"Paul" <nonone@noone.com> wrote in message
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> I'm just in the process of developing a web server component and have come
> up against one final problem. It's like a data grid in that it displays
> rows of data - which can be edited / updated in-line. The edit / update
> buttons are child ASP:button controls. I have all the functionality
> working as I intended, however whilst the data / screen layout is updated
> accordingly when you click a page, the page itself is redisplayed at the
> top of the document (so you lose your position in the html page and have
> to scroll back down). Is there a way to programmatically update the
> position within the page, or do you have to define Href anchor points
> within your component and modify the form post location accordingly in the
> client side javascript/vbscript that is output by the ASP:button (which i
> guess would require me to override / modify the ASP:button as well). Any
> hints / tips would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Regards,
>
> - Paul.
>

"Steve C. Orr [MVP, MCSD]" <Steve@Orr.net> wrote in message
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> In ASP.NET 1.x, if you enable SmartNavigation on the page, it should be
> able
> to retain the scroll position after postback.
>
> Here's more info:
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/cpref/html/frlrfSystemWebUIPageClassSmartNavigationTopic.asp
>
> If you're using ASP.NET 2.0, there is a (usually) better alternative:
> Page.MaintainScrollPositionOnPostBack = True
>
> Here's more info:
> http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.web.ui.page.maintainscrollpositiononpostback.aspx
>
> --
> I hope this helps,
> Steve C. Orr, MCSD, MVP
> http://SteveOrr.net
>
>
> "Paul" <nonone@noone.com> wrote in message
> news:%23HDa8CSwGHA.1272@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>> I'm just in the process of developing a web server component and have
>> come up against one final problem. It's like a data grid in that it
>> displays rows of data - which can be edited / updated in-line. The edit
>> / update buttons are child ASP:button controls. I have all the
>> functionality working as I intended, however whilst the data / screen
>> layout is updated accordingly when you click a page, the page itself is
>> redisplayed at the top of the document (so you lose your position in the
>> html page and have to scroll back down). Is there a way to
>> programmatically update the position within the page, or do you have to
>> define Href anchor points within your component and modify the form post
>> location accordingly in the client side javascript/vbscript that is
>> output by the ASP:button (which i guess would require me to override /
>> modify the ASP:button as well). Any hints / tips would be greatly
>> appreciated.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> - Paul.
>>
>
>