jqGrid - how to set grid to NOT load any data initially?

Question

How can you create a grid but not load any data?

If I omit the url option then the loadError callback is triggered.

Currently we set

Answer 1

I wanted to create a grid that loads no data when the page is loaded but loads data, when the user clicks refresh or uses the search. My solution is a little bit hacky to but is very easy and works nicely.

I am using the callback event loadBeforeSend to stop the ajax request for data when the page is loaded. My callback function removes itself so it will be executed only once.

loadBeforeSend: function (xhr, settings) {
  this.p.loadBeforeSend = null; //remove event handler
  return false; // dont send load data request
}