How to find GridView on Page

Question

I have nested GridViews on my page (Default) and I need to get the ID of the GridView inside but it's returning null. I have an UpdatePanel outside the nested GridViews. It's using a masterpage.

GridView gv = (GridView)UpdatePanel1.FindControl("GridViewSchedule");

Take a look at this solution: [How to find outer control from nested inner control][1] [1]: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1371290/how-to-find-outer-control-from-nested-inner-control — jiiri, Mar 25 '13 at 22:52

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 25 '13 at 23:05

Here is the helper method to find a control recursively.

public static Control FindControlRecursive(Control root, string id)
{
    if (root.ID == id)
        return root;

    return root.Controls.Cast<Control>()
        .Select(c => FindControlRecursive(c, id))
        .FirstOrDefault(c => c != null);
}

// Usage
var gridView = FindControlRecursive(UpdatePanel1, "GridViewSchedule");

How to find GridView on Page

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