How to prevent a dropdownlist from postback or updating inside an updatepanel when button is clicked

Question

How to prevent a dropdownlist from postback or updating inside an updatepanel when button is clicked. I am doing this because i have java script to make ddl a searchable dropdow

Answer 1

Write your javascript function in pageLoad event of javascript.

It will always be executed in postback as well as partial postbacks also.

Find below code for your functions

 function pageLoad() {
             //This will ensure your code will run all the time
             CreateDropdown();
             InitializeDatePickers();
             AssignPlugins();

        }