How can I change the value of a textbox whenever a dropdownlist within a gridview has its value changed?
On page load, the textbox shows the selected value, but when I change the selection of the dropdownlist, the textbox value doesn't change.
The code is below.
<asp:GridView ID="GridView1" runat="server" AutoGenerateColumns = "false">
<Columns>
<asp:TemplateField HeaderText="Entry">
<ItemTemplate>
<%# Container.DataItemIndex + 1 %>
</ItemTemplate>
</asp:TemplateField>
<asp:TemplateField HeaderText="Duty">
<ItemTemplate>
<asp:DropDownList ID="duty" runat="server" OnLoad = "ddl1_load" OnSelectedIndexChanged="duty_SelectedIndexChanged" autopostback="true" EnableViewState="true"></asp:DropDownList>
</ItemTemplate>
</asp:TemplateField>
</Columns>
</asp:GridView>
The code behind is below.
protected void ddl1_load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
if (!IsPostBack)
{
DataTable dt = new DataTable();
Duty dy = new Duty();
dt = dy.getdutyid(Convert.ToInt32(dropcontractid.SelectedValue));
DropDownList ddl = (DropDownList)sender;
ddl.DataSource = dt;
ddl.DataTextField = "dutyid";
ddl.DataValueField = "dutyid";
ddl.DataBind();
TextBox1.Text = ddl.SelectedValue;
}
}
You need to use SelectedIndexChanged
handler to show selected value:
Markup:
<asp:DropDownList ID="duty" runat="server" OnLoad="ddl1_load" OnSelectedIndexChanged="duty_SelectedIndexChanged"></asp:DropDownList>
Code-behind:
protected void duty_SelectedIndexChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
GridViewRow gvr = (GridViewRow)(((Control)sender).NamingContainer);
DropDownList duty= (DropDownList) gvr.FindControl("duty");
TextBox1.Text = duty.SelectedItem.Value;
}
I had a similar problem using the DropDownLists
in GridView
. My solution was to adjust the onLoad
for the dropdown so that it wouldn't re-write the DropDownList
on every post back. This way if there's something there then it won't re-populate it.
protected void dropDownLoad(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
DropDownList dropDown = sender as DropDownList;
if (dropDown.SelectedValue == null || dropDown.SelectedValue == "")
{
// Your Code to populate table
}
}
You should look into using data binding instead. You can bind the textbox.Text to the selecteditem.value, this will ensure that proper updating takes place
this happens to me once then i code like this... but i didnt use the onLoad attribute, tell me if this works,
<asp:TemplateField HeaderText="duty" SortExpression="duty">
<EditItemTemplate>
<asp:TextBox ID="duty" runat="server" Text='<%# Bind("duty_Name") %>'></asp:TextBox>
</EditItemTemplate>
<ItemTemplate>
<asp:Label ID="lblduty" runat="server" Text='<%# Eval("duty_Name") %>' />
<asp:DropDownList ID="ddlduty" runat="server" CssClass="dropdownlist"
OnLoad = "ddl1_load" OnSelectedIndexChanged="duty_SelectedIndexChanged" Visible = "false"
>
</asp:DropDownList>
</ItemTemplate>
<HeaderStyle Width="5%" />
<ItemStyle HorizontalAlign="Center" />
</asp:TemplateField>