I analysed the problem. The reason is the line used in the inline editing:
async : false, //?!?
(the comment "?!?" is the original comment in jqGrid code). So in general the overlay which block the grid will be shown at the beginning of the jQuery.ajax
request which save the row, but because of async : false
the GUI of the web browser will be blocked till the completion. In the complete
event handle the overlay will be hidden and the user can't see anything. All web browsers excepting Firefox don't show the overlay.
To fix the problem without changing of jqGrid code one can use ajaxRowOptions option of jqGrid. The option is documented not in the common list of jqGrid options, but at the end of the saveRow documentation. The usage of
ajaxRowOptions: { async: true }
as the jqGrid option or as the new default option
$.extend($.jgrid.defaults, {
ajaxRowOptions: { async: true }
});
will solve the problem in case of inline editing.
In case of usage of 'actions' formatter another problem from the line exist
if ( $('#'+gid).jqGrid('saveRow',rid, op.onSuccess,op.url, op.extraparam, saverow, op.onError,restorerow) ) {
$("tr#"+rid+" div.ui-inline-edit, "+"tr#"+rid+" div.ui-inline-del","#"+gid+ ".ui-jqgrid-btable:first").show();
$("tr#"+rid+" div.ui-inline-save, "+"tr#"+rid+" div.ui-inline-cancel","#"+gid+ ".ui-jqgrid-btable:first").hide();
}
one can see that here jqGrid use the saveRow
as really as asynchronous function here. If you will use ajaxRowOptions: { async: true }
you will have to make divs div.ui-inline-edit
and div.ui-inline-del
visible and hide div.ui-inline-save
and div.ui-inline-cancel
inside of your onSuccess
event handler.
UPDATED: Sorry another code of - the saverow functions used as parameter of saveRow
method do the same work. So I think all divs will be shown/hidden correctly without any additional code in your onSuccess
event handler.