How to make jqGrid fluid height?

Question

For a long time I am looking for an answer to how to make the fluid height in jqGrid, but I still have not found it.

So, I need fluid height.

I know how to make fluid width:

jQuery(window).resize(function(){
gridId = "grid";

gridParentWidth = $('#gbox_' + gridId).parent().width();
$('#' + gridId).jqGrid('setGridWidth',gridParentWidth);
})

I tried with

gridParentHeight = $('#gbox_' + gridId).parent().height();
$('#' + gridId).jqGrid('setGridHeight',gridParentHeight);

but that is not working.

Is there a solution?

I personally prefer just to use `height:'auto'`. If you need have the pager always visible you can consider to use toppager (see [here](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4402455/unable-to-position-pager-navigation-bar-above-jqgrid/4402903#4402903) for example). It the way you would have not the same behavior as you described, but another one having the same user experience. — Oleg, Oct 11 '11 at 07:39

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited May 28 '12 at 21:05

I found a solution for my problem. Here is the code (works in Firefox):

winHeight = window.innerHeight;
wHeight = winHeight - 90;

$("#grid").jqGrid('setGridHeight',wHeight);

jQuery(window).resize(function(){
    gridId = "grid";
    gridWidth = $('#gbox_' + gridId).parent().width();

    $('#' + gridId).jqGrid('setGridWidth',gridWidth);
    if(wHeight < 110){  //Height of five rows in grid is 110 pixels.
        wHeight = 110;
        $('#'+ gridId).jqGrid('setGridHeight',wHeight);
    }
    else {
        $('#'+ gridId).jqGrid('setGridHeight',wHeight);
}

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 05 '14 at 09:34

I appreciate this is an old thread - but here's a CSS (and therefore smoother) solution.

beforeRequest: function () {
  setTimeout(function () {
    var gridName = this.id;
    $('#gbox_' + gridName).css({
      position: 'absolute',
      top: 0,
      bottom: $('#gbox_' + gridName + ' .ui-pager-control').outerHeight() + 'px',
      width: '100%',
      height: '100%'
    });
    $('#gbox_' + gridName + ' .ui-jqgrid-view').css({ 'height': '100%' });
    $('#gbox_' + gridName + ' .ui-jqgrid-bdiv').css({
      position: 'absolute',
      top: $('#gbox_' + gridName + ' .ui-jqgrid-titlebar').outerHeight() + $('#gbox_' + gridName + ' .ui-jqgrid-hbox').outerHeight() + 'px',
      bottom: 0,
      left: 0,
      right: 0,
      height: '',
      width: ''
    });
  }, 100);
}

An example of this in action : http://jsfiddle.net/Ba5yK/16/

How to make jqGrid fluid height?

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