Question

I need to identify my pages with something that can be picked up by:

function refreshGrid(entity) {
    var contentID = $('#ContentID').val();

So I need some element that has a value or something that I can check in my external script. I tried <input id="ContentID" type="hidden" value="01"> but not inside a form. It always seem to set itself to “00” and I think probably it is not a good idea to use when not inside a form.

Is there some other way I could place a value inside an element on a page that I could check. I just need something where I could put codes such as “00” or “01” or “02” etc. I would also like to do this the “correct” way so I’d not like to use a form.

Answer 1

It’s not particularly elegant, but it sounds like a hidden <span> will suffice.

<span id="ContentID" style="display: none;">01</span>

and

function refreshGrid(entity) {
    var contentID = $('#ContentID').text();