Hello,

You can edit lib/inc/jqgrid_dist.php and search:

$this->options["search_options"]["sopt"] = array('eq','ne','lt','le',' …. );

and replace with:

$this->options["search_options"]["sopt"] = array('cn','eq','ne','lt','le',….);
(move 'cn' from last to first)

Thanks for reply. I do not have that line of code in my "jqgrid_dist.php" file. Version issue? Was purchased in 2012!

You can try setting it in your grid code:

$opt["search_options"]["sopt"] = array('cn','eq','ne','lt','le','gt','ge','bw','bn','in','ni','ew','en','nc','nu','nn');
$g->set_options($opt);

Check for variable names as per your code.

Tried that but no joy. My variable names as yours (i.e. $g).

Your version is quite old, i don't remember what is missing and probably this feature is not supported in it.
If you want to upgrade to latest, I am sending you upgrade link with pricing.