How can I get the title/tooltip of a textbox...

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I'm trying to do something extremely simple yet can not get it to work.

I need to get the value of a tooltip and compare it to the text that is currently in a textbox. I want to do it in javascript so that I can post a client-side pop up confirm before I send it to the server. I can't seem get the textbox. I've tried using jquery and the title and innertext properties are blank even though when I hit f12, the title and value are there.

C#

function confirmHiredChange(ctrl) {
        debugger;
        var row = $("tr[id=trid]");
        var tbHiredDtm = row.find("input[id$=tbeRecruitHiredDtm]");
        if (tbHiredDtm[0].title != "")
            return true;
        else if (tbHiredDtm[0].value == "")
            return true;
        return confirm('Are you sure you want to update this __?');
    }

this executes onclientclick and returns the confirm. I only want to show if the tooltip was previously not set (string.empty) and text value is set (! string.empty). It finds the textbox but no matter what I do, both properties are defined as "" when I come to tbHiredDtm[0] even though when I hit f12 it shows them.

I know it is something small that I am doing wrong, so if you see it feel free to let me know. Or if you know of a better way let me know that as well.

EDIT: TLDR- Basically how can I, in javascript, get the tooltip value of an asp:textbox ?

Posted 15-Feb-13 5:06am

ModestMonk

Updated 15-Feb-13 5:20am

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Solution 2

I think this is what you are looking for...

C#

function confirmHiredChange(ctrl) {
        debugger;
        var row = $("tr[id=trid]");
        var tbHiredDtm = row.find("input[id$=tbeRecruitHiredDtm]");
        if ($(tbHiredDtm).attr("title") != "")
            return true;
        else if ($(tbHiredDtm).val() == "")
            return true;
        return confirm('Are you sure you want to update this __?');
    }

Posted 15-Feb-13 6:19am

Bandi Ramesh

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**Shelby Robertson** · Accepted Answer · 2013-02-15T05:46:00

Solution 1

In your example (assuming tbHiredDtm is the what you want the title of) :

JavaScript

var title = $(tbHiredDtm).attr("title");

Posted 15-Feb-13 5:46am

Shelby Robertson

ModestMonk · Accepted Answer · 2013-02-15T08:43:00

The problem was that the server creates an ID for the textbox so I can't jquery select by the client ID... unless I do it like this

C#

function confirmHiredChange(ctrl) {
    var tb = $("#<%= tbRecruitHiredDtm.ClientID %>");
    var hireddtm = tb.attr("title");
    if (hireddtm !== "" && hireddtm !== undefined)
        return true;
    else if (tb.val() === "")
        return true;        
return confirm('Are you sure you want to update this __?');
    }

That correctly selects the server created ID for me. Also the === compare is slightly faster as it compares via direct compare.