Question

I’ve got a DIV which contains some text in it.

Ive also got an asp:Button, which when pressed I would like to retrieve this text. However, it appears that as soon as I press the button, the DIV’s contents is reset – most likely due to postback.

The DIV has got runat=server”. Does anyone have any idea as to what may be done to make this DIV retain its contents on pressing the button? The data is manipulated countless times before the button is pressed, so I would like to try avoiding updating a Session every time.

Answer 1

Try something like this:

getText = function(){
    alert($("#<%=Panel1.ClientID%>").text());
    return false;
}   

<asp:Panel ID="Panel1" runat="server">

</asp:Panel>
<asp:Button ID="Button1" runat="server" OnClientClick="return getText();" ... /> 

You can also try this:

$("#<%=Button1.ClientID%>").click(function(){
    alert($("#div1").text());
    return false;
});