Indicates if the next editable field should be focused when editing the current field is completed, for example then the user presses ENTER. This property only applies if your grid has editable fields. This property only influence the behavior of TAB. This property can be set during object creation: let grid = new w2grid({ name : 'grid', advanceOnEdit: false, columns : [ { field: 'recid', text: 'ID', size: '50px' }, { field: 'lname', text: 'Last Name', size: '30%', editable: { type: 'text' } }, { field: 'fname', text: 'First Name', size: '30%', editable: { type: 'text' } }, { field: 'email', text: 'Email', size: '40%', editable: { type: 'text' } }, { field: 'sdate', text: 'Start Date', size: '120px', editable: { type: 'date' } } ], records: [ { recid: 1, fname: 'John', lname: 'Doe', email: 'john@gmail.com', sdate: '1/3/2012' }, { recid: 2, fname: 'Stuart', lname: 'Motzart', email: 'stuart@gmail.com', sdate: '4/13/2012' }, { recid: 3, fname: 'Jin', lname: 'Franson', email: 'jin@gmail.com', sdate: '3/3/2012' }, { recid: 4, fname: 'Susan', lname: 'Ottie', email: 'susan@gmail.com', sdate: '5/3/2012' }, ] }); Or any time during run-time: grid.advanceOnEdit = false;