Should I use "onclick" or "ontextchanged" event for my textboxes to hide a label

Question

I am using asp.net c# and what I would like to achieve is when the user clicks within a text box on the form to hide a label (I am using this label for some feedback).

I was trying something like the following code but the label is never hided:

hiddenMsg.Visible = true;
.
.
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private void compTxt_TextChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    if (!IsPostBack)
        {
            hiddenMsg.Visible = false;
        }
}

In my aspx file I have the following:

<asp:TextBox ID="compTxt" runat="server" TabIndex='11' AutoPostBack="true" ontextchanged="compTxt_TextChanged" ></asp:TextBox>

[Updated my question]

I am using Javascript to achieve my goal and also I am using style.display attribute in JS instead of Visible = false in order to achieve that, however I am not sure about the method I am using in asp:TextBox, Could anyone help me about how call a JavaScript method from a asp:TextBox ?

function hideMsgs() {
      document.getElementById('<%= hiddenMsg.ClientID %>').style.display = 'none';
}  

<asp:Label ID="hiddenMsg" runat="server" Text="Successfully Saved" style="display:inherit;"/>


<asp:TextBox ID="compTxt" runat="server" TabIndex='11' OnClientClick="hideMsgs()"/>

Answer 1

Get rid of the IsPostBack check, it will always be a postback.

private void compTxt_TextChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    hiddenMsg.Visible = false;
}

For a client side solution, in your page load:

protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    compTxt.Attributes.Add("onclick", "document.getElementById('hiddenMsg').style.display = 'none';");
}

If you are using a Master Page in your project use this line instead in your page load:

compTxt.Attributes.Add("onclick", "document.getElementById('" + hiddenMsg.ClientID + "').style.display = 'none';");

Answer 2

A click on the clientside never leads to a postback. You need a postback to handle that code. I would suggest to use javascript to handle your click event so that you can hide your label clientside. Then no postback is needed.