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BulletedListEventArgs.Index Property

Gets the index of the list item in a BulletedList control that raised the event.

Namespace:  System.Web.UI.WebControls
Assembly:  System.Web (in System.Web.dll)
public int Index { get; }

Property Value

Type: System.Int32
The index of the list item in a BulletedList control that raised the event.

Use this property to programmatically access the index of the list item in a BulletedList control that raised the event.

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How to: Respond to User Clicks in BulletedList Web Server Controls (Visual Studio)Building ASP .NET Web Applications in Visual Studio

The following example demonstrates how to specify and code an event handler for the Click event of a BulletedList control. When a list item is clicked, a message is displayed in a Label control on the page.

<%@ Page Language="C#" %>

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
    "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head runat="server">
  <title>BulletedList Click Example</title>
  <script runat="server">

    void ItemsBulletedList_Click(object sender, System.Web.UI.WebControls.BulletedListEventArgs e)
    {

	    // Change the message displayed in the label based on the index
	    // of the list item that was clicked.
	    switch (e.Index) 
      {
		    case 0:
			    Message.Text = "You clicked list item 1.";
			    break;
		    case 1:
			    Message.Text = "You clicked list item 2.";
			    break;
		    case 2:
			    Message.Text = "You clicked list item 3.";
			    break;
		    default:
			    throw new Exception("You did not click a valid list item.");
			    break;
	    }

    }

  </script>

</head>
<body>

  <h3>BulletedList Click Example</h3>

  <form id="form1" runat="server">

    <p>Click on an item in the list to raise the Click event.</p> 

    <asp:BulletedList id="ItemsBulletedList" 
      BulletStyle="Disc"
      DisplayMode="LinkButton" 
      OnClick="ItemsBulletedList_Click"
      runat="server">    
        <asp:ListItem Value="http://www.cohowinery.com">Coho Winery</asp:ListItem>
        <asp:ListItem Value="http://www.contoso.com">Contoso, Ltd.</asp:ListItem>
        <asp:ListItem Value="http://www.tailspintoys.com">Tailspin Toys</asp:ListItem>
    </asp:BulletedList>

    <asp:Label id="Message" 
      Font-Size="12"
      Width="168px" 
      Font-Bold="True" 
      runat="server"
      AssociatedControlID="ItemsBulletedList"/>

   </form>

</body>
</html>

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4.5, 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0

Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, Windows 7, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core Role not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core Role supported with SP1 or later; Itanium not supported)

The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

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