Question

I have a ASP.Net webpage with following edit rules

1. Normal user can edit only blank fields
2. Admin user can edit all fields ( No Issue!!)

To accomplish this, I tried to “Disable” all fields which have a value using javascipt,
but on postback all the disabled fiels lost its state . So I change to Readonly=true . Now all textboxes are working as expected. But the Dropdowns can still editable even though the readonly is true .

How can i accomplish this without losing the control`s value on postback ?

Thanks in advance .

Answer 1

Use the server side Enabled property.

MyTextBox.Enabled = false;
MyDropDownList.Enabled = false;