Question

I have a GridView in which I have put an extra column Details, and in each row of the GridView, I have a LinkButton called Details. So when I click this I want an event to trigger.

The asp.net code is:

<asp:TemplateField HeaderText="Details">
<ItemTemplate>
<asp:LinkButton ID="Details" runat="server" Text="Details"></asp:LinkButton>
</ItemTemplate>
</asp:TemplateField>

Kindly help. Thank you.

Answer 1

Then use the LinkButton.Click-event:

<asp:LinkButton ID="Details" OnClick="LinkClicked" runat="server" Text="Details">

in codebehind:

protected void LinkClicked(Object sender, EventArgs e) 
{
    LinkButton link = (LinkButton)sender;
    GridViewRow row = (GridViewRow)link.NamingContainer; 
    // assuming there's a label with ID=Label1 in another TemplateField:
    Label label1 = (Label)row.FindControl("Label1");
    label1.Text="You clicked the link button";
}

If you need the GridViewRow of the GridView where the user clicked the link, for example to find controls in other templateFields, you can use the NamingContainerproperty.