I want the user to see just the current values unless they hit an "add new" button. Is it possible to show/hide the insert row?
It appears this can be accomplish via the option method
$('.jsgrid').jsGrid('option', 'inserting', false);
Yes, you are right, it can be done changing this option.
FYI, clearInsert method does not appear to work. The alternative shown above works fine.
$("#grid").jsGrid("clearInsert");
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FYI, clearInsert method does not appear to work. The alternative shown above works fine.
http://js-grid.com/docs/#clearinsert