Just wasted 30 minutes trying to load the jqGrid theme – and it just won’t load. Tried setting up the new bundle configuration – even tried loading the scripts and css files directly in the <head> of _Layout.cshtml but the theme would still not load.
FIX:
The MVC 4 Project Template inserts the following at the end of footer –
@Scripts.Render(“~/bundles/jquery”)
@RenderSection(“scripts”, required: false)
The jquery files should be loaded in the <head> section – Moving @Scripts.Render(“~/bundles/jquery”) should solve the issue – Even if you load the jquery files in the <head> section explicitly – the @Scripts.Render(“~/bundles/jquery”) at the bottom would cause problem and would not let the theme load.
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