The colModel property defines the individual grid columns as an array of properties. This is the most important part of the jqGrid. Syntax: jQuery("#gridid").jqGrid({ ... colModel: [ {name:'name1', index:'index1'...}, {...}, ... ], ... }); The available colModel properties are listed here, in alphabetic order. The only required property is name. The colModel options can be get or set using getColP