>>I think maybe this task at hand will motivate me to learn jQuery or some other Javascript tool. Here is what I am trying to do:
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>>An aspx page has a bunch of textboxes and dropdown controls. Initially all controls are disabled. User should be able to click on a button and set all controls to be enabled. I would prefer not to repost the page. So is there a way to change the Enabled attribute of all textboxes without reposting the page?
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>jquery and css selectors
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>$("input").prop('disabled', true);
>$("input").prop('disabled', false);

Thank you. I will have to study the syntax (I kind of expected that it will come down to learning jQuery).