title: jqGrid - Default Sort Order by Column
body: <p>Happy New Years Eve!</p>
  
  <p>I would like to be able to set the default for value some columns to descending. So, the first time the user clicks on that column, it sorts descending by nature. </p>
  
  <p>I have no problem setting the default sort field and order of my grid. But that is all the info I am finding.</p>
  
  <pre><code>$grid-&gt;setGridOptions(array(
  
  "caption"=&gt;"Player Statistics",
  "rowNum"=&gt;200,
  "rowList"=&gt;array(50,200,1000),
  "sortname"=&gt;"percentOwned",
  "sortorder" =&gt; 'desc',
  "width" =&gt; 1000,
  "height" =&gt; 400,
  "hoverrows" =&gt; true,
  "viewrecords" =&gt; false
  
  ));
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>How do I set the default sort to descending on a per column basis? Is it possible?</p>
  
  <p>Thanks!</p>