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LinkButton.CausesValidation Property

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Definition

Namespace:
System.Web.UI.WebControls
Assembly:
System.Web.dll

Gets or sets a value indicating whether validation is performed when the LinkButton control is clicked.

[System.ComponentModel.Bindable(false)]
public bool CausesValidation { get; set; }
[System.Web.UI.Themeable(false)]
public virtual bool CausesValidation { get; set; }

Property Value

Boolean

true if validation is performed when the LinkButton control is clicked; otherwise, false. The default value is true.

Implements

CausesValidation
Attributes
BindableAttribute ThemeableAttribute

Examples

The following example demonstrates how to use the CausesValidation property to prevent page validation from occurring. Notice how the Validate method activates each validation control independently.

Important

This example has a text box that accepts user input, which is a potential security threat. By default, ASP.NET Web pages validate that user input does not include script or HTML elements. For more information, see Script Exploits Overview.


<%@ Page Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="True" %>

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
    "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" > 

<head runat="server">
    <title> LinkButton CausesValidation Example </title>
<script runat="server">

      void SubmitButton_Click(Object sender, EventArgs e)
      {
         
         // Determine which button was clicked.
         switch(((LinkButton)sender).ID)
         {

            case "CityQueryButton":

               // Validate only the controls used for the city query.
               CityReqValidator.Validate();

               // Take the appropriate action if the controls pass validation. 
               if (CityReqValidator.IsValid)
               {
                  Message.Text = "You have chosen to run a query for the following city: " + 
                     CityTextBox.Text;
               }

               break;

            case "StateQueryButton":

               // Validate only the controls used for the state query.
               StateReqValidator.Validate();

               // Take the appropriate action if the controls pass validation.
               if (StateReqValidator.IsValid)
               {
                  Message.Text = "You have chosen to run a query for the following state: " + 
                     StateTextBox.Text;
               }

               break;

            default:

               // If the button clicked isn't recognized, erase the message on the page.
               Message.Text = "";

               break;

         }
        
      }

   </script>

</head>

<body>

   <form id="form1" runat="server">

      <h3> LinkButton CausesValidation Example </h3>

      <table border="1" cellpadding="10">
         <tr>
            <td>
               <b>Enter city to query.</b> <br />
               <asp:TextBox ID="CityTextBox" 
                    runat="server"/>
               <asp:RequiredFieldValidator ID="CityReqValidator"
                    ControlToValidate="CityTextBox"
                    ErrorMessage="<br />Please enter a city."
                    Display="Dynamic"
                    EnableClientScript="False"
                    runat="server"/>
            </td>
            <td valign="bottom">
               <asp:LinkButton ID="CityQueryButton"
                    Text="Submit"
                    CausesValidation="False"
                    OnClick="SubmitButton_Click"
                    runat="server"/>
            </td>
         </tr>

         <tr>
            <td>
               <b>Enter state to query.</b> <br />
               <asp:TextBox ID="StateTextBox"  
                    runat="server"/>
               <asp:RequiredFieldValidator ID="StateReqValidator"
                    ControlToValidate="StateTextBox"
                    ErrorMessage="<br />Please enter a state."
                    Display="Dynamic"
                    EnableClientScript="False"
                    runat="server"/>
            </td>
            <td valign="bottom">
               <asp:LinkButton ID="StateQueryButton"
                    Text="Submit"
                    CausesValidation="False"
                    OnClick="SubmitButton_Click"
                    runat="server"/>
            </td>
         </tr>

      </table>

      <br /><br />

      <asp:Label ID="Message"
           runat="Server"/>

   </form>

</body>
</html>

Remarks

By default, page validation is performed when a LinkButton control is clicked. Page validation determines whether the input controls associated with a validation control on the page all pass the validation rules specified by the validation control.

You can specify (or determine) whether validation is performed on both the client and the server when a LinkButton control is clicked by using the CausesValidation property. To prevent validation from being performed, set the CausesValidation property to false.

This property is commonly set to false for a Reset or Clear button to prevent validation from being performed when the button is clicked.

When the value of the CausesValidation property is set to true, you can also use the ValidationGroup property to specify the name of the validation group for which the LinkButton control causes validation.

This property cannot be set by themes or style sheet themes. For more information, see ThemeableAttribute and ASP.NET Themes and Skins.

Applies to

Product Versions
.NET Framework 1.1, 2.0, 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5, 4.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.6, 4.6.1, 4.6.2, 4.7, 4.7.1, 4.7.2, 4.8, 4.8.1

See also