How to avoid UpdatePanel scrolling on AutoPostBack?

Question

I have an ASP.NET FormView within an updatepanel. I\'m auto-saving the form by setting AutoPostBack=true for each of the items within the FormView.

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Answer 1

Simply put the Timer control within the content template.

<asp:ScriptManager ID="ScriptManager1" runat="server"></asp:ScriptManager>
<asp:UpdatePanel ID="UpdatePanel1" runat="server">
<ContentTemplate>
<asp:Timer ID="Timer1" runat="server" Interval="5000" OnTick="Timer1_Tick">
</asp:Timer>
<asp:ImageButton ID="ImageButton1" runat="server" Height="350" Width="700" />
</ContentTemplate>
</asp:UpdatePanel>

Answer 2

You could bind a function that logs the current scroll position and then reapplies it after each endRequest. It might go something like this:

// Wrap everything up for tidiness' sake
var FormHandlerProto = function() {
    var Me = this;

    this.lastScrollPos = 0;

    this.SetupForm = function() {
        // Bind a function to the form's scroll container
        $("#ContainerId").bind("scroll", function() {
            // Record the scroll position
            Me.lastScrollPos = $(this).scrollTop();
        });
    }

    this.ScrollForm = function() {
        // Apply the last scroll position
        $("#ContainerId").scrollTop(Me.lastScrollPos);
    }

    this.EndRequestHandler = function(sender, args) {
        if (args.get_error() != undefined)
            Me.ScrollForm();
        }
    }
}

var FormHandler = new FormHandlerProto();
FormHandler.Setup(); // This assumes your scroll container doesn't get updated on postback.  If it does, you'll want to call it in the EndRequestHandler.

Sys.WebForms.PageRequestManager.getInstance().add_endRequest(FormHandler.EndRequestHandler);