How to retrieve jQuery modified innerHTML from C#

Question

Hey guys. I'm trying to access the innerHTML of a span tag modified by jQuery using C#. This is my first project shunning the AJAX libs in favor of jQuery, so I'm not sure how I can get the codebehind to recognize the manipulated innerHTML. I've set all the spans I want to tap into with runat="server", but all I pull are the values I've set when the page was designed.

What steps should I be taking to enable communication between the client-side and my codebehind, and am I even using the best practice here?

Answer 1

The value of .NET labels are stored in the viewstate, so won't be able to change them on the client side. You could try making a hidden field or textbox to hold the value for you instead.

Answer 2

When the browser submits a form to the server, it only sends the values of non-disabled form fields. (<input>, <select>, and <textarea> tags)

It does not send anything else.
If you want to send your jQuery-modified HTML to the server, you'll need to use Javascript to put it into a hidden <input> field. (Or use AJAX)