I'm working in ASP.NET and I have a CheckBoxList where I want one of the options to be basically like "Other: _." So I need to include a textbox where the user can fill in their own option. It doesn't seem like there's a way to include a textbox inside of a checkboxlist, however. What's the best way to make this work?
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If using a separate textbox control, how do I position it so it will align correctly with the checkbox?
Make the textbox a separate control on the page, then in your codebehind, check to see if other is checked. If it is, pull the value of the textbox, and use that.
To answer the question in your edit: You'll have to play with the CSS of the page to get it positioned correctly. How you do it depends on the layout of the page, among other things. I recommend posting some of the HTML from your page in another question and ask about how to position them.
What #Kyle Trauberman said...
Make the textbox a separate control on
the page, then in your codebehind,
check to see if other is checked. If
it is, pull the value of the textbox,
and use that.
Plus use javascript to hide or gray out the option unless the checkbox is selected.
string test="";
<asp:CheckBoxList ID="chk_list" runat="server">
<asp:ListItem Value="00">xxxx</asp:ListItem>
</asp:CheckBoxList>
<asp:TextBox ID="other" runat="server"></asp:TextBox>
inside the for loop
if (chk_list.Items[i].Value == "00")
{
test +=chk_list.Items[i].Text + other.Text;
}
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I use JavaScript and am trying to use more JQuery. Anyway I never liked the way Master Pages change the ID's of my elements. So when I use getElementById("MyElement") it fails to find the element. So I hit F5 and do a view source and then copy the new ID of the element and it works.
My Question...
Is there a better way to do this?
Set the ClientIDMode and ClientID of your server control, like this:
<asp:TextBox ID="TextBox1" runat="server" ClientIDMode="Static" ClientID="MyTextBox" />
Now you can reference the textbox in jQuery or plain old JavaScript via the MyTextBox ID selector.
Within an ASP.Net application I have, there is a textbox that gets a date from a CalendarExtender. When the textbox is populated it checks that date with another date on the form and displays a modalpopupextender popup if the dates are wrong. However, I DO NOT want to allow user input into this textbox, so when I set the ReadOnly field to false and tried Enabled to false, it doesn't allow manual entry however it ALSO disabled the postback and will not call the TextChanged event to fire the modalpopupextender.
So is there a way to disable manual entry and not set it to ReadOnly?
I figured it out, simply enter onkeypress="return false;" within the HTML tag
Try this
<asp:textbox id="txt1" onfocus="blur()" runat="server"/>
this worked for me.
Add the below properties in the tag of textbox
onkeydown="return false" onpaste="return false"
ex:
<asp:TextBox ID="TillDate_TextBox" runat="server" onkeydown="return false" onpaste="return false"></asp:TextBox>
the first property block typing in textbox and the second property block pasting in it
I'm not familiar with the exact components you are using, however the usual way to accomplish things like this is the following. Have selecting the date on the calendar modify the value of a hidden form field. This will restrict the user from editing the value directly. Then create another element like a div or a span, and use javascript to update the span/div to the value selected on the calendar.
I'm a newbie in asp.net.
When using FormView, there is a big amount of code in ItemTemplate, EditItemTemplate and InsertItemTemplate which is almost identical.
For example:
<asp:ListBox ID="ListBox2" runat="server" Rows="1" CssClass="field"
DataSourceID="StatusList" DataTextField="DESCRIPTION"
DataValueField="STAT_ID" SelectedValue='<%# Bind("STAT_ID") %>'>
</asp:ListBox>
(Note: at the exception that Eval() would be used instead of Bind() in ItemTemplate)
I've been trying to avoid repeating this code but without the expecting result:
ListView allows the use of LayoutTemplate - but I didn't see any examples that insert this kind of code in LayoutTemplate. And inserting this code in LayoutTemplate would result in an error.
DetailView allows to produce code automatically but I'd like to use a specific design (for ex. using "fieldset" that encompasses some fields).
What would be the best way to avoid repeating this kind of code ?
You don't have to much choice about seperately specifying the Bind/Eval part, but you do have some control over the other pieces. You can make a custom UserControl that contains your layout.
Usually I include a property on this usercontrol called "Mode" which I either set to Edit or View, then based off of this property I change enabled/visible properties on the controls. You'll also need to include a property for each value you want bound/displayed in the usercontrol.
Put some labels, textboxes, etc... in your designer and hook them up to properties in your code behind, put the usercontrol on your page in your item/edit template and eval/bind to your data to the various properties (make sure to set the mode so it displays right).
I have 3 different kinds of ajax popups that need to exist across my site. I was hoping that I could simply create a user control for each one and place the panel and modal popup extender inside each one but this doesn't seem to be working. Has anyone tried this before or do you have a recommendation as to how I can avoid duplicate code for each pop up on different pages? Thanks!
Ah I figured out my issue with the User Control I believe.
The ModalPopUpExtender requires the TargetID property to be set otherwise an error occurs. Since this is sitting in a UserControl I just created a dummy link button that doesn't do anything and I set the property visible to false.
<asp:LinkButton ID="lnkBlank" runat="server" Visible="false" />
<asp:Panel ID="plContainer" style="display: none;" runat="server">
Hello?
</asp:Panel>
<cc1:ModalPopupExtender ID="mpe" runat="server"
BehaviorID="test"
TargetControlID="lnkBlank"
PopupControlID="plContainer" />
Apparently it doesn't appreciate that and the moment I set the visible property to true it started working. Not sure what the reasoning is for a TargetID since, I would think, most pop ups could be called from multiple links about the page. Perhaps I'm still not entirely clear on how this control is supposed to be used.
One option would be to write the popups in a asp.net user control (a .ascx page) and include that on the pages you need the popups. Have a public method in the ascx page that will show the popup, and call it from the parent page when you need to. If you already have a script manager on the parent page, you can't have a second one in the ascx page, but other then that there shouldn't be anything that would stop this from working. Hope this helps!
edit: here's what my modal popup extender control looks like...
<cc1:ModalPopupExtender
ID="mpeClassroom"
BackgroundCssCLass="modalBackground"
runat="server"
CancelControlID="lbClose"
OnOkScript="onOk()"
TargetControlID="Button1"
PopupControlID="pnlClassroom">
</cc1:ModalPopupExtender>
in my code behind page, my method just calls mpeClassroom.Show();
The problem with hidden link as TrgetControlID is that; when u set its visibility as false, server doesn't render it as well. PopExtender then cannot find control on the page.
Instead of setting its visibility to false, try to apply a style with display:none. This should work !
pretty much what the title says.
I am using an Ajax Drop Down as illustrated here:
http://www.asp.net/AJAX/AjaxControlToolkit/Samples/DropDown/DropDown.aspx
using linkbuttons ... is there a way to limit to list?
Thank you.
Edit: I think it was VB 6 maybe that you could select "LimitToList" in a drop down. Meaning the user can only select the values in the drop down and not enter his own data.
Since you're extending a textbox, I think the best option would be to attach an event listener that voids keypresses, you could do this in the ASPX:
<asp:Textbox id="txtFoo" onkeypress="return false;" runat="server"/>
Or, in the code behind:
txtFoo.Attributes.Add("OnKeyPress","return false;");
This will prevent a user from typing in the textbox, essentially creating the effect you want.
A bonus side effect is that a user is allowed to free type an entry if javascript is disabled and the dropdown extender doesn't work.