[RESOLVED] Linkbutton click event not firing

[Isorfir]

I've placed a link button control on my web form and added the click event to the code behind (automatically), but I've placed a break point and it never hits it. If I do the same thing with a button it works just fine.

I've searched for this problem and none of the results seem to answer why mine isn't working. Maybe I'm just missing something?

Thanks.

[motil]

can you post some code?

[Isorfir]

        protected void LinkButton1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            txtOutput.Text = ckboxUserDevices.Items[0].Value; 
        }

That's really the only code that I'm using, which is autogenerated. I have a breakpoint set so it really doesn't matter what's between the brackets.

Is there maybe a property that I should set on the LinkButton?

[motil]

Hi it should work just to confirm in your linkbutton markup code you the OnClick property set like so:

OnClick="LinkButton1_Click"

and you didn't set the EnableViewState property to "False" ?

[Isorfir]

I agree, it should work, which makes this frustrating. I even tried setting CausesValidation to false, but that didn't help. Here's what I have for the button:

        <asp:LinkButton ID="LinkButton1" runat="server" CausesValidation="False" 
            EnableViewState="False" onclick="LinkButton1_Click">LinkButton</asp:LinkButton>

[motil]

you set EnableViewState to false!!

this is the reason it doesn't work for you...

set it to True or handle the Request.Form

[Isorfir]

Sorry, I thought you had told me to set it to false, but now I see you were making sure I didn't. Originally it was the default:

<asp:LinkButton ID="LinkButton1" runat="server" 
onclick="LinkButton1_Click">LinkButton</asp:LinkButton>

[motil]

mmm That's wired..
i tested it on my machine and it's work fine, can you see this linkbutton Form collection in the page trace?

did you tried to delete this button/ drop new one and recompile your project?

[Isorfir]

I know, very weird.

can you see this linkbutton Form collection in the page trace?

Where do I find that exactly? (sorry)

I have tried deleting, add another, clean, rebuild. Nothing seems to help.

[motil]

in your page directive add Trace="True"

then you'' be able to see the form collection

[motil]

can you post more of the markup around the linkbutton?

[Isorfir]

There appears to nothing under the Forms collection.

[motil]

is your html markup is big? can you post it here?

[Isorfir]

You saying if I could post my html made me go through it throughly (trying to comment out as much I could to cut down the size) and a came across something I did awhile ago. I was messing with accessing javascript and had this in there:

<form name="Form2" method="post" id="Form2" action="Default.aspx">
<input type="hidden" name="__EVENTTARGET" value="" />
                  <input type="hidden" name="__EVENTARGUMENT" value="" />
                  <input type="hidden" id="__outputMessage" name="__outputMessage" value="" />
                  <input type="button" id="formSubmit" onclick="checkWPF();" value="Test" style="display:none;"/>
</form>

Long story short, it looks like having this second form made my LinkButtons misbehave. Luckily, I don't need that to work at the moment, though I may sometime in the future.

[gep13]

Hey,

When you first added the LinkButton to your page, how did you hook up the event handler? Did you double click the LinkButton?

Use this FAQ:

http://www.vbforums.com/showthread.php?t=595480

And check the properties window of the LinkButton and make sure the Click event is linked to the event handler.

Gary

[motil]

Heh :B

it had to be something like that..
well you live and learn

Good luck!

[Isorfir]

Gary,

I did make sure the Click event was tied in, but thanks for that link, it will be a helpful reference in the future.

motil,

Thanks again for the patience.

[gep13]

I did make sure the Click event was tied in, but thanks for that link, it will be a helpful reference in the future.

That's why I wrote it