Get control by name, including children

Question

I\'m trying to get a control by name. I wrote the following code:

public Control GetControlByName(string name)
{
    Control currentControl; 

    for(int i          


        

Answer 1

A slight tweak for if you're not using System.Windows.Forms (this is what .Find(string, bool) works off too)

public static class MyExensions
{
    public static Control FindControlRecursively(this Control control, string name)
    {
        Control result = null;

        if (control.ID.Equals(name))
        {
            result = control;
        }
        else
        {
            for (var i = 0; i < control.Controls.Count; i++)
            {
                result = control.Controls[i].FindControlRecursively(name);

                if (result != null)
                {
                    break;
                }
            }
        }

        return result;
    }

    public static T FindControlRecursively(this Control control, string name)
        where T : Control
    {
        return control.FindControlRecursively(name) as T;
    }
}

p.s. Yes I know it's an old question, but in case it helps