Can I Number a GroupTemplate or ItemTemplate? - c#

I would like to use a GroupTemplate to separate a list of items into groups. However, I need each Group to be numbered sequentially so I can link to them and implement some JS paging. I'm binding to an IEnumerable
Here's some pseudo code. I would like the output to look like this:
<a href="#group1">Go to Group 1<a>
<a href="#group2">Go to Group 2<a>
<a href="#group3">Go to Group 3<a>
<ul id="group1">
<li>Item</li>
<li>Item</li>
<li>Item</li>
</ul>
<ul id="group2">
<li>Item</li>
<li>Item</li>
<li>Item</li>
</ul>
<ul id="group3">
<li>Item</li>
<li>Item</li>
<li>Item</li>
</ul>
Is this easy to do in a ListView, using GroupTemplate and ItemTemplate?
<asp:ListView ID="lv" runat="server" GroupPlaceholderID="groupPlaceholder">
<LayoutTemplate>
<asp:PlaceHolder ID="groupPlaceholder" runat="server"></asp:PlaceHolder>
</LayoutTemplate>
<GroupTemplate>
<ul id="<!-- group-n goes here -->">
<asp:PlaceHolder ID="itemPlaceholder" runat="server"></asp:PlaceHolder>
</ul>
</GroupTemplate>
<ItemTemplate>
<li>Item</li>
</ItemTemplate>
</asp:ListView>
I can get the number of groups to do the links at the top from the Datasource and basic math, but how do I get id="groupN" number into the template?

I don't think you can DataBind the id, so I'd probably either use a hidden field, have JQuery count them up, or use the CssClass. You can use Container.DataItemIndex to get your number.
Edit: By just changing the ul to be runat="server", ASP.NET will generate a unique id for you in it's infamous INamingContainer format. That will include an index as well, though it'll be something like lv_ctrl0_group, and is an implementation detail.
You could hook a handler to the ul's Init event and append a number to it, making it something like lv_ctrl0_group1. I don't think you can get rid of the prepended INamingContainer stuff very easily, and this would probably break any IPostDataHandler controls.
<script runat="server">
void Group_Init(object sender, EventArgs e) {
((Control)sender).ID += groupId++.ToString();
}
int groupId = 0;
</script>
<asp:ListView id="lv" runat="server" GroupItemCount="3">
<LayoutTemplate>
<asp:PlaceHolder ID="groupPlaceHolder" runat="server" />
</LayoutTemplate>
<GroupTemplate>
<ul id="group" runat="server" oninit="Group_Init">
<asp:PlaceHolder ID="itemPlaceHolder" runat="server"/>
</ul>
</GroupTemplate>
<ItemTemplate>
<li>Item</li>
</ItemTemplate>
</asp:ListView>

In your aspx file:
<GroupTemplate>
<ul id='<%# "group"+GroupNumber %>'>
<asp:PlaceHolder ID="itemPlaceholder" runat="server"></asp:PlaceHolder>
</ul>
</GroupTemplate>
In your code behind (assuming C#):
int _GroupNumber=0;
protected string GroupNumber
{
get { return (++_GroupNumber).ToString(); }
}

The solution from Keltex above would work with a small change; use <%= instead <%#,
<%# wouldnt work because GroupTemplate doesnt support databinding

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