Understanding JQGrid column width behaviors

Question

I have a tree grid with many columns, all with specified width. And boy, it looks terrible since headers are out of synch with

columns below, even if I have short data in them.

Specifically, if column Header title is shorter than this column width, Header shrinks down to the the size of text in header. How can I make header be exactly of the same size as column size?

Question2: I've noticed, that alghough documentation says that columns "width" option is in pixels, I can see that it's actually

not in pixels, but just a number relative to other widths in grid, so e.g. if all fields are size 10, they all will be equal in size, but not 10 pixels in width.

Thanks in advance for clarificaitons, as this simple issue seems to have deeper roots that I think.

Answer 1

Try to play with 'autowidth' and 'shrinkToFit' jqGrid parameters. For example, if 'shrinkToFit' is true, columns' width will be changed as if initial widths defines percentage. Read more here.