JQgrid - escape ':' in searchoptions (value part)

Question

How to set the values for filter is explained here link text. I have two requirements.
1. the default value needs to be empty. I expect, if defaultValue is not set, the

Answer 1

I had the same issue and the only option was to use searchoptions object. However, I had to programmatically build the list so I couldn't use define the objects.

Therefore, I decided to use build the list as an JSON string and then parse it, as shown below:

  searchoptions: {
    value: $.parseJSON("{" + searchSelectFormat.join(",") + "}"),
    sopt: ['eq']
  }

where searchSelectFormat is in the format of

'"' + data + '":"' + data + '"';

'"' + item+ '":"' + item+ '"'

Answer 2

You are right, it seems impossible to use any escape character to place ':' inside of value of searchoptions if you define it like a string:

searchoptions:{value:"1:'Level: 1'"}

There is another form of setting of value of searchoptions - object form, which is also described under http://www.trirand.com/jqgridwiki/doku.php?id=wiki:search_config#colmodel_options. For example you can use following syntax

searchoptions:{value:{'1:': 'Level: 1;', ':2:;': 'Level: 2;'}}

It defines a select with the texts "Level: 1;" and "Level: 2;" displayed and the corresponding values "1:" and ":2:;". It works.