C# – OnCheckedChanged event not firing in GridView at all

asp.netccheckboxeventsoncheckedchanged

I have a GridView with an asp CheckBox in a TemplateField. The TemplateField is defined as follows:

<asp:TemplateField HeaderText="HeaderName">
    <ItemTemplate>
        <asp:CheckBox ID="checkBoxId" runat="server" OnCheckedChanged="MyCheckChangedMethod" AutoPostBack="true"/>
    </ItemTemplate>
</asp:TemplateField>

When I run my web project with a breakpoint inside MyCheckChangedMethod and click the checkbox nothing happens. The breakpoint is not hit. My Visual Studio debugger is running.

Additionally, I have AutoEventWireup = True in my page defnition so I don't have to manually hook up the event. I have never had a problem doing it this way before. I have a button on the same page setup the exact same way with a click event and the breakpoint gets hit fine in that.

Any ideas?

Best Answer

The problem occurs when DataBind is called before the control event is firing. If you call DataBind in Page_Load put it in if (!isPostBack) {} and call DataBind in the event handler itself.