Programatic Access to DragHandleTemplate in ASP.NET AJAX ReorderList

Is there a way to programatically access the DragHandleTemplate of a ReorderList (ASP.NET AJAX Control Toolkit) ... Specifically during ItemDataBound for the ReorderList, in order to change its appearance at the per item level?

From stackoverflow

• You can not access DragHandleTemplate programatically on the server, but if you create the surrounding elements with unique ID's (per row) you should be able the use CSS-selectors or Javascript to only change some of the items.

• Unfortunately there is no way of getting drag holder from ReorderListItem. Instead, you can create a server control inside DragHandleTemplate (e.g. PlaceHolder) and then find it in your ItemDataBound event handler:

  In aspx file:

  <DragHandleTemplate>
    <div class="dragHandle">
      <asp:Label ID="lblDragHandle" runat="server" />
    </div>
  </DragHandleTemplate>
  

  In aspx.cs file:

  protected void ReorderList1_ItemDataBound(object sender, AjaxControlToolkit.ReorderListItemEventArgs e)
  {
     Label lblDragHandle = (Label)FindControlRecursive(e.Item, "lblDragHandle");
     lblDragHandle.Text = e.Item.ItemIndex.ToString();
  }
  
  private Control FindControlRecursive(Control root, string id)
  {
     if (root.ID == id)
     {
        return root;
     }
  
     foreach (Control c in root.Controls)
     {
        Control t = FindControlRecursive(c, id);
        if (t != null)
        {
           return t;
        }
     }
  
     return null;
  }
  

  I copied FindControlRecursive method from Jeff's blog.