How to get select's value in jqGrid when using <select> editoptions on a column

Question

I have a couple of columns in jqGrid with edittype=\"select\". How can I read the option value of the value currently selected in a particular row?

e.g.: When I prov

Answer 1

If in case you have requirement where each row has dropdown and it has values like

FE:'FedEx', IN:'InTime', TN:'TNT'

Now instead of saving the data to backend on dropdown change event;you want to save data on "Save" button click at row level but want to save dropdwon selected value (TN) not display text(TNT). You can create another hidden field to set selected country code on inline editing of dropdown. Here when user exit after cell inline editing afterSaveCell method will be called and you can set it as mentioned in below code: