Vijayada, Roshan:

Thanks guys!  Its really nice to get feedback when my suggestions are helpful. :)

Also, the input we get from users on the forums helps us understand what our customers need, so keep those questions coming!

Best,
Jim

Hello Jim,

You definitely guide us with a great solution...

Thank you.

Roshan

Thanks jim

that really helps..

The ID is in there and if you dig a little you'll find it.

As an example, suppose I set up a grid like this:

        <h:form id="myTestPage">
                        <ig:gridView
                              id="myGrid"
                              dataSource="#{simpleGrid.gridData}"
                            styleClass="gridView"
                             pageSize="5">
                            <ig:column id="myColumn1">
                                <h:outputText id="myColumn1Field" value="#{DATA_ROW.lastName}"></h:outputText>
                                <f:facet name="header">
                                    <h:outputText value="Last Name" />   
                                </f:facet>
                            </ig:column>
                        </ig:gridView>
        </h:form>

Notice that I've set an ID on the outputText field inside my column.

When I run this and view source, I'll see the following (I searched on "Smith" to find it BTW):

<td class="igGridColumn" otype="GridCell">
<span id="myTestPage:myGrid:myColumn1Field_0">Smith</span>
</td>

as you can see, the ID I need is 
myTestPage:myGrid:myColumn1Field_0

If you want to style the td that contains this ID 
(you'll need to to set tha background color properly),
 use the parentNode attribute. 
This will look something like:

var x = 
document.getElementById("myTestPage:myGrid:myColumn1Field_0");
var y=x.parentNode;
y.style.backgroundColor="green";

Best,
Jim

But how should i get id of the row. when i take the view source of the page. there is only some calls to javascript functions. only the header part of the grid is rendered into html format. ig:column is not seen as rendered in the view source.