Can I stop .NET eating IDs?

Question

I\'m an Information Architect and JavaScript developer by trade nowadays, but recently I\'ve been getting back into back-end coding again. And, whilst trying to get an HTML

Answer 1

A much better approach would be to use the ClientIDMode and set it to static. You can even set it for a specific page or globally in the web.config file. Then you never have to deal with this issue again and your JQuery is much cleaner.

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<%@ Page Title="" ClientIDMode="Static" Language="C#" CodeBehind="..." Inherits="WebApplication1.WebForm2"  %>

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