Question

I have something like that:

  <asp:ListView ID="lvList" runat="server">
    <LayoutTemplate>
      <select id="select_list">
        <option value="-1">
          select one
        </option>
        <asp:PlaceHolder ID="itemPlaceHolder" runat="server" />
      </select>
    </LayoutTemplate>
    <ItemTemplate>
      <option value="<%# Eval("code") %>">
        <%# Eval("Name") %>
      </option>
    </ItemTemplate>
  </asp:ListView>

And I want to access select_list at server side, after a button get submitted..
I tried FindControl("select_list"), lvList.FindControl("select_list"), Request.Form["select_list"] – none of them gave my the control back..

Is there some way to get the control by its id, just like JS getElementByID ?

Thanks.

Answer 1

Is this for academic purpose? You could write the same code with lesser markup using an asp:DropDownList

<asp:DropDownList ID="select_list" runat="server"
            AppendDataBoundItems="true"
            DataTextField="Name"
            DataValueField="code">
    <asp:ListItem Text="select one" Value="-1" />
</asp:DropDownList>

If you are particular about using ListView do run your HTML Control at server runat="server"