Any way to do this in asp.net? 3

[bburnell]

Does asp.net give you any way to do the following?

<select>
   <option style="background-color:green; color:white">Pass</option>
   <option style="background-color:red; color:white">Fail</option>
</select>

I am using asp.net 2003 w/ vb.net 2003.

Thanks in advance for the help!
Brett

 

[kss444]

I believe what you want is to use:
<aspropDownList>
<asp:ListItem Value="" Selected=""></asp:ListItem>
</aspropDownList>


Ordinary Programmer

 

[jbenson001]

Styles will not work on listitems in 1.1 and below. They will work in 2.0. Here is an article to explain:

http://aspnet.4guysfromrolla.com/articles/091405-1.aspx

 

[ca8msm]

Why can't you just place that HTML on your page?


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[SiriusBlackOp]

Ok... Here's the deal as I know it.

You "Should" techically be able to do this in the code behind:

DropDownList1.Items(0).Attributes.Add("style", "background-color:red; color:white")

But... due to a bug, the items' Attributes do NOT get rendered as they should.

If you want to start chasing workarounds for this you can start here:

http://aspnet.4guysfromrolla.com/articles/091405-1.aspx

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[bburnell]

Hi all,

I am in the middle of doing what Mark (ca8msn) suggested. Once I "perfect" what I want, I'll post it for all to see. I guess I was worried about mixing html and aspx together, but that doesn't seem to be a problem.

jbenson, I figured 2.0 would support it. I finally talked them into getting me 2005 last Friday but it will take a few weeks.

Mark, your answer from thread 855-1146861 really helped here. Thanks there as well!

Thanks again!
Brett

 

[ca8msm]

I believe what you want is to use:
<aspropDownList>
<asp:ListItem Value="" Selected=""></asp:ListItem>
</aspropDownList>

That doesn't address the posters problem as their issue is to do with styles.


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[ca8msm]

I guess I was worried about mixing html and aspx together, but that doesn't seem to be a problem.

Yes, it's not a problem (as ASP.NET is in simple terms a wrapper that renders HTML) but the solution depends on what you want to do. For example, if you wanted to manipulate the items server-side then you could go with the option from the thread you linked to, otherwise you could just put the HTML on the page as normal. I guess it's dependant on each situation and there probably isn't one correct answer.



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[bburnell]

ca8msn wrote:

Yes, it's not a problem (as ASP.NET is in simple terms a wrapper that renders HTML) but the solution depends on what you want to do. For example, if you wanted to manipulate the items server-side then you could go with the option from the thread you linked to, otherwise you could just put the HTML on the page as normal. I guess it's dependant on each situation and there probably isn't one correct answer.

Yeah. That makes sense. I guess my concerns were more towards the manipulation and validation of the data/values in the combobox with the "code behind" in vb.net. Since I have to retrieve the values and add them to a SQL Server database, but so far, that doesn't seem to be a problem.

Even though I've been coding in .net since 2001, I'm far from an expert. I really appreciate the help and not making me feel like an idiot. LOL. I'll keep you posted on the final design. Thanks again!

Brett