jqGrid Link Display Text

Question

How do I set the display text on a link column in jqGrid. I want the text in every column to just say \"View\" with the link containing the specific Id. Here is what I cur

Answer 1

If I correct understand your question you can just use the following simple custom formatter instead of 'showlink' predefined formatter:

formatter: function (cellvalue, options, rowObject) {
    return '<a href="Consumer/Details?myId=' + opts.rowId + '">View</a>';
}

If you need to include some additional information in the URL of href you can use properties of the rowObject (rowObject.Date, rowObject.Description) or replace opts.rowId to the cellvalue or rowObject.myId.

You should additionally verify whether the property edittype: 'select' which you use is correct for the column. It looks like Cut&Paste error, especially because you don't use editable: true property.