HtmlInputText Control

HtmlInputText Control

The HtmlInputText control corresponds to an <input runat="server"> tag with a type attribute of text or password.

Properties

Attributes	a collection of the element’s attribute names and their
	values
Disabled	if set to True, the control will be disabled
ID	contains the control’s ID
MaxLength	sets the maximum number of characters allowed in the
	text box
Name	the name of the text box
Size	the width of the text box
Style	contains the control’s CSS properties
TagName	returns the element’s tag name
Type	specifies the type of control displayed by this input
	element
Value	equivalent to the value attribute of the HTML tag
Visible	if set to False, the control won’t be visible
Events
ServerChange	occurs when the text in the control has changed

HtmlSelect Control

The HtmlSelect control corresponds to an HTML <select runat="server"> tag (which creates a drop-down list).

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Properties

Attributes	a collection of the element’s attribute names and their
	values
DataMember	the data set to bind to the control from a DataSource
	with multiple data sets
DataSource	sets the data source to use
DataTextField	the field from the DataSource to bind to the Text
	property of each ListItem in the control
DataValueField	the field from the DataSource to bind to the Value
	property of each ListItem in the control
Disabled	if set to True, the control will be disabled
ID	contains the control’s ID
InnerHtml	contains the content between the element’s opening
	and closing tags
InnerText	contains the text between the element’s opening and
	closing tags
Items	a collection that contains the items in the drop-down
	list
Multiple	if True, multiple items can be selected at a time; default
	is False
SelectedIndex	the zero-based index of the currently selected item in
	a single selection list; in a multiple selection list, it
	contains the index of the first selected item; if no item
	is selected, it contains -1
Style	contains the control’s CSS properties
TagName	returns the element’s tag name
Value	corresponds to the value attribute of the HTML tag
Visible	if set to False, the control won’t be visible

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