$find(RadNumericTextBox) in Edit Form Template

[Jay]

I have a RadGrid with an Edit Form Template. In the template, I have a couple RadNumericTextBoxes that I need to enable/disable depending on some checkboxes in the form.

In my javascript, when I do $find("<%= RadNumericTextBoxInGridEditFormTemplate.ClientId %>"), I get a compilation error when I visit the page that says RadNumericTextBoxInGridEditFormTemplate does not exist. This is understandable because it is not there yet.

I am working around this by doing

var indirect = $(".my-class"); // Specified using CssClass="my-class" on RadNumericTextBoxInGridEditFormTemplate
var textbox = $find(indirect.attr("id"));

which works. I am just wondering if there's a better/more approved way to do this.

 

[Marin Bratanov]

Hi Jay,

This is the general approach you need to take. This is so because:

• this is not rendered at all times
• this is in a template so IDs of the controls inside change and to get a reference on the server you must traverse the control hierarchy (which may be more difficult than the DOM traversal thanks to jQuery)

Regards,

Marin Bratanov
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