jqGrid - Change filter/search pop up form - to be flat on page - not a dialog

Question

I am using jqgrid.

I really need help with this, and have no clue how to do it, but i am sure its possible... can any one give me even a partial answer? were to star

Answer 1

The solution of the problem for the old searching dialog you can find here. I modified the demo to the current implementation of the searching dialog in the jqGrid.

You can see the results on the demo:

The corresponding code is below:

var $grid = $('#list');

// create the grid
$grid.jqGrid({
    // jqGrid opetions
});

// set searching deafauls
$.extend($.jgrid.search, {multipleSearch: true, multipleGroup: true, overlay: 0});

// during creating nevigator bar (optional) one don't need include searching button
$grid.jqGrid('navGrid', '#pager', {add: false, edit: false, del: false, search: false});

// create the searching dialog
$grid.jqGrid('searchGrid');

var gridSelector = $.jgrid.jqID($grid[0].id), // 'list'
    $searchDialog = $("#searchmodfbox_" + gridSelector),
    $gbox = $("#gbox_" + gridSelector);

// hide 'close' button of the searchring dialog
$searchDialog.find("a.ui-jqdialog-titlebar-close").hide();

// place the searching dialog above the grid
$searchDialog.insertBefore($gbox);
$searchDialog.css({position: "relative", zIndex: "auto", float: "left"})
$gbox.css({clear:"left"});

Answer 2

Here's the way I implemented it, using Oleg's excellent help.

I wanted my users to be able to immediately type in a search criteria (in this case, a user's name) and for the jqGrid to show the results. No messing around with the popup Search dialog.

Here's my end result:

To do this, I needed this HTML:

Employee name:
<input type="text" name="employeeName" id="employeeName" style="width:250px" />

<!--  This will be my jqGrid control and pager -->
<table id="tblEmployees"></table>
<div id="pager"></div>

and this JavaScript:

$("#employeeName").on('change keyup paste', function () {
    SearchByEmployeeName();
});

function SearchByEmployeeName()
{
    //  Fetch the text from our <input> control
    var searchString = $("#employeeName").val();

    //  Prepare to pass a new search filter to our jqGrid
    var f = { groupOp: "AND", rules: [] };

    //  Remember to change the following line to reflect the jqGrid column you want to search for your string in
    //  In this example, I'm searching through the UserName column.

    f.rules.push({ field: "UserName", op: "cn", data: searchString });

    var grid = $('#tblEmployees');
    grid[0].p.search = f.rules.length > 0;
    $.extend(grid[0].p.postData, { filters: JSON.stringify(f) });
    grid.trigger("reloadGrid", [{ page: 1 }]);
}

Again, my thanks to Oleg for showing how to use these search filters.

It really makes jqGrid much more user-friendly.