Cell formatters are a set of predefined formatters that can be applied to cells. They will format the cell text on the client-side and present it in a specific way. The list of currently available cell formatters includes Integer, Number, Currency, CheckBox, Link and Mail.
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Web;
using Trirand.Web.Mvc;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls;

namespace JQGridMVCExamples.Models
{
    public class FormattersJqGridModel
    {
        public JQGrid FormattedGrid { get; set; }

        public FormattersJqGridModel()
        {
            FormattedGrid = new JQGrid
                             {
                                 Columns = new List()
                                 {
                                     new JQGridColumn { DataField = "Integer", Width = 75 },
                                     new JQGridColumn { DataField = "Number", Width = 100 },
                                     new JQGridColumn { DataField = "Currency", Width = 85 },
                                     new JQGridColumn { DataField = "Email" },
                                     new JQGridColumn { DataField = "Link" },
                                     new JQGridColumn { DataField = "CheckBox", Width = 75 }

                                 },
                                 Width = Unit.Pixel(675)                                                                  
                             };            
            
        }
    }
}

<%@ Page Language="C#" Inherits="System.Web.Mvc.ViewPage<JQGridMVCExamples.Models.FormattersJqGridModel>" %>
<%@ Import Namespace="Trirand.Web.Mvc" %>
<%@ Import Namespace="JQGridMVCExamples.Models" %>

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head id="Head1" runat="server">
    <title>Custom formatters</title>    
    <script type="text/javascript" src="http://ajax.microsoft.com/ajax/jquery/jquery-1.7.1.min.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.trirand.net/aspnetmvc/Scripts/trirand/i18n/grid.locale-en.js"></script>    
    <script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.trirand.net/aspnetmvc/Scripts/trirand/jquery.jqGrid.min.js"></script>
    <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="http://ajax.aspnetcdn.com/ajax/jquery.ui/1.8.16/themes/redmond/jquery-ui.css" />
    <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="http://www.trirand.net/aspnetmvc/Content/themes/ui.jqgrid.css" />
</head>
<body>    
    <div>                   
        <%= Html.Trirand().JQGrid(Model.FormattedGrid, "JQGrid1") %>
    </div>
    <br /><br />
    <div>
        <% Html.RenderPartial("CodeTabs"); %>        
    </div>
</body>
</html>
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Web; 
using System.Web.Mvc;
using JQGridMVCExamples.Models;
using Trirand.Web.Mvc;

namespace JQGridMVCExamples.Controllers.Grid
{
    public partial class GridController : Controller
    {
        public class FormattedEmployee
        {
            public int Integer { get; set; }
            public double Number { get; set; }
            public double Currency { get; set; }
            public string Email { get; set; }
            public string Link { get; set; }
            public bool CheckBox { get; set; }
        }

        public List GetFormattedEmployeeData()
        {
            List list = new List();
            list.Add(new FormattedEmployee
            {
                Integer = 20000,
                Number = 40000000.34,
                Currency = 25.54,
                Email = "john.smith@yahoo.com",
                Link = "http://www.yahoo.com",
                CheckBox = true
            });
            list.Add(new FormattedEmployee
            {
                Integer = 1000,
                Number = 460000.21,
                Currency = 56.54,
                Email = "justin.doe@gmail.com",
                Link = "http://www.gmail.com",
                CheckBox = true
            });
            list.Add(new FormattedEmployee
            {
                Integer = 134000,
                Number = 5220.34,
                Currency = 54.12,
                Email = "deborah.long@hotmail.com",
                Link = "http://www.hotmail.com",
                CheckBox = false
            });           

            return list;
        }

        public ActionResult FunctionalityFormatters()
        {
            // Pass the custmomized grid model to the View
            return View(GetFormattersGridModel());
        }

        // This method is called when the grid requests data. You can choose any method to call
        // by setting the JQGrid.DataUrl property
        public JsonResult Formatters_DataRequested()
        {
            // Get both the grid Model and the data Model
            // The data model in our case is an autogenerated linq2sql database based on Northwind.
            var gridModel = GetFormattersGridModel();

            // return the result of the DataBind method, passing the datasource as a parameter
            // jqGrid for ASP.NET MVC automatically takes care of paging, sorting, filtering/searching, etc
            return gridModel.FormattedGrid.DataBind(GetFormattedEmployeeData().AsQueryable());
        }

        private FormattersJqGridModel GetFormattersGridModel()
        {
            // Get the model (setup) of the grid defined in the /Models folder.
            var gridModel = new FormattersJqGridModel();
            var grid = gridModel.FormattedGrid;

            // Customize/change some of the default settings for this model
            // ID is a mandatory field. Must by unique if you have several grids on one page.
            grid.ID = "FormattedGrid";
            // Setting the DataUrl to an action (method) in the controller is required.
            // This action will return the data needed by the grid
            grid.DataUrl = Url.Action("Formatters_DataRequested");
            grid.Columns.Find(c => c.DataField == "Integer").Formatter = new IntegerFormatter
            {
                DefaultValue="No Value Set", 
                ThousandsSeparator= ","
            };
            grid.Columns.Find(c => c.DataField == "Number").Formatter = new NumberFormatter
            {
                 DecimalPlaces = 1,
                 DecimalSeparator = ".",
                 ThousandsSeparator = " "
            };
            grid.Columns.Find(c => c.DataField == "Currency").Formatter = new CurrencyFormatter
            {
                DecimalPlaces = 1,
                DecimalSeparator = ".",
                Prefix = "$",
                Suffix = " USD",
                ThousandsSeparator = ","
            };
            grid.Columns.Find(c => c.DataField == "Email").Formatter = new EmailFormatter();
            grid.Columns.Find(c => c.DataField == "Link").Formatter = new LinkFormatter();
            grid.Columns.Find(c => c.DataField == "CheckBox").Formatter = new CheckBoxFormatter();            

            return gridModel;
        }

    }
}
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To use a theme, simply reference 2 Css files in your Html <head> section - the ThemeRoller theme you wish to use, and the jqGrid own ThemeRoller Css file. For example (Redmond theme):

<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" media="screen" href="/themes/redmond/jquery-ui-1.8.2.custom.css" />
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" media="screen" href="/themes/ui.jqgrid.css" />