Save state of jqGrid in localStorage after leaving the site

Question

I want to save the state of a jqGrid (sortingcolumn, sortingorder, width of columns, toolbar searchfields), when the user leave the site and restore the grid when he comes b

Answer 1

This is how I saved the state of my Grid (as json data in a hidden field though instead of localstorage, but the idea should be the same).

Saving the Grid Parameters as JSON in the hidden field:

 function saveGridParameters(grid) {       
            var gridInfo = new Object();

            gridInfo.url = grid.jqGrid('getGridParam', 'url');
            gridInfo.sortname = grid.jqGrid('getGridParam', 'sortname');
            gridInfo.sortorder = grid.jqGrid('getGridParam', 'sortorder');
            gridInfo.selrow = grid.jqGrid('getGridParam', 'selrow');
            gridInfo.page = grid.jqGrid('getGridParam', 'page');
            gridInfo.rowNum = grid.jqGrid('getGridParam', 'rowNum');
            gridInfo.postData = grid.jqGrid('getGridParam', 'postData');
            gridInfo.search = grid.jqGrid('getGridParam', 'search');

            $('#gridParams').val(JSON.stringify(gridInfo));
        }

Loading the saved data: (I load the saved data in the beforeRequest event of the grid):

                beforeRequest: function() //loads the jqgrids state from before save
                {
                    if(gridParams !=null && gridParams!="")
                    {                            
                        var gridInfo = $.parseJSON(gridParams);                                    
                        var grid = $('#ReportPartsGrid');                           

                        grid.jqGrid('setGridParam', { url: gridInfo.url });
                        grid.jqGrid('setGridParam', { sortname: gridInfo.sortname });
                        grid.jqGrid('setGridParam', { sortorder: gridInfo.sortorder });
                        grid.jqGrid('setGridParam', { selrow: gridInfo.selrow });
                        grid.jqGrid('setGridParam', { page: gridInfo.page });
                        grid.jqGrid('setGridParam', { rowNum: gridInfo.rowNum });
                        grid.jqGrid('setGridParam', { postData: gridInfo.postData });
                        grid.jqGrid('setGridParam', { search: gridInfo.search });

                        gridParams = '';
                        $('#ReportPartsGrid').trigger('reloadGrid');                           
                    }                                               
                },