jqgrid load grid on dropdown selection

Question

I basically want to leave the grid blank on page load. Then based on a selection from drop down. I want to load the grid. How can I do that.

Thanks!

Can you provide your `buildUrl()` function code? – Lance Aug 04 '11 at 14:10 — Lance, Aug 04 '11 at 14:10
@Lance, it works now, it was a syntax issue. – user620339 Aug 04 '11 at 14:28 — user620339, Aug 04 '11 at 14:28

score 3 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 11:48

You should set datatype: 'local' at the beginning. So the grid will be empty without any contain. Then you should set 'change' handler on the dropdown element. Inside of the event handler you should change the datatype to 'json' (or 'xml' depend on your requirements) with respect of $("#list").jqGrid('getGridParam', {datatype: 'local'}) and call trigger("reloadGrid",[{page:1}]). Yo can use postData with functions as the properties (see here) or just set url parameter together with the datatype inside of the 'change' event handler.

jqgrid load grid on dropdown selection

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