Maintain scroll position of a div within a page on postback

Question

I have a div within an aspx page with overflow set to auto. The contents of the div are dynamically created and consists of a list of link buttons.

Answer 1

using System;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Web.UI;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls;

[ParseChildren(true, "Content")]
public class ScrollSaverPanel: WebControl
{
    [TemplateInstance(TemplateInstance.Single)]
    [PersistenceMode(PersistenceMode.InnerProperty)]
    [DesignerSerializationVisibility(DesignerSerializationVisibility.Content)]
    public ITemplate Content { get; set; }

    private HiddenField HiddenField { get; set; }

    protected override HtmlTextWriterTag TagKey
    {
        get
        {
            return HtmlTextWriterTag.Div;
        }
    }

    protected override void OnInit(EventArgs e)
    {
        HiddenField = new HiddenField();

        var metaContainer = new WebControl(HtmlTextWriterTag.Div);
        metaContainer.Controls.Add(HiddenField);
        metaContainer.Style.Add(HtmlTextWriterStyle.Display, "none");

        Controls.Add(metaContainer);

        var contentContainer = new WebControl(HtmlTextWriterTag.Div);
        Controls.Add(contentContainer);

        Content.InstantiateIn(contentContainer);

        this.Style.Add(HtmlTextWriterStyle.Overflow, "auto");
        this.Attributes.Add("onscroll", string.Format("javascript:document.getElementById('{0}').value = this.scrollTop;", HiddenField.ClientID));

        base.OnInit(e);
    }

    protected override void OnPreRender(EventArgs e)
    {
        ScriptManager.RegisterStartupScript(this, this.GetType(), "setscroll", string.Format("javascript:document.getElementById('{0}').scrollTop = '{1}';", this.ClientID, HiddenField.Value), true);
        base.OnPreRender(e);
    }
}

Usage:

Since some people don't want to use an Updatepanel for the sole purpose of saving scroll position... :)