>>>So does using the suggestion to copy slice still work with the unmodified ng-grid.js ?
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>>>If it does I'd tend to stick with that. Having ng-grid perform a deep watch is expensive and the mod will mean it will always be creating a copy even in situations where it is unnecessary.
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>>>If you do need an app wide solution then maybe an alternative would be to use $watchCollection() instead of $watch() in ng-grid ? I'm no angular expert but I think that would be less expensive. I'm always wary of making changes to libraries like this - all to easy for a change that you make to impact other areas of the app using the same library - and also too likely that another developer updates the version without being aware of the mod.
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>>>IAC, if you're trying the ng-grid mod then, since you have a source version, you can debug - check if the watch is firing when you expect, compare newVal/oldVal etc.
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>>UPDATE: Duh. Added a bit to my last post and replied to myself instead of updating :-{
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>The copy doesn't work with the unmodified latest version either (I removed that last parameter). I am going to restore to the version we had prior to that and re-try.
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>I undid my changes (reverted to old version of ng-grid), but yet grid refuses to show data :(

Trying things at random means you are just thrashing around. If something doesn't work then debug 'till you find out why - then look for the solution.