Inline editing is another editing mode of jqGrid. To invoke inline editing, just call the client-side jqGrid editRow method.

In this particular example, we are calling editRow on the client-side jqGrid onSelectRow event. The third parameter of the editRow method is a callback function that executed upon editing. It can be used to attach custom UI editors for the grid, in our example DatePicker.

Please, refer to the ASPX tab for the javascript sample.
<%@ Page Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeBehind="default.aspx.cs" Inherits="GridTest.examples.editing_data.datepicker._default" %>
<%@ Register Assembly="Trirand.Web" TagPrefix="trirand" Namespace="Trirand.Web.UI.WebControls" %>

<!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></title>
    <!-- The jQuery UI theme that will be used by the grid -->
    <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" media="screen" href="/themes/redmond/jquery-ui-1.7.1.custom.css" />
    <!-- The jQuery UI theme extension jqGrid needs -->
    <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" media="screen" href="/themes/ui.jqgrid.css" />
    <!-- jQuery runtime minified -->
    <script src="/js/jquery-1.3.2.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
    <!-- The localization file we need, English in this case -->
    <script src="/js/i18n/grid.locale-en.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
    <!-- The jqGrid client-side javascript -->
    <script src="/js/jquery.jqGrid.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
    <!-- This jQuery UI reference is needed only for the demo (code tabs). jqGrid per se does not need it. -->    
    <script src="../../../js/jquery-ui-1.7.1.custom.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
    <style type="text/css">
        body, html { font-size: 80%; }    
    </style>
</head>
<body>
    <form id="form1" runat="server">
    <div>
       
       <trirand:JQGrid ID="JQGrid1" runat="server" Width="600px"  OnRowEditing="JQGrid1_RowEditing">         
            <Columns>
                <trirand:JQGridColumn DataField="EmployeeID" Editable="false" PrimaryKey="true" Width="50"/>                
                <trirand:JQGridColumn DataField="FirstName" Editable="true" />
                <trirand:JQGridColumn DataField="LastName" Editable="true" />
                <trirand:JQGridColumn DataField="BirthDate" Editable="true" DataFormatString="{0:yyyy-MM-dd}" />
            </Columns>
            <ClientSideEvents RowSelect="editRow" />
       </trirand:JQGrid>
       
       <br /><br />
       <trirand:codetabs runat="server" id="DataTableCodeTabs"></trirand:codetabs>    
       
       <script type="text/javascript">                     

           var lastSelection;

           function editRow(id) {
               if (id && id !== lastSelection) {
                   var grid = jQuery("#<%= JQGrid1.ClientID %>");
                   grid.restoreRow(lastSelection);
                   grid.editRow(id, true, pickdates);
                   lastSelection = id;
               }
           }

           function pickdates(id) {
               jQuery("#" + id + "_BirthDate", "#<%= JQGrid1.ClientID %>").datepicker({
                   dateFormat: "yy-mm-dd",
                   onSelect: function(dateText, inst) {
                       var grid = jQuery("#<%= JQGrid1.ClientID %>");
                       grid.saveRow(id);
                   }
               });               
           }
       </script>
       
    </div>
    </form>
</body>
</html>
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.UI;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
using System.Data;
using System.Data.SqlClient;
using System.Configuration;

namespace GridTest.examples.editing_data.datepicker
{
    public partial class _default : System.Web.UI.Page
    {
        protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            JQGrid1.DataSource = GetData();
            JQGrid1.DataBind();
        }

        protected void JQGrid1_RowEditing(object sender, Trirand.Web.UI.WebControls.JQGridRowEditEventArgs e)
        {
            DataTable dt = GetData();
            dt.PrimaryKey = new DataColumn[] { dt.Columns["EmployeeID"] };
            DataRow rowEdited = dt.Rows.Find(e.RowKey);

            rowEdited["FirstName"] = e.RowData["FirstName"];
            rowEdited["LastName"] = e.RowData["LastName"];
            rowEdited["BirthDate"] = e.RowData["BirthDate"];

            JQGrid1.DataSource = GetData();
            JQGrid1.DataBind();
        }

        protected DataTable GetData()
        {
            if (Session["DatepickerGridData"] == null)
            {
                // Create a new Sql Connection and set connection string accordingly
                SqlConnection sqlConnection = new SqlConnection();
                sqlConnection.ConnectionString = ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings["SQL2008_449777_fhsConnectionString"].ConnectionString;
                sqlConnection.Open();

                string sqlStatement = "SELECT EmployeeID, FirstName, LastName, BirthDate FROM Employees";

                // Create a SqlDataAdapter to get the results as DataTable
                SqlDataAdapter sqlDataAdapter = new SqlDataAdapter(sqlStatement, sqlConnection);

                // Create a new DataTable
                DataTable dtResult = new DataTable();

                // Fill the DataTable with the result of the SQL statement
                sqlDataAdapter.Fill(dtResult);

                Session["DatepickerGridData"] = dtResult;

                return dtResult;
            }
            else
            {
                return Session["DatepickerGridData"] as DataTable;
            }
        }  
    }
}
Switch theme:


Theming is based on the very popular jQuery ThemeRoller standard. This is the same theming mechanism used by jQuery UI and is now a de-facto standard for jQuery based components. The benefits of using ThemeRoller are huge. We can offer a big set of ready to use themes created by professional designers, including Windows-like themes (Redmond), Apple-like theme (Cupertino), etc. In addition to that any jQuery UI controls on the same page will pick the same theme.

Last, but not least, you can always roll your own ThemeRoller theme, using the superb Theme Editor

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-1.8.1.custom.css" />
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" media="screen" href="/themes/ui.jqgrid.css" />