Set the html 'name' attriubute of an asp:DropDownList

Question

I have a asp:DropDownList element that I need to reference in my code behind but I need it to have a very specific name that has special characters so I cannot use that as the id.

Is it possible to manually set the name in the .aspx file? When I try to do it now:

The html is rendered with two name attributes.

Answer 1

The name attribute is automatically generated which means you can't set it. But you can access it through the ClientID property of the control.