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Changing the generated ASP.Net <form> id?
In my ASP.Net page I have
<form id="MasterPageForm" runat="server">
However, whenever the markup is generated, it turns into
<form name="aspnetForm" method="post" action="SomePage.aspx..." id="aspnetForm">
Is it possible to set what the generated HTML id for the form is?
edited Jul 15 '10 at 16:09 asked Jul 15 '10 at 15:53
Earlz
26k 57 207 407
3 Answers
Note: you are seeing "aspnetForm" because you are using a master page.
I found your solution in this thread...
http://forums.asp.net/p/883974/929349.aspx
In short, this is what the answer is from that link:
Here's the responsible code for that error:
public override string UniqueID
{
get
{
if (this.NamingContainer == this.Page)
{
return base.UniqueID;
}
return "aspnetForm";
}
}
As you can see, when the naming container is different from the current page (something that
happens when you use a master page) the UniqueID property return "aspnetForm". this property
is rendered into the name attribute that is sent to the client in the form tag. so, if you really need
to, you can create your own form by inheriting from htmlform and then override the UniqueID
property or the Name property (this may be a better option).
An example custom HtmlForm class could be like this:
public class Form : System.Web.UI.HtmlControls.HtmlForm
{
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public Form() : base() { }
public override string UniqueID
{
get {
if (this.NamingContainer == this.Page)
{ return base.UniqueID; }
return "f";
}
}
}
Note: You can certainly change the name of the form from "f" to something else, or have it read a
dynamic value, say from a web.config file or so.
and used like so
<%@Register tagprefix="LA" Namespace="Mynamespace"%>
...
<LA:form runat="server" id="frm">
...
</LA:form>
edited Jul 15 '10 at 16:12 answered Jul 15 '10 at 16:04
Earlz Carter Medlin
26k 57 207 407 5,967 1 31 49
Set the "clientidmode" attribute to "static" on the form tag to prevent the framework from overriding
it with "aspnetForm". This was driving me nuts for hours.
answered Jan 11 '13 at 22:07
parliament
6,787 14 80 142
For those who are not familiar with the attribute (as me): The attribute should be set in the master page
parameters <%@ Master ClientIDMode="Static" ... . For more information weblog.west
wind.com/posts/2009/Nov/07/… – IvanH Nov 14 '14 at 9:32
I am agree with @Sumo's comment under accepted answer and I had the same situation.
In ASP.NET 4.0, master page, if a is not given an id, the rendered html will be automatically
assigned one, such as .
Otherwise, the rendered html will have its original defined id.
answered Feb 18 '15 at 22:28
Yang
66 5
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