How to get the textbox value of the template field in gridview using C# asp.net

Try this below example with editing dropdown list under gridview

<asp:GridView ID="gvPerson" ShowFooter="true" RowStyle-VerticalAlign="top" DataKeyNames="id" runat="server" AutoGenerateColumns="False" OnRowEditing="gvPerson_RowEditing" OnRowDataBound="gvPerson_RowDataBound" OnRowUpdating="gvPerson_RowUpdating">

    <Columns>

<asp:TemplateField HeaderText="Country">

    <ItemTemplate><%#Eval("PersonCountry") %></ItemTemplate>

    <EditItemTemplate>

    <asp:DropDownList ID="NewddlCountry" AutoPostBack="true" OnSelectedIndexChanged="NewddlCountry_SelectedIndexChanged" runat="server"></asp:DropDownList>

    <asp:RequiredFieldValidator ID="RequiredFieldValidator3" ValidationGroup="v2" runat="server" ControlToValidate="NewddlCountry" ErrorMessage="Select Country"></asp:RequiredFieldValidator>

    </EditItemTemplate>

    <FooterTemplate>

    <asp:Button ID="btnAddNew" OnClick="btnAddNew_Click" runat="server" Text="AddNew" />

    </FooterTemplate>

    </asp:TemplateField>

</asp:GridView>

Code Behind

protected void gvPerson_RowDataBound(object sender, GridViewRowEventArgs e)

    {

        DataRowView drv = e.Row.DataItem as DataRowView;

        if (e.Row.RowType == DataControlRowType.DataRow)

        {

            if ((e.Row.RowState & DataControlRowState.Edit) > 0)

            {

DropDownList NewddlCountry = (DropDownList)e.Row.FindControl("NewddlCountry");

                DataSet tempCountries = BAL.GetCountries();

                NewddlCountry.DataSource = tempCountries;

                NewddlCountry.DataTextField = "CountryName";

                NewddlCountry.DataValueField = "CountryCode";

                NewddlCountry.DataBind();

                for (int i = 0; i < NewddlCountry.Items.Count; i++)

                {

                    if (NewddlCountry.Items.Text.Trim().CompareTo(SelectedCounty.Trim()) == 0)

                    {

                        NewddlCountry.SelectedIndex = i;

                        break;

                    }

                }

}

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hi..

In case, if you want to get the Textbox value in any where rather than the RowDataBound

then you may use the following code....

string value = (GridView1.Rows[Row_Index].FindControl("TextBox_Id") as TextBox).Text;

In this way, you can get any text value for the Textbox by specifying the TextBox Id used in the template field of the GridView.

Row_Index, here specifies the row index of the gridview means to say for which row you want to get the value of the TextBox for eg: You want to get the value of the TextBox1 used in the 1st row and 1st column of the GridView.

Sourabh07

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