>asp:Content ID="Content1" ContentPlaceHolderID="TrackerMasterContent" Runat="Server" > > link href="../App_Themes/MainStyle.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" / > > div id="parent" > > asp:HiddenField ID = "rowindex" runat="server" / > %--<input type="hidden" id="rowindex" runat="server" />--% > >Can you place it before the div? Since it's hidden, it would not matter.