Repeater does not show anything after second set of data binding - asp.net

Question

I have the following repeater inside an ASCX file:
<asp:Repeater ID="repeater1" runat="server">
<HeaderTemplate>
<ul class="formList">
</HeaderTemplate>
<ItemTemplate>
<li><a href="plugins/umbracocontour/editForm.aspx?guid=<%# ((Umbraco.Forms.Core.Form)Container.DataItem).Id %>"
class="form">
<%# ((Umbraco.Forms.Core.Form)Container.DataItem).Name %></a> <small><a href="plugins/umbracocontour/editForm.aspx?guid=<%# ((Umbraco.Forms.Core.Form)Container.DataItem).Id %>">
Open form designer</a> <a href="plugins/umbracocontour/editFormEntries.aspx?guid=<%# ((Umbraco.Forms.Core.Form)Container.DataItem).Id %>">
View entries</a> </small></li>
</ItemTemplate>
<FooterTemplate>
</ul>
</FooterTemplate>
</asp:Repeater>
It is populated with data via a method named ShowAllForms()
private void ShowAllForms()
{
using (var formStorage = new FormStorage())
{
var list = formStorage.GetAllForms(false).OrderBy(f => f.Name).Where(form => Security.HasAccessToForm(form.Id)).ToList();
this.repeater1.DataSource = list;
this.repeater1.DataBind();
if (list.Count == 0)
{
this.paneBrowse.Visible = false;
}
}
}
and `SearchForms:
private void SearchForms()
{
var forms =
this.formRepository.GetFormByFreeText(this.txtFormSearch.Text).Where(form => Security.HasAccessToForm(form.Id)).
ToList();
this.repeater1.DataSource = forms;
this.repeater1.DataBind();
}
ShowAllForms() is called in Page_Load, if there has not been a postback, and also in the click event for the "Show All Forms" button. SearchForms() is called in the postback for the "Search Forms" button.
As a non-admin user, when I view the list of forms I see a whole bunch of them initially. I then search for a form via it's name which should return no items. So far so good. I then click the "Show All Forms" button which will execute ShowAllForms(), which is what was called to show all the forms in the first place.
However, when called a second time, ShowAllForms() does not show any form data in the repeater. To clarify, I can see that there are items returned in the forms variable, so the collection is not empty, and yet none of those items appear in the repeater.
I'm puzzled as to what could be going on here.
EDIT:
OnLoad event for the page:
protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
if (!this.IsPostBack)
{
this.ShowAllForms();
}
}
OnInit:
protected void Page_Init(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
this.formRepository = TinyIoC.TinyIoCContainer.Current.Resolve<IFormRepository>();
}

Answer 1

I believe the problem is here:
if (list.Count == 0)
{
this.paneBrowse.Visible = false;
}
I don't see where you set paneBrowse's visiblity to true again.
A quick fix would be:
this.paneBrowse.Visible == (list.Count > 0);