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HtmlControl.SetAttribute(String, String) Method

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Definition

Namespace:
System.Web.UI.HtmlControls
Assembly:
System.Web.dll

Sets the value of the named attribute on the HtmlControl control.

protected:
 virtual void SetAttribute(System::String ^ name, System::String ^ value);
protected virtual void SetAttribute (string name, string value);
abstract member SetAttribute : string * string -> unit
override this.SetAttribute : string * string -> unit
Protected Overridable Sub SetAttribute (name As String, value As String)

Parameters

name
String

The name of the attribute to set.

value
String

The value to set the attribute to.

Remarks

Use the SetAttribute method to set an attribute on the HtmlControl server control. All HTML server controls store their attributes in the Control.ViewState property.

HTML attributes are treated by the ASP.NET page framework as properties on the HTML server control to which they belong. The SetAttribute method's name parameter is case-insensitive.

Applies to

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