jQuery Grid Plugin – jqGrid

We are glad to announce the new release of Guriddo jqGrid JavaScript version 5.6.0.
This version is a minor release and add improvements in CSS styling (Bootstrap 5 support), aria grid, excel like grid navigaion and frozen columns improvements. The version has a numerous bug fixes. Below is the full list of all changes, bug fixes and additions.

Additions and Updates

• Add support for Bootstrap5
• Add method excelLikeGrid to simulate editing and key navigation like Excel
• Add event onFrozenColumnsCall which is triggered every time the method setFrozenColumns is called
• Adding new option in colModel labelClasses, which add custom classes to the labels in the grid.
• Replace javascrip eval function in all jqGrid code
• Improve ariaGrid and cellEdit to work better together
• Remove deprecated :eq and :first from setRowData method and replace it with .eq()
• Add customCellAction event in ariaGrid which raises when the user press key different from the predefined one up, down and etc.
• Update package.json to include the repository
• Add new common parameter frozenColCount to indicate the number of frozen columns when set
• Add Support for cell editing when ariaGrid and excelLikeGrid method(s) are activated.
• Add method getLastVisibleCol to get the index of last visible col
• Method setCell now support frozen columns.
• Method delRowData now support frozen columns
• Method setRowData now support frozen columns
• Add new method groupingInit, which set the grouping parameters to initial state.
• Add In groupingRemove method second parameter, which if set to true destroy all the grouping data
• Adding common function $.jgrid.isNull

Bug fixes

• Fix misalignment of columns when frozen columns and grouped headers
• Fix frozen columns in case scrollOffset will be set manually
• Fix for multi-select plugin remove all button, to work correct after the second click
• Fix adding classes property to the invisible first row in the grid – class=firstrow.
• Fix set predefined custom style in export to excel.
• Fix in addRowData method when no not rows in the grid
• Fix resizeGrid method when grid height is set to auto
• Fix hide no records row when emptyRecordRow is false
• Fix scrollbar in case no data and resizeGrid is called
• Fix saveRow to pass correct parameter in custom formatter when edit type is select
• Fix position of alert box in form edit in case the grid has height auto or 100%
• Fix refershFilterToolbar method to take in account the index from colModel
• Fix – do not create frozen divs and multiple calls of frozen columns without to destroy it first
• Fix setLabel method to work correct when column menu is enabled
• Fix colMenuBeforeProcess to be called in customMenu actions
• Fix for sortable (remapColumns method) to correct reorder grouping cells, when grouping is activated.

Enjoy the new version
Happy coding
Guriddo jqGrid Team