Hello David,
Thank you the interest to our widget. This is correct behavior.
The “editmode” property:
‘click’ – Marks the clicked cell as selected and shows the editor. The editor’s value is equal to the cell’s value
‘selectedcell’ – Marks the cell as selected. A second click on the selected cell shows the editor. The editor’s value is equal to the cell’s value
‘selectedrow’ – A second click on a selected row shows the row editors.
‘dblclick’ – Marks the clicked cell as selected and shows the editor. The editor’s value is equal to the cell’s value
‘programmatic’ – Cell editors are activated and deactivated only through the API(see begincelledit and endcelledit methods)
If you would like to use something special could use that option – programmatic.
Best Regards,
Hristo Hristov
jQWidgets team
http://www.jqwidgets.com