jqgrid formatter 'actions' - change edit button style

Question

I am using a jqgrid with formatter 'actions', to display an 'edit' button on every row. It works well, but now I would like to display an 'Update' link instead of displaying the default edit button. Is that possible?

My colModel looks something like:

        colModel: [
            { name: 'Listname', formatter: displayListName, width: 270, sortable: false },
            { name: 'OrigListname', hidden: true, editable: true, editrules: {edithidden:true} },
            { name: 'NumOfContacts', hidden: true },
            { name: 'IsPrivate', hidden: true, editable: true, editrules: { edithidden: true }, edittype: 'checkbox' },
            { name: 'CanUpdate', hidden: true },
            { name: 'Recipients', formatter: displayRecipients, width: 100, sortable: false },
            { name: 'Update', formatter: 'actions', width: 100, sortable: false,
                formatoptions:{
                    keys: true,
                    editbutton: true,
                    editformbutton: true,
                    delbutton: false,
                    editOptions: {
                        closeOnEscape: true,
                        closeAfterAdd: true,
                        viewPagerButtons: false,
                        closeAfterEdit: true,
                        afterSubmit: function (response, postdata) {
                            var r = $.parseJSON(response.responseText);
                            return [r.success, r.Description, null];
                        }
                    };
                 }
            },                
            { name: 'Import', formatter: displayImport, width: 100, sortable: false },
            { name: 'Export', formatter: displayExport, width: 100, sortable: false }
        ]

Thank you in advance, Keren.

Answer 1

One can't so easy to replace <div> used in formatter: "action" to a link (<a>). I think you have to use custom formatter to implement the requirements. I recommend you to look at the demo from the answer. I think that you can implement in close way your requirements.