Asp – When is it ok to disable event validation on a page

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I am using ASP.NET ajax to dynamically add/remove controls from a page without using full postbacks. The UI is very complicated. Under certain scenarios, when a control on the page causes a full postback, after changing the controls via async postbacks, I get this error:

Invalid postback or callback argument. Event validation is enabled using '<pages enableEventValidation="true"/>'

I can fix it by setting EnableEventValidation="false" at the page level.

What are the implications of doing this? Are there times when it is ok to do this or is this a hack?

Best Solution

If you have a WYSIWYG input text box or a textbox expecting HTML, then you have to disable validation or do some JavaScript hack.

The catch is that you will need to provide thorough validation to prevent XSS and such.

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