.NET Framework Class Library
ListView..::.ItemPlaceholderID Property

Gets or sets the ID for the item placeholder in a ListView control.

Namespace:  System.Web.UI.WebControls
Assembly:  System.Web.Extensions (in System.Web.Extensions.dll)
Syntax
Visual Basic (Declaration) 
Public Overridable Property ItemPlaceholderID As String
Visual Basic (Usage) 
Dim instance As ListView
Dim value As String

value = instance.ItemPlaceholderID

instance.ItemPlaceholderID = value
C# 
public virtual string ItemPlaceholderID { get; set; }
Visual C++ 
public:
virtual property String^ ItemPlaceholderID {
    String^ get ();
    void set (String^ value);
}
JScript 
public function get ItemPlaceholderID () : String
public function set ItemPlaceholderID (value : String)
ASP.NET 
<asp:ListView ItemPlaceholderID="String" />

Property Value

Type: System..::.String
The ID for the item placeholder in a ListView control. The default is "itemPlaceholder".
Exceptions
ExceptionCondition
ArgumentOutOfRangeException

The specified ID is nullNothingnullptra null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic) or an empty string.
Remarks

Use the ItemPlaceholderID property to specify an ID for the item placeholder. The item placeholder is the control that you add to the LayoutTemplate template (if you are not using groups) or to the GroupTemplate template (if you are using groups) to represent where the item will be rendered.

Examples

The following example shows how to use the ItemPlaceholderID property to specify an ID for the item placeholder of the ListView control.

Visual Basic 
<%@ Page language="VB" %>

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
    "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">

<html  >
  <head id="Head1" runat="server">
    <title>ListView GroupContainerID and ItemContainerID Example</title>
    <style type="text/css">
      body
      {
            font: 10pt Trebuchet MS, Arial, Tahoma; 
            text-align: center;
      }
      th { background: #b7cfff; }
      .item
      {
          border: 1px dashed #a4cbf4;
          background: white;
          min-height: 19px;
          width: 33%;
      }
      .alternatingItem
      {
        border: solid 1px #a4cbf4;
        background: #edf5fd;
        width: 33%;
        min-height: 19px;
      }
    </style>
  </head>
  <body>
    <form id="form1" runat="server">

      <h3>ListView GroupContainerID and ItemContainerID Example</h3>

      <asp:ListView ID="ContactsListView" 
        DataSourceID="ContactsDataSource"
        GroupItemCount="3"
        GroupPlaceholderID="ContactRowContainer"
        ItemPlaceholderID="ContactItemContainer"
        runat="server">
        <LayoutTemplate>
          <table cellpadding="4" width="640px" runat="server" id="tblContacts">
            <tr id="Tr1" runat="server">
              <th id="Th1" colspan="3" runat="server">Contacts</th>
            </tr>
            <tr runat="server" id="ContactRowContainer" />
          </table>
          <asp:DataPager ID="ContactsDataPager" runat="server" PageSize="30">
            <Fields>
              <asp:NumericPagerField ButtonCount="10" />
            </Fields>
          </asp:DataPager>
        </LayoutTemplate>
        <GroupTemplate>
          <tr runat="server" id="ContactRow">
            <td runat="server" id="ContactItemContainer" />
          </tr>
        </GroupTemplate>
        <ItemTemplate>
          <td id="Td1" class="item" runat="server">
            <asp:Label ID="NameLabel" runat="server" 
              Text='<%# Eval("LastName") & ", " & Eval("FirstName")%>' />
          </td>
        </ItemTemplate>
        <AlternatingItemTemplate>
          <td id="Td2" class="alternatingItem" runat="server">
            <asp:Label ID="NameLabel" runat="server" 
              Text='<%# Eval("LastName") & ", " & Eval("FirstName")%>' />
          </td>
        </AlternatingItemTemplate>
      </asp:ListView>

      <!-- This example uses Microsoft SQL Server and connects      -->
      <!-- to the AdventureWorks sample database. Use an ASP.NET    -->
      <!-- expression to retrieve the connection string value       -->
      <!-- from the Web.config file.                                -->      
      <asp:SqlDataSource ID="ContactsDataSource" runat="server" 
        ConnectionString="<%$ ConnectionStrings:AdventureWorks_DataConnectionString %>"
        SelectCommand="SELECT [FirstName], [LastName] 
          FROM Person.Contact ORDER BY [LastName], [FirstName] ">
      </asp:SqlDataSource>

    </form>
  </body>
</html>
C# 
<%@ Page language="C#" %>

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
    "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">

<html  >
  <head id="Head1" runat="server">
    <title>ListView GroupContainerID and ItemContainerID Example</title>
    <style type="text/css">
      body
      {
            font: 10pt Trebuchet MS, Arial, Tahoma; 
            text-align: center;
      }
      th { background: #b7cfff; }
      .item
      {
          border: 1px dashed #a4cbf4;
          background: white;
          min-height: 19px;
          width: 33%;
      }
      .alternatingItem
      {
        border: solid 1px #a4cbf4;
        background: #edf5fd;
        width: 33%;
        min-height: 19px;
      }
    </style>
  </head>
  <body>
    <form id="form1" runat="server">

      <h3>ListView GroupContainerID and ItemContainerID Example</h3>

      <asp:ListView ID="ContactsListView" 
        DataSourceID="ContactsDataSource"
        GroupItemCount="3"
        GroupPlaceholderID="ContactRowContainer"
        ItemPlaceholderID="ContactItemContainer"
        runat="server">
        <LayoutTemplate>
          <table cellpadding="4" width="640px" runat="server" id="tblContacts">
            <tr runat="server">
              <th colspan="3" runat="server">Contacts</th>
            </tr>
            <tr runat="server" id="ContactRowContainer" />
          </table>
          <asp:DataPager ID="ContactsDataPager" runat="server" PageSize="30">
            <Fields>
              <asp:NumericPagerField ButtonCount="10" />
            </Fields>
          </asp:DataPager>
        </LayoutTemplate>
        <GroupTemplate>
          <tr runat="server" id="ContactRow">
            <td runat="server" id="ContactItemContainer" />
          </tr>
        </GroupTemplate>
        <ItemTemplate>
          <td class="item" runat="server">
            <asp:Label ID="NameLabel" runat="server" 
              Text='<%# Eval("LastName") + ", " + Eval("FirstName")%>' />
          </td>
        </ItemTemplate>
        <AlternatingItemTemplate>
          <td class="alternatingItem" runat="server">
            <asp:Label ID="NameLabel" runat="server" 
              Text='<%# Eval("LastName") + ", " + Eval("FirstName")%>' />
          </td>
        </AlternatingItemTemplate>
      </asp:ListView>

      <!-- This example uses Microsoft SQL Server and connects      -->
      <!-- to the AdventureWorks sample database. Use an ASP.NET    -->
      <!-- expression to retrieve the connection string value       -->
      <!-- from the Web.config file.                                -->      
      <asp:SqlDataSource ID="ContactsDataSource" runat="server" 
        ConnectionString="<%$ ConnectionStrings:AdventureWorks_DataConnectionString %>"
        SelectCommand="SELECT [FirstName], [LastName] 
          FROM Person.Contact ORDER BY [LastName], [FirstName] ">
      </asp:SqlDataSource>

    </form>
  </body>
</html>
Platforms

Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003

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
See Also

Reference

ListView Class
ListView Members
System.Web.UI.WebControls Namespace
GroupPlaceholderID
GroupTemplate
LayoutTemplate

Other Resources

ListView Web Server Control Overview
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