asp.net - Which control caused the postback?

Question

I have two buttons:

<asp:Button ID="Button1" runat="server" Text="Button" />
<asp:Button ID="Button2" runat="server" Text="Button" />

How can I determine on pageLoad which one of this two caused the postback? Is there a short solution as I know there are only two controls that can cause this postback?

question from:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/7269271/which-control-caused-the-postback

Answer 1

You can use this method to get the control that caused the postback:

/// <summary>
/// Retrieves the control that caused the postback.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="page"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
private Control GetControlThatCausedPostBack(Page page)
{
    //initialize a control and set it to null
    Control ctrl = null;

    //get the event target name and find the control
    string ctrlName = page.Request.Params.Get("__EVENTTARGET");
    if (!String.IsNullOrEmpty(ctrlName))
        ctrl = page.FindControl(ctrlName);

    //return the control to the calling method
    return ctrl;
}