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Asked: 2026-05-13T16:42:47+00:00

I am using BlockUI to show a modal. Within the blocked modal I have

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I am using BlockUI to show a modal. Within the blocked modal I have an update panel. Within the update panel I have a textbox and a button that submits the content back to the server. Everything works fine up to this point (the blockUI is called, the modal appears, and the button performs the postback). However, when the button’s click event is fired the value for the textbox is consistently empty even if text was entered. When the update panel updates the textbox shows up blank. It appears that this may be some sort of viewstate issue and I haven’t turned off viewstate.

<a href="javascript:$.blockUI({ message: $('#divTest') });">SHOW MODAL</a>

<div id="divTest" style="display: none;">
<asp:UpdatePanel ID="upTest" UpdateMode="Conditional" runat="server">
    <ContentTemplate>
        <asp:TextBox ID="txtTestVS" runat="server" /><br />
        <asp:Button ID="cmdTest" Text="TEST" OnClick="cmdTest_Click" UseSubmitBehavior="false" runat="server" />
    </ContentTemplate>
</asp:UpdatePanel>

SERVER-SIDE:

protected void cmdTest_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)

{
string x = txtTestVS.Text;
}

String “x” always equal “”.

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  1. Editorial Team

    This is a common problem with dialog plug-ins, the problem is when content is put in the blockUI container, it’s appended to the <body> element, and no longer in the form being submitted to the server. To solve this you need to edit the blockUI code a bit:

    Here’s the source: http://github.com/malsup/blockui/blob/master/jquery.blockUI.js

    Change this:
    Line 262: var layers = [lyr1,lyr2,lyr3], $par = full ? $('body') : $(el);
    to: var layers = [lyr1,lyr2,lyr3], $par = full ? $('form') : $(el);

    and this:
    Line 382: els = $('body').children().filter('.blockUI').add('body > .blockUI');
    to: els = $('form').children().filter('.blockUI').add('form > .blockUI');

    That should get you going and the textbox values coming through.

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