How to disable/enable textbox/s

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Hi I have a form that has multiple Textboxes TextBox1, Textbox2, TextBox3 etc. Is there a way to disable TextBox2, TextBox3 etc and when the user enters data into TextBox1 enable TextBox2, when data is entered into TextBox2 enable TextBox3 etc.

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Ajmiester

Posted 28-Sep-10 10:26am

ajmiester

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Solution 2

javascript is better way to handle enable/disable the textbox in client side. you can use onkeyup/onfocus events of texbox.

Posted 28-Sep-10 11:32am

raju melveetilpurayil

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MalikRizwan 29-Sep-10 0:20am

why this answer is low rated? even i find it better than other answers? i have rated it 5 anyway

Solution 3

textbox1.text=false;
textbox2.text=false;

and write the code in textbox changed event.

Posted 28-Sep-10 17:48pm

Ashika s

Solution 4

Use JavaScript to Enabled and Disabled the Textbox ! As your textbox is the server side control, so first read the "ClientID" then get the id using document.GetElementByID(ClientID).

Posted 28-Sep-10 19:11pm

Abhijit Jana

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saini arun 29-Sep-10 3:43am

Why only 1 vote for this answer?
Please specify if you need the complete code for this.

Abhijit Jana 29-Sep-10 4:57am

I didn't understand what do you mean.

Hiren solanki 9-Nov-10 8:50am

He is shouting because you got uni-vote for you.

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Pavel Yermalovich · Accepted Answer · 2010-09-28T10:34:00

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TextBox2.Enabled=false;<br />
TextBox3.Enabled=false;<br />
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TextBox1.TextChanged += new EventHandler(TextBox1_TextChanged);<br />
<br />
void TextBox1_TextChanged(object sender, EventArgs e<br />
{<br />
    TextBox2.Enabled=true;<br />
}<br />
<br />
void TextBox2_TextChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)<br />
{<br />
    TextBox3.Enabled=true;<br />
}