How can I link a html button to a codebehind method in asp.net?

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I have a JQueryTemplate that renders some number of textboxes and corresponding submit buttons. How do I handle the click method of the button? Is there also a way to identify which button was pressed? Each template textbox/button pair has an ID associated with it.

Ideally I would like to simply have a templateButton_click() method and be able to extract the ID and value of the textbox from it. Could someone point me in the right direction?

Are you looking to post back to the server or make an AJAX call or simply execute some client-side script when those submit buttons are clicked? — George, Apr 15 '11 at 14:15

score 2 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:18

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__doPostBack on the client side is probably what you're after: How to use __doPostBack()

edited May 23 '17 at 12:18

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answered Apr 15 '11 at 14:10

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score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 15 '11 at 14:20

To call a server side method on a client side event you need to do the following:

1- Create the server side method that do whatever you want to do when the client event occured:

templateButton_click(string textBoxID)

2- Implement the RaisePostBackEvent event handler which take one string argument (That will be the ID of the related TextBox). Call your defined method in it:

public void RaisePostBackEvent(StringeventArgument) : System.Web.UI.IPostBackEventHandler.RaisePostBackEvent        
{
    templateButton_click(eventArgument)
}

3- Write a script to trigger post back action:

function TriggerPostBack(control, arg){    
    __doPostBack(control, arg);
}

4- Call the PostBack trigger function on the click event of each button and specify the realted TextBox ID as an argument :

<button .... onclick="TriggerPostBack('ButtonID', 'RealatedTextBoxID')" .. />

Awesome, this looks pretty cool, thanks for your comprehensive answer, will give it a shot! — NibblyPig, Apr 15 '11 at 14:41

How can I link a html button to a codebehind method in asp.net?

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