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HtmlSelect.RenderAttributes(HtmlTextWriter) Method

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Definition

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

Renders the HtmlSelect control's attributes to the specified HtmlTextWriter object.

protected:
 override void RenderAttributes(System::Web::UI::HtmlTextWriter ^ writer);
protected override void RenderAttributes (System.Web.UI.HtmlTextWriter writer);
override this.RenderAttributes : System.Web.UI.HtmlTextWriter -> unit
Protected Overrides Sub RenderAttributes (writer As HtmlTextWriter)

Parameters

writer
HtmlTextWriter

The HtmlTextWriter that receives the rendered content.

Examples

The following code example demonstrates how to override the RenderAttributes method in a custom server control so that specific title text is always displayed for the HtmlSelect control.

<%@ Register TagPrefix="aspSample" Namespace="Samples.AspNet.CS.Controls" Assembly="Samples.AspNet.CS" %>
<%@ 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 xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
    <head>
        <title>Custom HtmlSelect - RenderAttributes - C# Example</title>
        <script runat="server">
      void HtmlInputButton1_ServerClick(Object sender, EventArgs e) 
      {
        if (HtmlSelect1.SelectedIndex >= 0)
        {
          if (HtmlSelect1.Multiple == true)
          {
            Div1.InnerHtml = "You selected:";
            for (int i=0; i<=HtmlSelect1.Items.Count - 1; i++)
            {
              if (HtmlSelect1.Items[i].Selected == true)
              {
                Div1.InnerHtml += "<br />    " + HtmlSelect1.Items[i].Value; 
              }     
            }
          }
          else
          {
            Div1.InnerHtml = "You selected " + HtmlSelect1.Value;
          }
        }
        else
        {
          Div1.InnerHtml = "You did not select an item.";
        }
      }
        </script>
    </head>
    <body>
        <form id="Form1" method="post" runat="server">
            <h3>Custom HtmlSelect - RenderAttributes - C# Example</h3>
            
            <p>
      <aspSample:CustomHtmlSelectRenderAttributes 
        id="HtmlSelect1" 
        name="HtmlSelect1"
        runat="server">
        <option value="Option1">Option1</option>
        <option value="Option2">Option2</option>
        <option value="Option3">Option3</option>
      </aspSample:CustomHtmlSelectRenderAttributes>
      </p>
      
      <p>
      <input 
        id="HtmlInputButton1" 
        runat="server" 
        type="button" 
        onserverclick="HtmlInputButton1_ServerClick"
        value="Select" 
        name="HtmlInputButton1" />  
      </p>
      
      <br />
      <div id="Div1" runat="server" 
        style="DISPLAY: inline; WIDTH: 256px; HEIGHT: 15px" />
       
        </form>
    </body>
</html>

<%@ Register TagPrefix="aspSample" Namespace="Samples.AspNet.VB.Controls" Assembly="Samples.AspNet.VB" %>
<%@ 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 xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
    <head>
        <title>Custom HtmlSelect - RenderAttributes - VB.NET Example</title>
        <script runat="server">
      Sub HtmlInputButton1_ServerClick(sender As Object, e As EventArgs)
        If HtmlSelect1.SelectedIndex >= 0 Then
            If HtmlSelect1.Multiple = True Then
              Div1.InnerHtml = "You selected:"
              Dim i As Integer
              For i = 0 To HtmlSelect1.Items.Count - 1
                  If HtmlSelect1.Items(i).Selected = True Then
                    Div1.InnerHtml += "<br />    " & HtmlSelect1.Items(i).Value
                  End If
              Next i
            Else
              Div1.InnerHtml = "You selected " & HtmlSelect1.Value
            End If
        Else
            Div1.InnerHtml = "You did not select an item."
        End If
      End Sub
        </script>
    </head>
    <body>
        <form id="Form1" method="post" runat="server">
            <h3>Custom HtmlSelect - RenderAttributes - VB.NET Example</h3>
            
            <p>
      <aspSample:CustomHtmlSelectRenderAttributes 
        id="HtmlSelect1" 
        name="HtmlSelect1"
        runat="server">
        <option value="Option1">Option1</option>
        <option value="Option2">Option2</option>
        <option value="Option3">Option3</option>
      </aspSample:CustomHtmlSelectRenderAttributes>
      </p>
      
      <p>
      <input 
        id="HtmlInputButton1" 
        runat="server" 
        type="button" 
        onserverclick="HtmlInputButton1_ServerClick"
        value="Select" 
        name="HtmlInputButton1" />  
      </p>
      
      <br />
      <div id="Div1" runat="server" 
        style="DISPLAY: inline; WIDTH: 256px; HEIGHT: 15px" />
       
        </form>
    </body>
</html>

using System.Web;
using System.Security.Permissions;

namespace Samples.AspNet.CS.Controls
{
    [AspNetHostingPermission(SecurityAction.Demand, Level = AspNetHostingPermissionLevel.Minimal)]
    public sealed class CustomHtmlSelectRenderAttributes : System.Web.UI.HtmlControls.HtmlSelect
    {
        protected override void RenderAttributes(System.Web.UI.HtmlTextWriter writer)
        {
            // Write out Title tag
            writer.Write(" Title=\"Text from RenderAttributes.\"");
            
            // Call the base's RenderAttributes method.
            base.RenderAttributes(writer);
        }
    }
}

<AspNetHostingPermission(SecurityAction.Demand, Level:=AspNetHostingPermissionLevel.Minimal)> _
Public NotInheritable Class CustomHtmlSelectRenderAttributes
    Inherits System.Web.UI.HtmlControls.HtmlSelect

    Protected Overrides Sub RenderAttributes(ByVal writer As System.Web.UI.HtmlTextWriter)

        ' Write out Title tag
        writer.Write(" Title=""Text from RenderAttributes.""")

        ' Call the base's RenderAttributes method.
        MyBase.RenderAttributes(writer)
    End Sub
End Class

Remarks

The RenderAttributes method renders the name attribute of the HtmlSelect control directly to ensure that it has the same value as the Control.UniqueID property. After rendering the attribute, the RenderAttributes method calls the base class's RenderAttributes method.

The RenderAttributes method is used primarily by control developers extending the functionality of the HtmlSelect control.

Applies to

See also