getting command id from drop down list in a grid view

Question

i inserted a drop down list into my grid view from the code behind like it is done here Convert gridview field into Dropdownlist i need to make command in the row that contains this dropdownlist when its selected index is changed. please can some one hepl me thanks

Answer 1

If you need to get the GridViewRow of a DropDownList which was generated dynamically use following approach.

Add the same SelectedIndexChanged -event handler to the dropdowns. Handle it, cast sender to DropDownList , cast it's NamingContainer to GridViewRow . Now you are all set.

protected void DropDown_SelectedIndexChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    DropDownList ddl = (DropDownList) sender;
    GridViewRow row =  (GridViewRow) ddl.NamingContainer;
    // now you get the reference to the other controls via row.FindControl
}