Forms and Master Pages

[Roshawn]

I have a master page that contains an html form and a few server controls (dropdown, textbox). When I perform a postback, to
which page does the form post back - the master page or one of the content pages?

Thanks,
Roshawn


P.S. I'm tired of experimenting for the day, so I thought I'd just ask this question instead.

 

[Mark Rae]

I have a master page that contains an html form and a few server controls
(dropdown,
textbox). When I perform a postback, to which page does the form post
back - the master page or one of the content pages?

If you remember that a MasterPage isn't actually a 'page' at all - it's a
UserControl - then it should be clear to you...

When a content page is loaded either through redirection or postback, it
loads its associated MasterPage just like it would load any other
UserControl and constructs the page.

 

[Roshawn]

To Mark Rae:

If you remember that a MasterPage isn't actually a 'page' at all - it's a
UserControl - then it should be clear to you...

I wasn't aware of that...

When a content page is loaded either through redirection or postback, it
loads its associated MasterPage just like it would load any other
UserControl and constructs the page.

Ok. That explains it. Thanks for the help.

Have a nice day,
Roshawn

 

[Mark Rae]

I wasn't aware of that...

It's a common misconception - similarly, a lot of people first imagine that
MasterPages are somehow like framesets, and get annoyed at not being able to
make the MasterPage change the content page...

Ok. That explains it. Thanks for the help.

Welcome.