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ValidationSummaryDisplayMode Enumeration

Specifies the validation summary display mode used by the ValidationSummary control.

Namespace:  System.Web.UI.WebControls
Assembly:  System.Web (in System.Web.dll)
public enum ValidationSummaryDisplayMode
Member nameDescription
ListValidation summary displayed in a list.
BulletListValidation summary displayed in a bulleted list.
SingleParagraphValidation summary displayed in a single paragraph.

The ValidationSummaryDisplayMode enumeration represents the different display formats of a ValidationSummary control.

The following example demonstrates how to specify the display mode for a ValidationSummary control.

Security noteSecurity Note

This example has a text box that accepts user input, which is a potential security threat. By default, ASP.NET Web pages validate that user input does not include script or HTML elements. For more information, see Script Exploits Overview.


<%@ 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>ASP.NET Example</title>
</head>
<body>
    <form id="form1" runat="server">

      Name:<br/>
      <asp:textbox id="NameTextBox"
        runat="server"/>

      <asp:requiredfieldvalidator id="NameTextBoxRequiredValidator"
        controltovalidate="NameTextBox"
        errormessage="Name field."
        text="Please enter your name"
        runat="server"/>     

      <br/>  

      City:<br/>
      <asp:textbox id="CityTextBox"
        runat="server"/>

      <asp:requiredfieldvalidator id="CityTextBoxRequiredValidator"
        controltovalidate="CityTextBox"
        errormessage="City field."
        text="Please enter the city."
        runat="server"/> 

      <br/>

      <asp:Button id="SubmitButton"
        text="Submit"
        runat="server"/>

      <hr/>

      <asp:ValidationSummary 
        id="valSum" 
        displaymode="BulletList" 
        headertext="You must enter a value in the following fields:"
        runat="server"/>

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

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4.5, 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

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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