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    copied!<p>You could put the DropDownList inside an UpdatePanel and then subscribe to the <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.web.ui.webcontrols.listcontrol.selectedindexchanged.aspx" rel="nofollow">SelectedIndexChanged</a> event after setting the <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.web.ui.webcontrols.listcontrol.autopostback.aspx" rel="nofollow">AutoPostBack</a> property to <code>true</code>.</p> <p>Here's an example:</p> <pre><code>&lt;%@ Page Language="C#" %&gt; &lt;script type="text/C#" runat="server"&gt; protected void OnChange(object sender, EventArgs e) { label.Text = string.Format("Selected value: {0}", ddl.SelectedValue); } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;!DOCTYPE html&gt; &lt;html&gt; &lt;head&gt; &lt;title&gt;&lt;/title&gt; &lt;/head&gt; &lt;body&gt; &lt;form id="Form1" runat="server"&gt; &lt;asp:ScriptManager ID="scm" runat="server" /&gt; &lt;asp:UpdatePanel ID="up" runat="server"&gt; &lt;ContentTemplate&gt; &lt;asp:DropDownList ID="ddl" runat="server" AutoPostBack="true" OnSelectedIndexChanged="OnChange"&gt; &lt;asp:ListItem Value="1" Text="item 1" /&gt; &lt;asp:ListItem Value="2" Text="item 2" /&gt; &lt;asp:ListItem Value="3" Text="item 3" /&gt; &lt;/asp:DropDownList&gt; &lt;asp:Label ID="label" runat="server" /&gt; &lt;/ContentTemplate&gt; &lt;Triggers&gt; &lt;asp:AsyncPostBackTrigger ControlID="ddl" EventName="SelectedIndexChanged" /&gt; &lt;/Triggers&gt; &lt;/asp:UpdatePanel&gt; &lt;/form&gt; &lt;/body&gt; &lt;/html&gt; </code></pre> <p>To learn more about update panels and ASP.NET AJAX you may take a look at the <a href="http://www.asp.net/ajax/documentation/live/overview/UpdatePanelOverview.aspx" rel="nofollow">following article</a>.</p>
 

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