Jqgrid sort column

Question

Is it possible to dynamically sort one column of a jqGrid when clicking a button instead of clicking in the column name?

Answer 1

In the button click event set the sort column in the grids postdata and then call a reload on the grid

$('#mybutton').click(function() {
    $('#yourgrid').jqGrid('setGridParam', {sortname: 'yourColumn', sortorder: 'asc'}).trigger('reloadGrid', [{page: 1}]);
});

Answer 2

The fourth time even luckier!. Using true in the third parameter will reload the grid for sure.

$('#grid').jqGrid('sortGrid', 'id', true, 'asc');

If you don't use true in the third parameter, in the first execution, the order ('asc' or 'desc') is not updated correctly.

Answer 3

A possible solution - but not pretty:

$('#grid').jqGrid('setGridParam', {sortname: 'id', sortorder: 'asc'}).trigger('reloadGrid', [{page: 1}]);
$('#gbox_grid .s-ico').css('display','none');
$('#gbox_grid #jqgh_grid_id .s-ico').css('display','');
$('#gbox_grid #jqgh_grid_id .s-ico .ui-icon-triangle-1-s').removeClass('ui-state-disabled');

as shown here

http://jsfiddle.net/qhYLT/

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Another way to sort by a column programatically - specifying the order:

$('#grid').jqGrid('setGridParam', {sortorder: 'desc'});
$('#grid').jqGrid('sortGrid', 'id');

The sortGrid fires off a reload for you. It wouldn't be complete without a demo : http://jsfiddle.net/uTqD5/

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Third time lucky! An undocumented feature:

$('#grid').jqGrid('sortGrid', 'id', '', 'asc');