

Answer 1

I just want to expand on queen3‘s suggestion, applying the following does the trick:

editoptions: { 
              dataInit: function(element) { 
                          $(element).attr("readonly", "readonly"); 
                        } 
             }

Scenario #1:

• Field must be visible in the grid
• Field must be visible in the form
• Field must be read-only

Solution:

colModel:[
        {  name:'providerUserId',
               index:'providerUserId', 
               width:100,editable:true, 
               editrules:{required:true}, 
               editoptions:{ 
                            dataInit: function(element) { 
                                  jq(element).attr("readonly", "readonly"); 
                             } 
                           }
            },
],

The providerUserId is visible in the grid and visible when editing the form. But you cannot edit the contents.

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Scenario #2:

• Field must not be visible in the grid
• Field must be visible in the form
• Field must be read-only

Solution:

colModel:[
           {name:'providerUserId',
            index:'providerUserId', 
            width:100,editable:true, 
            editrules:{
                         required:true, 
                         edithidden:true
                      },
            hidden:true, 
            editoptions:{ 
                  dataInit: function(element) {                     
                             jq(element).attr("readonly", "readonly"); 
                          } 
                     }
         },
        ]

Notice in both instances I’m using jq to reference jquery, instead of the usual $. In my HTML I have the following script to modify the variable used by jQuery:

<script type="text/javascript">
    var jq = jQuery.noConflict();
</script>