HtmlControl.Attributes Property

Definition

Gets a collection of all attribute name and value pairs expressed on a server control tag within the ASP.NET page.

public:
 property System::Web::UI::AttributeCollection ^ Attributes { System::Web::UI::AttributeCollection ^ get(); };
[System.ComponentModel.Browsable(false)]
public System.Web.UI.AttributeCollection Attributes { get; }
[<System.ComponentModel.Browsable(false)>]
member this.Attributes : System.Web.UI.AttributeCollection
Public ReadOnly Property Attributes As AttributeCollection

Property Value

A AttributeCollection object that contains all attribute name and value pairs expressed on a server control tag within the Web page.

Attributes

Examples

The following code example demonstrates how to use the Attributes property to determine the attributes of the HtmlSelect control.

<%@ 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" >

<script language="C#" runat="server">
   void Page_Load(Object sender, EventArgs e) 
   {
      Message.InnerHtml = "<h4>The select box's attributes collection contains:</h4>";
     
      IEnumerator keys = Select.Attributes.Keys.GetEnumerator();

      while (keys.MoveNext()) 
      {

         String key = (String)keys.Current;
         Message.InnerHtml += key + "=" + Select.Attributes[key] + "<br />";

      }
   }

</script>

<head runat="server">
    <title>The select box's attributes collection contains:</title>
</head>
<body>
<form id="Form1" runat="server">

   <h3>HtmlControl Attribute Collection Example</h3>

   Make a selection:

   <select id="Select" 
           style="font: 12pt verdana;
                 background-color:yellow;
                 color:red;" 
           runat="server">

      <option>Item 1</option>
      <option>Item 2</option>
      <option>Item 3</option>

   </select>

   <br />

   <span id="Message" enableviewstate="false" runat="server" />
   
</form>
</body>
</html>
<%@ 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" >

<script language="VB" runat="server">
    Sub Page_Load(sender As Object, e As EventArgs)
        Message.InnerHtml = "<h4>" & "The select box's attributes collection contains:" & "</h4>"
        
        Dim keys As IEnumerator = Select1.Attributes.Keys.GetEnumerator()
        
        While keys.MoveNext()
            
            Dim key As String = CType(keys.Current, String)
            Message.InnerHtml &= key & "=" & Select1.Attributes(key) & "<br />"
        End While 
    End Sub 'Page_Load

</script>

<head runat="server">
    <title>" & "The select box's attributes collection contains:" & "</title>
</head>
<body>
<form id="Form1" runat="server">

   <h3>HtmlControl Attribute Collection Example</h3>

   Make a selection:

   <select id="Select1" 
           style="font: 12pt verdana;
                 background-color:yellow;
                 color:red;" 
           runat="server">

      <option>Item 1</option>
      <option>Item 2</option>
      <option>Item 3</option>

   </select>

   <br />

   <span id="Message" enableviewstate="false" runat="server" />
   
</form>
</body>
</html>

Remarks

Use this property to programmatically access the attributes of the HTML server control. All HTML server controls store their attributes in the Control.ViewState property.

HTML attributes are treated by the .NET Framework as properties on the HTML server control to which they belong.

For additional information on the attributes collection, see the System.Web.UI.AttributeCollection class.

Applies to

See also