The Microsoft Internet Explorer WebControls are a collection of ASP.NET server controls that facilitate user interface (UI) authoring. The WebControls provide a single-source authoring solution in ASP.NET that delivers HTML content based on a browser's capabilities.

When authoring with the WebControls elements and objects in ASP.NET Web Forms, pages are generated that render and function correctly in all commonly used browsers, providing widespread reach to a diverse browsing audience. The ASP.NET server controls detect the browser type and automatically take advantage of many of the advanced capabilities in Internet Explorer 5.5 and later versions.

The WebControls include a set of Dynamic HTML (DHTML) behaviors, which are downloaded automatically from ASP.NET Web Forms to Internet Explorer 5.5 and later versions. These behaviors implement custom elements that can also be used independently of ASP.NET.

The topics listed below provide access to the main reference pages and overviews for the WebControls. The reference documentation for these controls is organized by control, and also by the components exposed on each development platform.

Overviews

About the MultiPage WebControl

The MultiPage control enables the definition of collections of PageView elements. Like the other WebControls, the MultiPage generates Web pages that are tailored for both downlevel and uplevel browsers.

About the MultiPage WebControls Client Behavior

The MultiPage behavior, one of the WebControls Client Behaviors, creates a collection of PageView objects. You can author the pages declaratively through markup or dynamically through script. This element behavior also generates the rich client experience in uplevel browsers (in this case, Internet Explorer 5.5 or later) as part of the WebControls Server Controls.

About the TabStrip WebControl

This article provides an introduction to the TabStrip control, which is one of the WebControls. This control simplifies the authoring of tabbed menus and is particularly useful for authoring UI elements that navigate site content.

About the TabStrip WebControls Client Behavior

The TabStrip behavior, one of the WebControls Client Behaviors, creates a collection of Tab and TabSeparator objects. You can author the tabs declaratively through markup or dynamically through script. This element behavior also generates the rich client experience in uplevel browsers (in this case, Internet Explorer 5.5 or later) as part of the WebControls Server Controls.

About the Toolbar WebControl

This article provides an introduction to the Toolbar control, which is one of the WebControls. This component facilitates the authoring of Toolbar UI elements, which have behavior and features similar to the toolbars commonly used in Microsoft Windows applications.

About the Toolbar WebControls Client Behavior

The Toolbar behavior, one of the WebControls Client Behaviors, creates a UI container for buttons, drop-down list boxes, and text boxes. You can author the toolbars declaratively through markup or dynamically through script. This element behavior also generates the rich client experience in uplevel browsers (in this case, Internet Explorer 5.5 or later) as part of the WebControls Server Controls.

About the TreeView WebControl

This article provides an introduction to authoring with the TreeView control, which facilitates the authoring of user interfaces that render hierarchical datasets, folder views, and other similar data structures. This control implements several powerful features, including support for data binding and rich DHTML behaviors in uplevel browsers.

About the TreeView WebControls Client Behavior

The TreeView client-side component is a DHTML behavior that defines custom elements. You can use the behavior and its custom elements to author UIs that represent hierarchical data.

Authoring Web Forms with the WebControls

This article provides general information on authoring Web Forms with the WebControls. The information given here is equally applicable to authoring with the MultiPage, TabStrip, Toolbar, and TreeView controls.

Internet Explorer WebControls

This article provides a general overview of WebControls, which are a powerful collection of ASP.NET server controls. The WebControls implement a single-source authoring solution for four popular UI elements: MultiPage, TabStrip, Toolbar, and TreeView.

Using the TreeView Designer in Visual Studio .NET

This article illustrates how to use the TreeView designer in Visual Studio .NET .

WebControls References

MultiPage Reference

This page links to overviews and reference documentation for the MultiPage control, which is one of the WebControls.

TabStrip Reference

This page links to overviews and reference documentation for the TabStrip control, which is one of the WebControls.

Toolbar Reference

This page links to overviews and reference documentation for the Toolbar control, which is one of the WebControls.

TreeView Reference

This page links to overviews and reference documentation for the TreeView control, which is one of the WebControls.

Platform References

Internet Explorer WebControls Behaviors Reference

This page links to reference documentation for the WebControls element behaviors, which can be used in an uplevel browser, which with WebControls is Internet Explorer 5.5 and later versions.

WebControls Assembly Reference

This page links to reference documentation for the public classes and enumerations exposed by the Microsoft.Web.UI.WebControls Assembly, which is also a namespace. The Microsoft.Web.UI.WebControls Assembly references present the syntax for each of the common language runtime languages, and are useful for developing ASP.NET controls that derive from the WebControls.

Designer Assembly Reference

This page links to reference documentation for the public classes exposed by the Microsoft.Web.UI.WebControls.Design Assembly, which is also a namespace. The Microsoft.Web.UI.WebControls.Design Assembly references present the syntax for each of the common language runtime languages, and are useful for developing ASP.NET controls that derive from the WebControls.

ASP .NET Server Controls Reference

This page links to the reference documentation for objects exposed by the WebControls on the ASP.NET platform.