Question

im using asp.net with c#.

I have a gridview and there is a TemplateField column. Inside the TemplateField column there is a EditItemTemplate, and inside EditItemTemplate the is a linkbutton(LinkButton1).

Im trying to do a getelementbyid on the linkbutton from a javascript function:

document.getElementById("<%= LinkButton1.ClientID %>").disabled = true;

But when compiling, I get the error: “The LinkButton1” does not exist on the current context.

The aspx gridview code:

<asp:GridView ID="GridView1" runat="server" Height="157px" Width="814px" 
             CellPadding="4" ForeColor="#333333" GridLines="None"
             OnRowEditing="GridView1_RowEditing"
             OnRowCancelingEdit="GridView1_RowCancelingEdit" 
             OnRowUpdating="GridView1_RowUpdating" AutoGenerateColumns="False" 
             OnRowDataBound="GridView1_RowDataBound"
              onrowdeleting="GridView1_RowDeleting" Font-Size="Medium" 
            AllowPaging="True" onpageindexchanged="GridView1_PageIndexChanged" onpageindexchanging="GridView1_PageIndexChanging"     >
            <RowStyle BackColor="#F7F6F3" ForeColor="#333333" />
<Columns>
<asp:TemplateField ShowHeader="False">
<EditItemTemplate>
        <asp:LinkButton ID="LinkButton1" runat="server" CausesValidation="True" CommandName="Update"
            Text="Actualizar" ValidationGroup="upd_validation"></asp:LinkButton>
        <asp:LinkButton ID="LinkButton2" runat="server" CausesValidation="False" CommandName="Cancel"
            Text="Cancelar"></asp:LinkButton>
</EditItemTemplate>      
<ItemTemplate>
        <asp:LinkButton ID="LinkButton3" runat="server" CausesValidation="False" CommandName="Edit"
            Text="Editar"></asp:LinkButton>
        <asp:LinkButton ID="LinkButton4" runat="server" CausesValidation="False" CommandName="Delete"
            Text="Eliminar" CommandArgument='<%# Container.DataItemIndex %>' onclientClick="return ConfirmDelete()"></asp:LinkButton>                         
</ItemTemplate>                
</asp:TemplateField>

How can I solve this?

Thanks.

Answer 1

U can add some dummy css class to the LinkButton (example “disableLink”), and then using Jquery, u can easily achieve it using the below code

  $('.disableLink').each(function (i, obj) { 
      $(this).disabled = true;
      // OR
      $(this).attr('disabled','disabled');
  }