2 Things I want in ASP.NET

[Chris Maunder]

1. A new property Control.DontOutputIdAttribute 2. A new property Page.DontPrefixAllMyControlsWithTheIdOfAllTheirAncestors

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[Pierre Leclercq]

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[Vasudevan Deepak Kumar]

Wouldn't that defeat the unique IDs for DOM elements?

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[Oakman]

Absolutely! these two "MSFT knows better" behaviors are infuriating.

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[leppie]

What stops you from using non-'runat=server' controls?

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[Paul Selormey]

Hmmmm, trully they are actually there :sigh: Best regards, Paul.

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modified on Friday, February 01, 2008 5:06:06 AM

[leppie]

Paul Selormey wrote:

they are actually there

I dont understand what you mean. :confused:

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[Paul Selormey]

The non-runat-server controls are actually there. Simply most put up the .NET cup when working with ASP.NET without forgetting that they simply writing HTML with replaceable tags. Best regards, Paul.

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[Chris Maunder]

Not if Page.TrustMeIKnowWhatImDoing was set to true.

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[Chris Maunder]

I had about a dozen witty replies to this but I have to say I'm truly curious as to what the alternative would be in an ASP.NET site.

cheers, Chris Maunder

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[leppie]

:~ I think I had 'stupid' for breakfast, I don't understand any reply today! :sigh:

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[Mike Dimmick]

Use ASP.NET as a compiled ASP, I imagine. Don't use any built-in ASP.NET controls, just use it to spew tag soup. You gain absolute control over the HTML output, at the cost of having to take complete control over the output.

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[Mladen Jankovic]

Then you should write your code on bare metal. ;P

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[Daniel Turini]

Chris Maunder wrote:

I had about a dozen witty replies to this but I have to say I'm truly curious as to what the alternative would be in an ASP.NET site.

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[Rama Krishna Vavilala]

Yes! I don't add an id attribute to the control unless you want it to be accessed from code behind. The naming containers come into action and generate a scope prefixed name. In general you can avoid ids for all controls except for form controls. Alternatively you can use control adapters. I am feeling encouraged to write an article: "Avoiding the id mess in ASP.NET"

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[dabs]

Aha, the Sledge Hammer property :-)

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[Chris Maunder]

Rama Krishna Vavilala wrote:

Avoiding the id mess in ASP.NET

Please do!

cheers, Chris Maunder

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[Brady Kelly]

What about having to keep specifying Runat="Server" when there is no option?

[DavidNohejl]

Rama Krishna Vavilala wrote:

I am feeling encouraged to write an article: "Avoiding the id mess in ASP.NET"

+1

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[Ed Poore]

I know it's more work but can't you write something like the CSS adapters so that you can control these things?