Is there a way to make an ASP.Net control invisible other than the "visible" property?

[john]

I have some controls that I want to be invisible, but if the user does
something, they will become visible using javascript. So I can't set
its "visible" property to false, because then they won't even be
rendered in the page at all. I can set them to invisible using
javascript, but I don't want to do that because then their visibility
isn't saved in the viewstate. Is there any way to make them invisible
from the code-behind file in a way that will be saved in the viewstate
and so that the controls can be accessed through client-side script?

thanks in advance

 

[Guest]

You can attach the style attribute and set it to invisible. That way, it is rendered on the client and you can change the property to visible in javascript

Tu-Thac
www.ongtech.co

----- john wrote: ----

I have some controls that I want to be invisible, but if the user doe
something, they will become visible using javascript. So I can't se
its "visible" property to false, because then they won't even b
rendered in the page at all. I can set them to invisible usin
javascript, but I don't want to do that because then their visibilit
isn't saved in the viewstate. Is there any way to make them invisibl
from the code-behind file in a way that will be saved in the viewstat
and so that the controls can be accessed through client-side script

thanks in advanc

 

[matt]

If your control is named myControl

myControl.Style.Add("visibility","hidden");
-- or --
myControl.Style.Add("display", "none");

depending on whether you want the control to hold it's space. (display none
does not hold space in the page, where as setting the visibility will).

Matt
http://www.3internet.co.uk