Avoid generating multiple controls with the same ID

Updated on Aug 24, 2026

Problem

It is very likely to get the following error message when creating controls at runtime:

Multiple controls with the same ID were found. FindControl requires that controls have unique IDs

In general it indicates that another control with the same ID has been created on a postback of the page.

Solution

There are a couple of ways to workaround the above issue:

• To prevent the postback of the page as implemented in our Load on Demand demo and using the OnClientTabSelecting client side event:

JavaScript

function onTabSelecting(sender, eventArgs) {
  if (args.get_tab().get_pageViewID()) {
      args.get_tab().set_postBack(false)
  }
}

• If you need the page to do a postback you do not need to attach the client-side OnClientTabSelecting event but simply need to check if there is already an existing PageViewId in the OnTabClick server side event handler:!

C#

function RadTabStrip1_tabClick(object sender, RadTabStripEventArgs e) {
  if (e.Tab.PageViewID == null) {
      AddPageView(e.Tab);
	  e.Tab.PageView.Selected = true;
  }
}