We can view mode the form edit dialog. The solution here removes the post button and disables the Enter to submit data
<?php 
require_once '../../../../php/demo/tabs.php';
?>
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <title>jqGrid PHP Demo</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" media="screen" href="../../../../css/jquery-ui.css" />
    <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" media="screen" href="../../../../css/trirand/ui.jqgrid.css" />
    <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" media="screen" href="../../../../css/ui.multiselect.css" />
    <style type="text">
        html, body {
        margin: 0;            /* Remove body margin/padding */
        padding: 0;
        overflow: hidden;    /* Remove scroll bars on browser window */
        font-size: 75%;
        }
        
    </style>
    <script src="../../../../js/jquery.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
    <script src="../../../../js/trirand/i18n/grid.locale-en.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
         <script src="../../../../js/trirand/jquery.jqGrid.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script> <script type="text/javascript">         
    $.jgrid.no_legacy_api = true;
    $.jgrid.useJSON = true;
    $.jgrid.defaults.width = "700";
    </script>
     
    <script src="../../../../js/jquery-ui.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
  </head>
  <body>
      <div>
          <?php include ("grid.php");?>
      </div>
      <br/>
      <?php tabs(array("grid.php"));?>
   </body>
</html>
grid.php.
<?php
require_once '../../jq-config.php';
// include the jqGrid Class
require_once ABSPATH."php/PHPSuito/jqGrid.php";
// include the driver class
require_once ABSPATH."php/PHPSuito/DBdrivers/jqGridPdo.php";
// Connection to the server
$conn = new PDO(DB_DSN,DB_USER,DB_PASSWORD);
// Tell the db that we use utf-8
$conn->query("SET NAMES utf8");

// Create the jqGrid instance
$grid = new jqGridRender($conn);
// Write the SQL Query
$grid->SelectCommand = 'SELECT CustomerID, CompanyName, Phone, PostalCode, City FROM customers';
// Set the table to where you update the data
$grid->table = 'customers';
// Set output format to json
$grid->dataType = 'json';
// Let the grid create the model
$grid->setColModel();
// Set the url from where we obtain the data
$grid->setUrl('grid.php');
// Set some grid options
$grid->setGridOptions(array(
    "rowNum"=>10,
    "rowList"=>array(10,20,30),
    "sortname"=>"CustomerID"
));
$grid->setColProperty('CustomerID', array("editoptions"=>array("readonly"=>true)));
$grid->setColProperty('CompanyName', array("editoptions"=>array("required"=>"required")));
// Enable navigator
$grid->navigator = true;
// Enable only editing
$grid->setNavOptions('navigator', array("excel"=>false,"add"=>true,"edit"=>true,"del"=>false,"view"=>false, "search"=>false));
// Close the dialog after editing
$grid->setNavOptions('edit',array("recreateForm"=>true, "width"=>400,"height"=>'auto',"dataheight"=>'auto', "closeAfterEdit"=>true,"editCaption"=>"Update Customer","bSubmit"=>"Update"));
$grid->setNavOptions('add',array("recreateForm"=>true, "width"=>400,"height"=>'auto',"dataheight"=>'auto',"closeAfterAdd"=>true));

$buttonoptions = array("#pager",
    array("title"=>"View Row", "caption"=>"", "onClickButton"=>"js: function(){
        var sr = this.p.selrow;
        if(sr) {
            $('#grid').jqGrid('editGridRow', sr, {
                recreateForm: true, 
                width:'400', 
                height:'auto', 
                dataheight:'auto',
                bCancel : 'Close',
                beforeShowForm: function(form) {
                    // The modal has a id - editmod + id of the grid
                    // i.e in this case editmodgrid
                    $('#sData','#editmodgrid').remove();
                }
            });
        } else {
            // your alert here
        }
}")
);
$grid->callGridMethod("#grid", "navButtonAdd", $buttonoptions);


// Enjoy
$grid->renderGrid('#grid','#pager',true, null, null, true,true);
?>