How to move cursor from Second Column to First Column in a new row in jqgrid

Question

I am new to jqgrid. I have the following code to insert a new row when a tab key is pressed. It works for the most part of it. But when a new row is inserted, the focus is given to the second Column in that row instead of First column.

How do I solve this problem??

HTML:

 <table  id="list11"></table>
 <!--<div id="paddtree"></div>-->
 <label>press tab to add new row</label>
<script>
    var selIRow = 1;
        var lastsel2
        jQuery("#list11").jqGrid({
    // url:'d/${jobId}.htm',
            datatype: "json",
            colNames: ['First Name', 'Email ID', 'Phone Number'],
            colModel: [
                // {name:'id',index:'id', width:75, search:true, stype:'text' , search:true, sortable:true},
                {name: 'firstName', width: 180, search: true, stype: 'text', sortable: true, editable: true, },
                {name: 'email', index: 'email', width: 250, editable: true},
                {name: 'phoneNumber', index: 'phoneNumber', width: 100, align: "right", editable: true,
                    editoptions: {
                        dataInit: function(elem) {
                            $(elem).focus(function() {
                                this.select();
                            })
                        },
                        dataEvents: [
                            {
                                type: 'keydown',
                                fn: function(e) {
                                    var key = e.charCode || e.keyCode;
                                    if (key == 9 || key == 15)//tab
                                    {
                                        var grid = $('#list11');
                                        //Save editing for current row
                                        grid.jqGrid('saveRow', selIRow, false, 'clientArray');
                                        //If at bottom of grid, create new row
                                        // alert(grid.getDataIDs().length);
                                        if (selIRow++ == grid.getDataIDs().length) {

                                            grid.addRowData(selIRow, {});
                                        }
                                        //Enter edit row for next row in grid
                                        grid.jqGrid('editRow', selIRow, true, 'clientArray');

                                    }
                                }
                            }
                        ]
                    }, },
            ],
            beforeRequest: function(data) {
                var grid = $('#list11');

                grid.addRowData(grid.jqGrid('getGridParam', 'records') + 1, {});
                grid.jqGrid('editRow', selIRow, false, 'clientArray');


            },
            onSelectRow: function(id) {
                if (id && id !== lastsel2) {

                    jQuery('#list11').jqGrid('restoreRow', lastsel2);
                    jQuery('#list11').jqGrid('editRow', id, true);
                    lastsel2 = id;
                }
            },
            // editurl: "data/add.htm",
            sortname: 'id',
            viewrecords: true,
            sortorder: "desc",
    caption: "Candidates applied for <bold> ${job.getTitle()}</bold>",
            // pager : "#paddtree",
            emptyrecords: "new",
        });
</script>

Thanks.

Answer 1

All you have to do to your code is add the line e.preventDefault(); here:

if (key == 9 || key == 15)//tab
{
    e.preventDefault();
    ...