Accessing a particular cells Address on click in a gridview

[sangramkp]

Hi, I want to access the cells address of a gridview control on click or double click... In Windows application with DatagridView it's quite easy.. How can i get the same in asp.net gridview control

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[SABhatti]

what you are trying to do? if you want to postback the page then you can achieve this by adding the following attribute in RowDataBound of the gridview: foreach TableCell cell in curRow.Cells { cell.Attributes.Add("id",cell.ClientID); cell.Attributes.Add("onclick", "javascript:document.formname.submit();"); } in the event handler for the cell you can get the ID of the sender; and if you want to do something on client side using javascript then do this: foreach TableCell cell in curRow.Cells { cell.Attributes.Add("id",cell.ClientID); cell.Attributes.Add("onclick", "javascript:getTheCell(this);"); } and in javascript file do this: function getTheCell(cell) { alert('You clicked cell ID: '+ cell.ID); }

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[sangramkp]

Hi SABhatti, I am preparing a seatlayout type of application using a gridview. i am generating a gridview but i want to store the cells address on click in a listbox or list item and later store them in database... I think i have descibe clearly above.... I am trying using the solution...as u gave But If there a better way or a link where I can refer I will be glad..

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[SABhatti]

if you are using AJAX then you can even do a partial postback and store that address on the server. But I will suggest the javascript solution I gave you in my previous response. In that javascript function store the ID's in a hidden filed separated by comma and highlight the cells (change the backround color using stylesheet cell.className in javascript). when user submit the form get the clicked cells from hidden field, split them based on , and store them in database.

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[sangramkp]

Hi SABhatti, I am trying the solution provided but it's not getting the cellId... It shows in alert; You have clicked the cell: undefined Need urgent help please

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[SABhatti]

ok are you doing this in rowdatabound of the gridview foreach (TableCell cell in e.Row.Cells) { cell.Attributes.Add("id",cell.ClientID); cell.Attributes.Add("onclick", "javascript:getTheCell(this);"); } and in javascript file do this: // sorry .id is lower case function getTheCell(cell) { alert('You clicked cell ID: '+ cell.id); }

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