I too have a similar problem: If I pass a function to gridComplete (to attach styles and events to the loaded table) it works fine. If I attach an object method with the same code as the working function the jquery collections in the method that I use to attach styles to are empty. It appears that this type of event is fired before the jqGrid is fully loaded.
loadComplete: window.dataGrid.finalizeDataGrid(),
As far as I can tell, it's b/c passing a function or method of any type is a fundamentally different Javascript operation that copying a function i.e. the difference between
loadComplete: window.dataGrid.finalizeDataGrid()
and
loadComplete: window.dataGrid.finalizeDataGrid
Not sure of a workaround other than changing the way my backing object is set up. Some background on this (not so) subtle difference here. If anyone with greater JavaScript-fu can shed some light and help me accomplish what I need without breaking my model, I'd appreciate…
UPDATE: The answer came to me right after I posted this, and I suspect something similar would help @markbennet as well:
