title: <a href> tag in TextBox in GridView
body: <p>This is not a pretty application by any stretch. It's only meant for a select few to use in the office and does not require street appeal. With that said...</p>
  
  <p>I have a gridview with the following template column:</p>
  
  <pre><code>    &lt;asp:TemplateField HeaderStyle-HorizontalAlign="Left"&gt;
  &lt;ItemTemplate&gt;
  &lt;asp:Label ID="lblAction" runat="server" Text='&lt;%#(Eval("Action"))%&gt;' 
                  ToolTip="Action to be Taken"&gt;&lt;/asp:Label&gt;
         &lt;/ItemTemplate&gt;
         &lt;EditItemTemplate&gt;
          &lt;asp:TextBox ID="txtAction" runat="server" 
                  TextMode="MultiLine" Width="450px" Height="100px" ValidationGroup="UpdateFU"
                       Text='&lt;%#Eval("Action")%&gt;'
                       CssClass="RequiredText" ToolTip="Follow-Up Action"&gt;
                &lt;/asp:TextBox&gt;
                &lt;asp:RequiredFieldValidator ID="rfv_txtAction" runat="server" 
                  ControlToValidate="txtAction" ErrorMessage="FollowUp Action is Required" 
                       Text="*" ValidationGroup="UpdateFU"&gt;
                &lt;/asp:RequiredFieldValidator&gt;
  &lt;/EditItemTemplate&gt;
  &lt;FooterTemplate&gt;
      &lt;asp:TextBox ID="txtAction" runat="server" 
  TextMode="MultiLine" Width="250px" 
  ValidationGroup="UpdateFU"
  CssClass="RequiredText"
  ToolTip="Follow-Up Action"&gt;
  &lt;/asp:TextBox&gt;
  &lt;asp:RequiredFieldValidator ID="rfv_txtAction" runat="server" 
  ControlToValidate="txtAction" ErrorMessage="FollowUp Action is Required" 
  Text="*" ValidationGroup="AddFU"&gt;
  &lt;/asp:RequiredFieldValidator&gt;
  &lt;/FooterTemplate&gt;
  &lt;/asp:TemplateField&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>For the example that is causing me trouble, the data in the field that is bound to this column is: <code>**Testing with a link.  &lt;a href="http://www.google.com"&gt;Google&lt;/a&gt;**</code></p>
  
  <p>The label in the ItemTemplate displays as I expect it to. The regular text is not hyperlinked and the hyperlink text is. Please see the included image:
  <a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/CH9SW.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer">ItemTemplate</a></p>
  
  <p>When my row is in Edit mode, it also displays in the TextBox as I would suspect. Please see the included image: <a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/nDwRn.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer">EditItemTemplate</a></p>
  
  <p>When I attempt to Save or Cancel the record, the gridview does not recognize that the command button was clicked. It just sits there. If I remove the text that references the  tag (leaving from my example, <code>**Testing with a link.**</code>), it works beautifully. The only problem being that I can't save any text in the textbox with my link. </p>
  
  <p>Any help is greatly appreciated.</p>