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LearningCSharp
LearningCSharp

Reputation: 1302

ASP.Net textbox onblur event

I have a textbox, whose values I need to validate (if value of textbox is 50, then display message in lblShowMsg) when the user tabs out of the textbox (onBlur event). I can't seem to get the syntax right.

I have this code on my pageload event:

protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    txtCategory.Attributes.Add("onblur", "validate()"); 

}

But I can't seem to get the javascript code correct. Any suggestions?

Upvotes: 16

Views: 85629

Answers (3)

Pratul Sanwal
Pratul Sanwal

Reputation: 654

In the Code behind: (VB.NET)

On the page load event

txtAccountNumber.Attributes["onBlur"] = "IsAccNumberValid(" & txtAccountNumber.ClientID & ")";

Where txtAccountNumber is the ID of the TextBox in the markup page and you pass the ClientID of the textbox because JavaScript is client side not server side. And now in the markup page(.aspx) have this javascript in the head section of the page:

<script type="text/javascript">                     
function IsAccNumberValid(txtAccountNumber) {                                             
    if (txtAccountNumber.value.length < 6) {    
                      alert(txtAccountNumber.value);
            }    
        }    
</script>

Upvotes: 9

Parminder
Parminder

Reputation: 3158

This works.

Textbox1.Attributes.Add("onblur","javascript:alert('aaa');");

Make sure that functiion lies in the script part of the page.

My page 

<script type="text/javascript">
    function Validate() {

        alert('validate');

    }

    </script>
</head>
<body>
    <form id="form1" runat="server">
    <div>
        <asp:TextBox ID="Textbox1" runat="server"></asp:TextBox>
        <asp:Button ID="Button1" runat="server" Text="Button" />
    </div>
    </form>
</body>
</html>

code behind

public partial class _Default : System.Web.UI.Page
    {
        protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            Textbox1.Attributes.Add("onblur","Validate();");
        }
    }

Upvotes: 2

David Morton
David Morton

Reputation: 16505

Is that the actual code in your Page_Load? You need to use the name of the control, and not the type name for TextBox. For example, you may want to try:

 textBox1.Attributes.Add("onblur", "validate();");

where "textBox1" is the ID you assigned to the textBox in your markup instead.

Also, from Javascript, it's very possible that the ID of the textBox has changed once it gets rendered to the page. It would be better if you would pass the control to the validate function:

function validate(_this)
{
    if (_this.value == "50")
        // then set the ID of the label.  
}

Then you would set the attribute like this:

textBox1.Attributes.Add("onblur", "validate(this);");

Lastly, I would strongly recommend using the JQuery library if you're doing anything in Javascript. It will make your life 10x easier.

Upvotes: 5

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