Getting ID from asp.net runat server in jQuery

Question

I\'m trying make some stuff in jQuery using ASP.NET. But the ID from runat=\"server\" is not the same as the id used in HTML.

I used to use this to get

Answer 1

When using ASP.NET 4 and the ClientIDMode is set to “Predictable”, you can predict the ID based on hierarchy. Or set it set to “Static”, so asp.net wont mess it up.

ScottGu's article on it http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2010/03/30/cleaner-html-markup-with-asp-net-4-web-forms-client-ids-vs-2010-and-net-4-0-series.aspx

And this is extremely useful when using external JS file scenarios.