jQuery Grid Plugin - jqGrid

$('#grid2').jqGrid({
  localReader: { id: '_id' },
  datatype: 'local',
  height: 'auto',
  colNames: ['id', 'Full Name', 'Short Name'],
  autowidth: true,
  shrinkToFit: true,
  multiselect: false,
  deselectAfterSort: false,
  colModel: [
    { name: '_id', index: '_id', hidden: true, key: true },
    { name: 'name', index: 'name', width: 600, sortable: true },
    { name: 'shortName', index: 'shortName', width: 600, sortable: false }
  ],
  data: [
    { _id: 1, name: 'Institution', shortName: 'I.1' },
    { _id: 2, name: 'Institution 1.1', shortName: 'I.1.1' },
    { _id: 3, name: 'One more institution 1.2', shortName: 'I.1.2' },  
    { _id: 4, name: 'Institution 1.2.1', shortName: 'I.1.2.1' },
    { _id: 6, name: 'Institution deep down', shortName: 'I.1.2.1' },
    { _id: 5, name: 'A long long institution name', shortName: 'I.2' }
  ],
  onSelectRow: function(rowid, status) {
    selectedRowId = rowid;
  },
  onSortCol: function(index, iCol, sortorder) {
    if (selectedRowId) {
       setTimeout(function() {
          $('#grid2').jqGrid('resetSelection');
          $('#grid2').jqGrid('setSelection', selectedRowId, false);
       }, 300);
    }
  }
});
});