I have multiple dropdownlist in a page and would like to disable all if user selects a checkbox which reads disable all. So far I have this code and it is not working. Any s
Each control has child controls, so you'd need to use recursion to reach them all:
protected void DisableControls(Control parent, bool State) {
foreach(Control c in parent.Controls) {
if (c is DropDownList) {
((DropDownList)(c)).Enabled = State;
}
DisableControls(c, State);
}
}
Then call it like so:
protected void Event_Name(...) {
DisableControls(Page,false); // use whatever top-most control has all the dropdowns or just the page control
} // divs, tables etc. can be called through adding runat="server" property
private void ControlStateSwitch(bool state)
{
foreach (var x in from Control c in Page.Controls from Control x in c.Controls select x)
if (ctrl is ASPxTextBox)
((ASPxTextBox)x).Enabled = status;
else if (x is ASPxDateEdit)
((ASPxDateEdit)x).Enabled = status;
}
I use a linq aproach. While using devExpress you must include DevExpress.Web.ASPxEditors lib.
I know this is an old post but this is how I have just solved this problem. AS per the title "How do I disable all controls in ASP.NET page?" I used Reflection to achieve this; it will work on all control types which have an Enabled property. Simply call DisableControls passing in the parent control (I.e., Form).
C#:
private void DisableControls(System.Web.UI.Control control)
{
foreach (System.Web.UI.Control c in control.Controls)
{
// Get the Enabled property by reflection.
Type type = c.GetType();
PropertyInfo prop = type.GetProperty("Enabled");
// Set it to False to disable the control.
if (prop != null)
{
prop.SetValue(c, false, null);
}
// Recurse into child controls.
if (c.Controls.Count > 0)
{
this.DisableControls(c);
}
}
}
VB:
Private Sub DisableControls(control As System.Web.UI.Control)
For Each c As System.Web.UI.Control In control.Controls
' Get the Enabled property by reflection.
Dim type As Type = c.GetType
Dim prop As PropertyInfo = type.GetProperty("Enabled")
' Set it to False to disable the control.
If Not prop Is Nothing Then
prop.SetValue(c, False, Nothing)
End If
' Recurse into child controls.
If c.Controls.Count > 0 Then
Me.DisableControls(c)
End If
Next
End Sub
You have to do this recursive, I mean you have to disable child controls of controls to :
protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
DisableChilds(this.Page);
}
private void DisableChilds(Control ctrl)
{
foreach (Control c in ctrl.Controls)
{
DisableChilds(c);
if (c is DropDownList)
{
((DropDownList)(c)).Enabled = false;
}
}
}
If you really want to disable all controls on a page, then the easiest way to do this is to set the form's Disabled property to true.
ASPX:
<body>
<form id="form1" runat="server">
...
</form>
</body>
Code-behind:
protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
form1.Disabled = true;
}
But of course, this will also disable your checkbox, so you won't be able to click the checkbox to re-enable the controls.
It would be easiest if you put all the controls you want to disable in a panel and then just enable/disable the panel.