Get RadDock Tag property on client side

[salk]

how to get TAG property of RadDock on client side?

thanx

[Vyrban]

Depends on many things. RadDock is rendering as DIV, but if you want to take its tagName property, try this one in JS:
var tag = $find("RadDock1").get_element().tagName;

Of course the RadDock ID must be "RadDock1" ;)

[salk]

let me explain...

in code behind i have

RadDock.Tag = "RadDockZone1";

And then I want on client side get that property...

I want to be able when I drag RadDock on other zone and when i click X that RadDock dock to first starting dock zone and to do that I need to store some extra value.. the name of starting dock zone. I need to do that because I have 6 dock zones...

[Vyrban]

ok, so why don't you use hidden fields to save needed information?

If they can't help you - try to explain more detailed your case, because i don't understand your scenario.

[Vyrban]

If you have many docks or unknown quantity of them, you can use in JS :

        var tag = "<%= RadDock1.Tag %>";

for each of them. Hope this helps you.

[J]

Developers want to use Tag property for this because Tag is advertised as being created for developers to store additional data.

I would like to make use of it as well and I'm trying to find a way to access the tag on clientside to save the ID of my dynamically created RadDockZone which contains my dynamically created dock control ;)

No luck just yet

[Slav]

Hello,

Yet another option, in addition to the previously suggested ones, is to use RadDock's Attributes property to set new attribute, storing the additional data.

RadDock1.Attributes.Add("key", "Saved data");

You can then access the value of the new attribute on the client-side, as shown in the example below:

var radDock = $find("<%=RadDock1.ClientID %>"); // the RadDock control is referenced
var key = radDock.get_element().getAttribute("key"); // the attribute value is accessed

I have logged the requested feature in the Public Issue Tracking System, you can check it by following this link: Public URL. We will consider implementing it in a future release of the RadControls for ASP.NET AJAX if it gains enough interest.

Greetings,
Slav
the Telerik team