Accessing controls in the edititemtemplate of a listview

Question

I am working with the listview control. By default I am showing the itemtemplate with an edit button. When the edit button is pressed the listview switches to the edititemte

Answer 1

this is similar to the accepted answer, but I think its author was really driving towards this:

protected void UnitsLV_ItemDataBound(object sender, ListViewItemEventArgs e)
{
    ListViewDataItem listViewDataItem = e.Item as ListViewDataItem;
    if (UnitsLV.EditIndex == listViewDataItem.DataItemIndex)
    {
        // Controls within the edititemtemplate are available via e.Item.FindControl("controlname")
    }
}

Answer 2

I don't know about previous editions but in Visual Studio 2010 you can easily access the edit item trhough the "ListView.EditItem" property like this:

private void myListView_ItemEditing(object sender, ListViewEditEventArgs e)
{
   myListView.EditIndex = e.NewEditIndex;
   myListView.DataBind();

   ListViewItem lvwItem = lvwLista.EditItem;
   ListBox tempLB = (ListBox) lvwItem.FindControl("ListBox3");
}

Answer 3

protected void ListView1_ItemUpdating(object sender, ListViewUpdateEventArgs e)
{        
        ListBox myListBox = (ListBox)(((ListView)sender).EditItem.FindControl("ListBox1")); 
}

Answer 4

protected void UnitsLV_ItemEditing(object sender, ListViewEditEventArgs e) 
{ 
    ListViewItem item = UnitsLV.Items[e.NewEditIndex]; 
    ListBox tempLB = (ListBox)e.item.FindControl("ListBox3"); 
} 

I believe I found a typo in the above function. The second line should be

ListBox tempLB = (ListBox)item.FindControl("ListBox3"); 

What I did was replace "e.item" with "item"

Answer 5

I've figured out a way to do what I need to do, though I'm not terribly happy with it.

protected void UnitsLV_ItemDataBound(object sender, ListViewItemEventArgs e)
{
    if (UnitsLV.EditIndex > -1)
    {
        // Controls within the edititemtemplate are available via e.Item.FindControl("controlname")
    }
}

Answer 6

I usually use the ItemDataBound Event... check the other options in ListItemType Enum

    protected void UnitLV_ItemDataBound(object sender, DataListItemEventArgs e)
    {
        if (e.Item.ItemType == ListItemType.EditItem)
        {
                ListBox myListBox = (ListBox) e.Item.FindControl("ListBox3");
        }
    }