Access control inside RadDock from javascript

[Serial Killer]

Hello! I has faced such problem. I try to get access to control being inside RadDock using JavaScript. I do it as follows...

<script type="text/javascript">

var test = $find("<%=RadDock1.ContentContainer.FindControl("val1").ClientID %>");

</script>

 <telerik:RadDock ID="RadDock1" runat="server" Width="300px">
        <ContentTemplate>

        <telerik:RadTextBox ID="val1" runat="server">
        </telerik:RadTextBox>

</ContentTemplate>
</telerik:RadDock>

When page generated, i cannot get access to control, and its "null" because if look html code i see the following...

<span id="RadDock1_C_val1_wrapper" class="RadInput RadInput_Default" style="white-space:nowrap;">
<input type="text" size="20" id="RadDock1_C_val1_text" name="RadDock1_C_val1_text" class="riTextBox riEnabled" style="width:125px;" />
<input id="RadDock1_C_val1" name="RadDock1$C$val1" class="rdfd_" style="visibility:hidden;margin:-18px 0 0 -1px;width:1px;height:1px;overflow:hidden;border:0;padding:0;" type="text" value="" />
<input id="RadDock1_C_val1_ClientState" name="RadDock1_C_val1_ClientState" type="hidden" /></span>

And my javascript code - var test = $find("<%=RadDock1.ContentContainer.FindControl("val1").ClientID %>");
find this control - RadDock1_C_val1 but it is null. How can i get access to this control - RadDock1_C_val1_text ??? what i do not so??

Thanks!

[Pero]

Hi,

I believe the problem comes from the fact that the RadDock's ContentTemplate is not initialized when you try to access some of its child controls, and that's why you can't get a reference to the RadTextBox. I would suggest to directly use the RadTextBox control, to get its client id.
The following code works without a problem on my side:

<script type="text/javascript">
    function pageLoad()
    {
        var test = $find('<%=val1.ClientID %>');
        alert(test.get_id());
    }
</script>
<telerik:RadDock ID="RadDock3" runat="server" Width="300px">
    <ContentTemplate>
        <telerik:RadTextBox ID="val1" runat="server">
        </telerik:RadTextBox>
    </ContentTemplate>
</telerik:RadDock>

Greetings,
Pero
the Telerik team