I have multiple dropdownlist in a page and would like to disable all if user selects a checkbox which reads disable all. So far I have this code and it is not working. Any suggestions?
foreach (Control c in this.Page.Controls)
{
if (c is DropDownList)
((DropDownList)(c)).Enabled = false;
}
Each control has child controls, so you'd need to use recursion to reach them all:
protected void DisableControls(Control parent, bool State) {
foreach(Control c in parent.Controls) {
if (c is DropDownList) {
((DropDownList)(c)).Enabled = State;
}
DisableControls(c, State);
}
}
Then call it like so:
protected void Event_Name(...) {
DisableControls(Page,false); // use whatever top-most control has all the dropdowns or just the page control
} // divs, tables etc. can be called through adding runat="server" property
I know this is an old post but this is how I have just solved this problem. AS per the title "How do I disable all controls in ASP.NET page?" I used Reflection to achieve this; it will work on all control types which have an Enabled property. Simply call DisableControls passing in the parent control (I.e., Form).
C#:
private void DisableControls(System.Web.UI.Control control)
{
foreach (System.Web.UI.Control c in control.Controls)
{
// Get the Enabled property by reflection.
Type type = c.GetType();
PropertyInfo prop = type.GetProperty("Enabled");
// Set it to False to disable the control.
if (prop != null)
{
prop.SetValue(c, false, null);
}
// Recurse into child controls.
if (c.Controls.Count > 0)
{
this.DisableControls(c);
}
}
}
VB:
Private Sub DisableControls(control As System.Web.UI.Control)
For Each c As System.Web.UI.Control In control.Controls
' Get the Enabled property by reflection.
Dim type As Type = c.GetType
Dim prop As PropertyInfo = type.GetProperty("Enabled")
' Set it to False to disable the control.
If Not prop Is Nothing Then
prop.SetValue(c, False, Nothing)
End If
' Recurse into child controls.
If c.Controls.Count > 0 Then
Me.DisableControls(c)
End If
Next
End Sub
It would be easiest if you put all the controls you want to disable in a panel and then just enable/disable the panel.
Put a panel around the part of the page that you want disabled:
< asp:Panel ID="pnlPage" runat="server" >
...
< /asp:Panel >
Inside of Page_Load:
If Not Me.Page.IsPostBack Then
Me.pnlPage.Enabled = False
End If
... or the C# equivalent. :o)
I was working with ASP.Net and HTML controls I did like this
public void DisableForm(ControlCollection ctrls)
{
foreach (Control ctrl in ctrls)
{
if (ctrl is TextBox)
((TextBox)ctrl).Enabled = false;
if (ctrl is Button)
((Button)ctrl).Enabled = false;
else if (ctrl is DropDownList)
((DropDownList)ctrl).Enabled = false;
else if (ctrl is CheckBox)
((CheckBox)ctrl).Enabled = false;
else if (ctrl is RadioButton)
((RadioButton)ctrl).Enabled = false;
else if (ctrl is HtmlInputButton)
((HtmlInputButton)ctrl).Disabled = true;
else if (ctrl is HtmlInputText)
((HtmlInputText)ctrl).Disabled = true;
else if (ctrl is HtmlSelect)
((HtmlSelect)ctrl).Disabled = true;
else if (ctrl is HtmlInputCheckBox)
((HtmlInputCheckBox)ctrl).Disabled = true;
else if (ctrl is HtmlInputRadioButton)
((HtmlInputRadioButton)ctrl).Disabled = true;
DisableForm(ctrl.Controls);
}
}
called like this
DisableForm(Page.Controls);
private void ControlStateSwitch(bool state)
{
foreach (var x in from Control c in Page.Controls from Control x in c.Controls select x)
if (ctrl is ASPxTextBox)
((ASPxTextBox)x).Enabled = status;
else if (x is ASPxDateEdit)
((ASPxDateEdit)x).Enabled = status;
}
I use a linq aproach. While using devExpress you must include DevExpress.Web.ASPxEditors lib.
You have to do this recursive, I mean you have to disable child controls of controls to :
protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
DisableChilds(this.Page);
}
private void DisableChilds(Control ctrl)
{
foreach (Control c in ctrl.Controls)
{
DisableChilds(c);
if (c is DropDownList)
{
((DropDownList)(c)).Enabled = false;
}
}
}
Here's a VB.NET version which also takes an optional parameter so it can be used for enabling the controls as well.
Private Sub SetControls(ByVal parentControl As Control, Optional ByVal enable As Boolean = False)
For Each c As Control In parentControl.Controls
If TypeOf (c) Is CheckBox Then
CType(c, CheckBox).Enabled = enable
ElseIf TypeOf (c) Is RadioButtonList Then
CType(c, RadioButtonList).Enabled = enable
End If
SetControls(c)
Next
End Sub
If you really want to disable all controls on a page, then the easiest way to do this is to set the form's Disabled property to true.
ASPX:
<body>
<form id="form1" runat="server">
...
</form>
</body>
Code-behind:
protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
form1.Disabled = true;
}
But of course, this will also disable your checkbox, so you won't be able to click the checkbox to re-enable the controls.
