Select a row in jqGrid based on cell value - jqgrid

Question

colModel: [
{ name: 'Id', index: 'Id', hidden: true, search: false },
{ name: 'Name', index: 'Name', hidden: true, search: false },
]
Just as the setSelection method allows selection of a row in jqGrid based on the row number, is it possible to similarly select a row based on one of the cell values.
For e.g. in the colModel above, is it possible to select a row having a certain 'Id' or 'Name' value...assuming that these values are unique for each row.

Answer 1

In the loadComplete: portion of your jqGrid you could iterate over each row and test for the value you are looking for. If the value is found, select the row.
Ex
loadComplete: function () {
var rowIds = $(this).jqGrid('getDataIDs');
for (i = 1; i <= rowIds.length; i++) {
rowData = $(this).jqGrid('getRowData', i);
if (rowData['Id'] == idSearchValue ) {
$(this).jqGrid('setSelection',i);
} //if
} //for
...
There would also be the rowattr: but I can't seem to find where you can get the rowID of the current row. Oleg might see this and respond as well as it was his addition to jqGrid but I didn't have any luck with my testing or read though of where you would get the current rowId to pass to the setSelection method.

Answer 2

If you have an array of objects containing cells values, you will need another approach.
Eg. with your colModel, you would like to retrieve rows with these values:
let toSearch = [
{ Name: 'Arthur', Id: 150},
{ Name: 'Julien', Id: 90},
]
Then what you can do is to retrieve the whole data from the jqGrid table and seek after values dynamically:
let data = $grid.jqGrid('getGridParam', 'data');
let toSelect = data.filter((row,i) => {
return toSearch.some(toSelectRow => {
for(let prop in prevRow) {
if(prevRow[prop] != row[prop])
return false;
}
return true;
})
});
toSelect.forEach((row) => $grid.jqGrid('setSelection',row.id, false)); // Prevent firing onSelectRow event
Here we pass false to prevent from firing onSelectRow event, if you need it just remove false