clientid

how to obtain the client id of a ContentPlaceHolder in an easy manner?

i need to add JavaScript calls in some controls attributes, i am using master pages but in order to obtain the contentplaceholder client id i am iterating over the forms controls. is there another way to obtain in the server side code of the content page? foreach (Control control in this.Form.Controls) { ...

AJAX & ASP.net, Referencing server controls in external file

I've got some JavaScript in an ASP.NET page that looks like this: var list = $get('<%=Topics.ClientID %>'); I have many functions written now where this syntax is used, and I would like to centralize my JavaScript and move this into an external JavaScript file. This breaks however, since 'Topics' cannot be found. What is the best st...

ClientID invalid after moving code into DotNetNuke module

I am porting an existing application to a DotNetNuke module and discovered bizarre behavior. I use ClientID when creating javascript so that the code can identify the HTML elements. Normally that creates a value something like this: "g_ctl00_ctl01_ctl00_ctl00_txtSearch" We've all seen this a million times, right? Well, after porting t...

how to get jsf clientid of a component in datatable ?

hi there, i am trying to get the client id of a component in a datatable. the problem is that jsf puts row index before the component id automatically, i.e. <a id="mappedidentifier_table:1:mappedidentifier_Update" href="#">Update</a> for a link in the second row (index=1). i am using the following methods to get the clientId ...

search for ClientID client-side or server-side?

I understand that I currently can't use <a onclick="alert('<%=TextBox1.ClientID%>')" directly because I need to access it in a table cell in a table in the EditTemplate of a DataList inside a UserControl. That said, I need to recursively check the controls to get the ClientID, should it be done client-side: alert(getMyElement('Tex...

C# asp.net Why is there a difference between ClientID and UniqueID?

I know ClientID is used for javascript and UniqueId for server side and that ClientID uses an underscore (_) and UniqueId uses a dollar sign ($) in asp.net 2.0. But what I don't get is why use two different id's. Why isn't possible to just OR use the underscore OR use the dollar sign in both: server and client side. Can someone explain t...

View Control name concatenated with ClientID and masterpage control name in ASP.NET MVC

I am working with ASP.NET MVC application. I have One master page having one contentplaceholder. I have one view placed in the contentplaceholder of master page. i have few textBoxes say "name", "age" , "email" in it. I also have submit button in my master page. when i click submit button , postback event will be called in the control...

Expanding ClientID in an event string

I'm having a problem with <%= obj.ClientID %> expansion, in a .ascx user control. I have a .js file, containing a javascript function: function doSomething(objectId) { ... } I have a .ascx file, with some html elements, and in one element's onclick= I want to call doSomething(), passing the ID of an element in that .ascx file, wh...

How to get ClientID for control generated for a BoundField in ASP.NET?

I have a form with BoundFields in it and I need to get ClientID(s) for control(s) associated with each BoundField I have in the form. How can I do it? UPD: I do not have control id. All I have is bound field which can not have an id. UPD2: I'm trying to write a code like this: public IDictionary<BoundField, string> GetCliendIDs(FormVi...

Calling ClientID from aspx

Hi, i have this: <input type="checkbox" id="chbSaveState" runat="server" tabindex="3" onchange="SaveState(""<%= chbSaveState.ClientID %>"")" /> that doesn't work, the error says: Parser Error Message: Server tags cannot contain <% ... %> constructs. Any aproaches to solve this ? Thank you ;) ...

External js file jquery function doesn't seem to get clientId....

I use an externel javascript file and i have this, function getdropdownvalue() { alert($("#<%=DLState.ClientID%>")); } but it doesn't seem to get my dropdown's clientId... Any suggestion... ...

How should we use ClientIDMode property that comes with asp.net 4.0?

How should we use ClientIDMode property that comes with asp.net 4.0?... When i should i use one over the other clientIdModes? ...

How to insert the ClientID of a div into an OnClientClick event

In the XHTML for a page I have:- <asp:Button ID="bookNowButton" runat="server" CssClass="bookNowButton" OnClientClick="showHideLoggedInDiv('<%=bookingFormDiv.ClientID%>')" /> This breaks. I need the correct syntax or method to insert the bookingFormDiv.ClientID into the control. What needs to be done? ...

Accessing a control in asp.net content page through Javascript

Hi, I have a form in my content page for which I am doing some client side validations via Javascript. The Javascript behaves as expected if I place the JS code directly in the content page. But if I place the JS code in it's own file and try accessing that from the content/master page (through the script tag's src attribute), I get a r...

What is the correct setting of ClientIDMode in ASP.Net 4 to get ASP.Net 2.0 rendering.

We have just updated our application from ASP.Net 2.0 to ASP.Net 4.0. We have included in the web.config in the system.web element: <pages controlRenderingCompatibilityVersion="3.5" clientIDMode="AutoID" /> My understanding is that this is supposed to render the controls the same as .Net 2.0/3.5 would. However... its not... here is ...

At what asp.net page event are clientIDs assigned?

I want to do something like this: Panel divPanel = new Panel(); divPanel.ID = "divPanel"; this.Page.Controls.Add(divPanel); string script = "function alertID(){alert("the id is: "+divPanel.ClientID+");}"; this.Page.ClientScript.RegisterClientScriptBlock(this.GetType(), "scripttests", script); But when I put this code in page_load, I...

Client Id for Property (ASP.Net MVC)

Hi guys... I'm begginer in asp.net mvc, and i have a doubs: I'm trying to do a label for a TextBox in my View and I'd like to know, how can I take a Id that will be render in client to generete scripts... for example: <label for="<%=x.Name.?ClientId?%>"> Name: </label> <%=Html.TextBoxFor(x=>x.Name) %> What need I put in "?ClientId?"...

Why I cannot add clientId of my textBox in the mark-up here so that I can find it with jQuery?

Hi, Simply I am trying to pass the client Id of one textBox 'txtPersonId' for the client-click event so that I can traverse to that textBox control and pass its jQuery wrapper to the loadePerson() function. This is how I decalre it in the aspx mark-up: <asp:Button ID="btnSearch" runat="server" Text="ARA" OnClientClick="loadPerson(jQue...

asp.net external JavaScript file doesn't find Control.ClientID

On load I'm both calling a JavaScript setTimeout() function that will hide a .NET Panel control, and hiding it in the code behind on first load. Clicking the save button will set the Panel to visible then reload the page at which point a setTimeout() function is called... so basically you click save, and see a panel with "Details Saved"...

working around ASP.NET 3.5 control ID generation: Postback events when the controls are created in a different order on subsequent postbacks

I'm working on a commenting system for a website and on each postback a page generates a user control (called ucComment) for every single comment in the database that pertains to this page. Each ucComment has a Respond button that allows you to respond to each individual comment. I was having a problem with the Respond button not doing...