how to place a div inside the main div in code behind

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Hi
it may feel stupid question but sorry to ask

i have main div like it is already closed

C#

<div id = maindiv >
</div>

now from code behind i want place another div inside the main div using the id of the main div

it should look like this

C#

<div id= maindiv>
    
    <div id=childdiv >
    </div>
<div>

can we achieve this

from code behind

Posted 17-Feb-15 22:46pm

murkalkiran

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3 solutions

Solution 1

Make your div element as a server control like

HTML

<div runat="server" id="mainDiv">

Then in the code behind find the div control with the id
and then add the new id element as a child the parent div using new HtmlGenericControl("div")

Posted 17-Feb-15 22:53pm

John C Rayan

Updated 17-Feb-15 22:57pm

v2

Solution 2

Give the maindiv the attribute runat="server":

HTML
```
<div id="maindiv" runat="server">
```
Add the following using statement to your code behind:

C#
```
using System.Web.UI.HtmlControls;
```

In your Page_Load method, add the child div:

C#

HtmlGenericControl div = new HtmlGenericControl("div");
div.ID = "childdiv";
maindiv.Controls.Add(div);

Posted 17-Feb-15 22:56pm

Thomas Daniels

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RajeeshMenoth · Accepted Answer · 2015-02-17T22:57:00

Solution 3

If you want to add the divs from Code behind then first of all you need to add runat attribute in the main div tag like this:

XML

<div id="maindiv " runat="server">
....
....
</div>

Then after this you can add as many divs as you like from the code behind. E.g.:

C#

string childdiv  = string.Empty;
for(int i=0; i< 5; i++)
{
   childdiv += "<div id=\"div" + i.ToString() + "\"></div>";
}
//and finally add the string to the main div's innerHTML as

maindiv.innerHTML = childdiv ;

Posted 17-Feb-15 22:57pm

RajeeshMenoth

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murkalkiran 18-Feb-15 6:21am

the main div is also created from code behind
like
sb.append("<div id = maindiv >
sb.append("</div>)">

[no name] 18-Feb-15 6:25am

k,but here i put child div creation code inside the main div

murkalkiran 18-Feb-15 6:33am

how can we access main div when it is created as string
like sb.append

[no name] 18-Feb-15 6:36am

put runat server in ur main div then v can access the in codebehind.