.NET Framework Class Library
HtmlControl..::.TagName Property

Gets the element name of a tag that contains a runat=server attribute and value pair.

Namespace:  System.Web.UI.HtmlControls
Assembly:  System.Web (in System.Web.dll)
Syntax

Visual Basic (Declaration)
Public Overridable ReadOnly Property TagName As String
Visual Basic (Usage)
Dim instance As HtmlControl
Dim value As String

value = instance.TagName
C#
public virtual string TagName { get; }
Visual C++
public:
virtual property String^ TagName {
    String^ get ();
}
JScript
public function get TagName () : String

Property Value

Type: System..::.String
The element name of the specified tag.
Remarks

Use this property to programmatically determine the element name of the HTML server control. For example, the TagName property of the server-side <div id="myDiv" runat=server> element contains the value "div".

Examples

The following code example demonstrates how to use the TagName property to programmatically determine the element name of a tag.

Visual Basic
<%@ Page Language="VB" AutoEventWireup="True" %>

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
    "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html  >
<head>
    <title>HtmlControl TagName Property Example</title>
<script language="VB" runat="server">
    Sub Submit_Clicked(sender As Object, e As EventArgs)

        Message.InnerHtml = "My TagName is: " & Submit1.TagName
    End Sub 'Submit_Clicked 
  </script>
</head>

<body>
   <form id="form1" method="post" runat="server">

      <h3>HtmlControl TagName Property Example</h3>

      <input id="Submit1"        
             type="submit"
             value="Click Me!!"
             onserverclick="Submit_Clicked"
             runat="server"/>

      <br /><br />

      <span id="Message" runat="server"/>  

   </form>

</body>
</html>

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

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
    "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html  >
<head>
    <title>HtmlControl TagName Property Example</title>
<script language="C#" runat="server">

      void Submit_Clicked(Object sender, EventArgs e) 
      {

         Message.InnerHtml = "My TagName is: " + Submit1.TagName;

      }        


   </script>
</head>

<body>
   <form id="form1" method="post" runat="server">

      <h3>HtmlControl TagName Property Example</h3>

      <input id="Submit1"        
             type="submit"
             value="Click Me!!"
             onserverclick="Submit_Clicked"
             runat="server"/>

      <br /><br />

      <span id="Message" runat="server"/>  

   </form>

</body>
</html>

JScript
<%@ Page Language="JScript" AutoEventWireup="True" %>

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
    "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html  >
<head>
    <title>HtmlControl TagName Property Example</title>
<script language="jscript" runat="server">
    function Submit_Clicked(sender: Object, e: EventArgs){
        Message.InnerHtml = "My TagName is: " + Submit1.TagName
    }
  </script>
</head>

<body>
   <form id="form1" method="post" runat="server">

      <h3>HtmlControl TagName Property Example</h3>

      <input id="Submit1"        
             type="submit"
             value="Click Me!!"
             onserverclick="Submit_Clicked"
             runat="server"/>

      <br /><br />

      <span id="Message" runat="server"/>  

   </form>

</body>
</html>

Platforms

Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP Starter Edition, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 98

The .NET Framework and .NET Compact Framework do not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.
Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0
See Also

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