Show hide div using codebehind

Question

I have a DropDownList for which I am trying to show a div OnSelectedIndexChanged but it says OBJECT REQUIRED.

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Answer 1

Another method (which it appears no-one has mentioned thus far), is to add an additional KeyValue pair to the element's Style array. i.e

Div.Style.Add("display", "none");

This has the added benefit of merely hiding the element, rather than preventing it from being written to the DOM to begin with - unlike the "Visible" property. i.e.

Div.Visible = false

results in the div never being written to the DOM.

Edit: This should be done in the 'code-behind', I.e. The *.aspx.cs file.

Answer 2

You can use a standard ASP.NET Panel and then set it's visible property in your code behind.

<asp:Panel ID="Panel1" runat="server" visible="false" />

To show panel in codebehind:

Panel1.Visible = true;