When I return true in asp:Button OnClientClick it doesn't postback form.

[varlo]

When I return true in asp:Button OnClientClick it doesn't postback form.
I have
<asp:Button ID="btnReplace" runat="server" OnClientClick="return confirm('Are you sure?');" Text="Replace Schedule"></asp:Button>
inside of <asp:Panel ID="pnlMeetingDetails" runat="server">
and pabel is inside of RadAjaxManager
<telerik:RadAjaxManager ID="RadAjaxManager1" runat="server">
    <AjaxSettings>
        <telerik:AjaxSetting AjaxControlID="pnlMeetingDetails">
            <UpdatedControls>
                <telerik:AjaxUpdatedControl ControlID="pnlMeetingDetails" />
            </UpdatedControls>
        </telerik:AjaxSetting>
    </AjaxSettings>
</telerik:RadAjaxManager>
When I click btnReplace and select Ok in confirm dialog it doesn't make postback and server event btnReplaceSchedule_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) isn't called. If I remove OnClientClick in btnReplace it works fine. How to make client confirm script work together with RadAjaxManager?

[Pavlina]

Hi Viktor,

I recommend that you review the following article for more information about how to provide a confirmation dialog to the users and initiate an AJAX request if accepted.
Client confirmation and AJAX

Kind regards,
Pavlina
the Telerik team

[Brad]

So in essense - returning anything cancels the PostBack.... regardless if it's "return true;"... Correct?  I was just fighting this very same issue where I was using OnClientClick="return MyFunction();" and it was always cancelling the PostBack even when the value returned from the function was "return true;"...  So this behaves almost like returning a value in the window before unload event...

[Cori]

Hello Brad,

In the help topic Pavlina posted, you're supposed to change the OnClientClick property to look like this:

<asp:Button ID="Button2" runat="server" OnClientClick="if (!confirm('Are you sure?')) return false;" />

Did that not work for you?

[Pavlina]

Hi Cori,

To display a confirmation dialog that prompts the user whether a selected action should be executed (from a button in a template), you need to invoke the confirm javascript method (or use radConfirm for a confirmation dialog that uses skins). If the user chooses the negative option in the confirmation dialog, you should return false from the OnClientClick event handler of the button. Review this help topic for more information.

Best wishes,

Pavlina
the Telerik team

 

[Brad]

Cori -

What I was trying to convey (for the benefit of others mainly) was that I had a function like below...

<asp:Button OnClientClick="return MyFunction();" />

function MyFunction() {
    return confirm("Do this?");
}

The problem was that returning anything (regardless of true/false) was causing the post-back to be cancelled...  it wasn't until I changed to the version that only returned false if necessary that it began to work as expected... so yes the code below works...

<asp:Button OnClientClick="if (!MyFunction()) return false;" />

So what I wanted to convey was that "returning true" though it seems intuitive - doesn't behave as expected...

[Rodrigo]

"The problem was that returning anything (regardless of true/false) was causing the post-back to be cancelled..."

I have the same problem.

Ok, found a solution: OnClientClick="if(!myFunc()) return false;"

[Qais]

Thanks. Great response. This issue took me a while to figure out.

[Mayuresh]

Man! I was struggling with this for one whole day!! Thanks a lo!! :)