Question

One of the things I like about coding ‘old skool’ (web forms) is the AJAX Control Toolkit.

I saw on the Microsoft Storefront video 14, Rob Conery uses the TextboxWatermark control.

When I downloaded the code though, I couldn’t find any reference to the Watermark control or any other control from the toolkit nor could I get it to work.

So my question is, does the AJAX Control Toolkit even work in an MVC / AJAX / JQuery type world without viewstate. What do you use for ‘simple’ controls such as Calendar & Watermarks?

Answer 1

jQuery UI has a calendar and other UI components. Also check out the vast number of jQuery plugins.