ASP.NET Form - The form name\id changes to aspnetF

Question

I have this code:

<form Name="AddPlace" ID="AddPlace" action="AddPlace.aspx" class="niceform" method="post" runat="server">

That when i try to execute the code i get this instead:

<form name="aspnetForm" method="post" action="AddPlace.aspx" id="aspnetForm" class="niceform">

How come it changes?

Answer 1

It may be because you are using Master Pages. You can change the Action attribute dynamically if you really need to:

How to change Action attribute of the aspnetForm on MasterPage dynamically

Answer 2

Set "clientidmode" attribute to "static" on the form tag to prevent the framework from override your name/id with "aspnetForm". This was driving me nuts for hours.

Answer 3

ASP.NET web forms takes control over the form element; for instance, if you try to change the action, ASP.NET will ignore it and change it back... why do you need a specific ID? Why won't aspnetForm work?

HTH.