HtmlGenericControl and id

Question

Hello,

It's there a way i can control the ID of my HtmlGenericControl.

I try to create my own HtmlGenericControl and override UniqueID, ClientID, onPreRender etc ... but nothing work

Answer 1

You don't need to override this all, just override Render and do everything manually

Answer 2

The following article demonstrates how to override controls your own ID's. Whilst it does not show how to do it for htmlgenericcontrol it should be pretty easy to figure out from all the other examples.

How to Display Asp.Net Controls with Clean ID Values

Answer 3

The HtmlGenericControl can be manually given a client Id by adding the id attribute:

var bob = new HtmlGenericControl("div")
{
    InnerHtml = "give me an Id!"
};

bob.Attributes.Add("id", "myId");

this.Page.Controls.Add(bob);

The Id given will only be accessible from the client side (e.g. JavaScript).