What is difference between UniqueID and ClientID in ASP.Net Controls ?
Control.ClientID
ClientID will be a unique ID string that is rendered to the client to identify the control in the output HTML. It uses _ to include parent controls (container) ID to make it unique. For example, ct100_ContentPlaceHolder1_txtLogin. The client id for control will be generated by appending the parent container's(parent control) ID with the original control id with "_" as delimeter. In our example, ContentPlaceHolder1 is the ContentPlaceHolder ID of the master page which is the parent container for txtLogin.
To get the ClientID of a control, txtLogin.ClientID
The client id can be used to identify the control in client side scripting like javascript. Control.UniqueID UniqueID is also a uniquely identifiable ID for a control but only used by ASP.Net page framework to identify the control. It uses $ to include parent controls (container) ID to make it unique. For example, ct100$ContentPlaceHolder1$txtLogin. Similar to ClientID, UniqueID is also generated by appending the parent container's(parent control) ID with the original control id but with $ delimeter.
To get the UniqueID of a control, txtLogin.UniqueID
The unique id is used by the Asp.Net framework to identify the control when the page is posted back to the server.
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