CheckBoxList with style color

[onlyprad]

Hi,

I am populating the checkboxlist in (!IsPostBack) block of page load event
with some checked items.

After populating with checked items I am iterating through the items collection and applying color style for checked items.

The below method is called from !IsPostBack()

 public static void PopulateCheckBoxList(CheckBoxList checkBoxList, ArrayList nameValueList, ArrayList selectedItemsList)
        {
            checkBoxList.Items.Clear();
            foreach (NameValueItem item in nameValueList)
            {
                ListItem li = new ListItem(item.ItemName, item.ItemValue.ToLower());
                checkBoxList.Items.Add(li);
            }
 
            foreach (NameValueItem item in selectedItemsList)
            {
                checkBoxList.Items.FindByValue(item.ItemValue.ToLower()).Selected = true;
                checkBoxList.Items.FindByValue(item.ItemValue.ToLower()).Attributes.Add("class", "selectedCheckBoxListItem");
            }
        }

The Issue:

when the page is postedback, checkboxlist retaining its selections but losing its color style for selected items.

Please let me know why , the applied style attribute is not loaded in to viewstate.

Thanx & Regards,
only

[Frinavale]

Are you using Ajax?
Sometimes the styles aren't properly loaded after an asynchronous postback.

I'm not sure why the class wouldn't be loaded into ViewState....

-Frinny

[onlyprad]

Thanx Frinny.

I am not using AJAX.

Its fixed now.

I changed the code from:

checkBoxList.Items.FindByValue(item.ItemValue.ToLo wer()).Attributes.Add("class", "selectedCheckBoxListItem");

to:

checkBoxList.Items.FindByValue(item.ItemValue.ToLo wer()).Text = "<span class=\"selectedCheckBoxListItem\">" + checkBoxList.Items.FindByValue(item.ItemValue.ToLo wer()).Text + "</span>";



The difference in rendered HTML in the baove two is,

in the first case, <span class="selectedCheckBoxListItem"> is added outside the label containing the listitem text. And this span is not postedback.

in the second case, <span class="selectedCheckBoxListItem"> is added insode the listitem label, but around the label text value. This span is postedback and there is no style loss.

Regards,
only

[Aikanaro]

@onlyprad


Thank you very much for solution.