Substitute a DIV for a SPAN with the asp:panel control

LoveToCode · Jan 20, 2007

I'm using a panel to hide some html code, but the panel causes a line break, so I'd prefer it to write out a span.

Another option I thought of, but am not sure is possible, is to use a <SPAN> tag with a runat="server" property, and somehow hide the <span> during runtime, though like I said I'm not sure how to do that, if its evfen possible.

Thanks

jbenson001 · Jan 20, 2007

You can add the runat attribute to the SPAN tag as well as an ID. Then in code you can reference the SPAN tage by ID.

ex:
myspan.visible = FALSE

ca8msm · Jan 21, 2007

I'm using a panel to hide some html code, but the panel causes a line break,

That is because a Panel renders a div tag and the default behaviour of a div tag is to have "display:block". You could change this behaviour to "display:inline" and then they won't go under each other e.g.

Code:

<html xmlns="[URL unfurl="true"]http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"[/URL] >
<head runat="server">
    <title>Untitled Page</title>
    <style type="text/css">
        .inline {display:inline}
    </style>
</head>
<body>
    <form id="form1" runat="server">
    <div>
        <asp:Panel ID="Panel1" runat="server" CssClass="inline">
        Panel 1
        </asp:Panel>
        <asp:Panel ID="Panel2" runat="server" CssClass="inline">
        Panel 2
        </asp:Panel>
    </div>
    </form>
</body>
</html>

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LoveToCode · Jan 21, 2007

Thank you very much -- both excellent answers.

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Substitute a DIV for a SPAN with the asp:panel control

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