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jqGrid: Is it possible to commit a cell change when tabbing off instead of pressing Enter?

I have a simple in-line edit in my grid, and I want to commit the change when the user tabs off the textbox. The default behavior of jqGrid forces the user to press 'Enter' to commit the change, but this is non-intuitive for our users.

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    onSelectRow: function(id) {
         $(gridCoreGroups).editRow(id, true, undefined, function(response) 
         {
              alert("hello world");
         }
    }

I've worked my way through the events provided, but they all happen as a result of the user pressing 'Enter', which I want to avoid. Is there something I can wire up that would trigger an action when the user tabs off this cell?

Solution

  • My solution was to use basic jQuery selectors and events independently of the grid to detect this event. I use the live and blur events on the textboxes in the grid to capture the event. The two events are not supported in combination with each other, so this hack ended up being the solution:

    Simulating "focus" and "blur" in jQuery .live() method