JqGrid + Autocomplete

Question

I\'m having trouble implementing autocomplete in jqgrid. I\'ve walked researching, alias until I based this question on a site that currently do not meet. The problem is thi

Answer 1

First of all you don't need to use edittype : 'custom' to be able to use jQuery UI Autocomplete. Instead of that you can use just dataInit.

You can define myAutocomplete function for example like

function myAutocomplete(elem, url) {
    setTimeout(function () {
        $(elem).autocomplete({
            source: url,
            minLength: 2,
            select: function (event, ui) {
                $(elem).val(ui.item.value);
                $(elem).trigger('change');
            }
        });
    }, 50);
}

and then use

{ name:'COD_OBJ_EST', hidden: true, editable: true,
    editoptions: {
        dataInit: function (elem) {
            myAutocomplete(elem, "autocomplete.php?id=estrategico");
        }
    }}

Be careful that the name of parameter which will be send to the server is the standard name term instead of the name q which you currently use. I personally don't see any need to change the default name of the parameter.