Label.Text Property
Assembly: System.Web (in system.web.dll)
[LocalizableAttribute(true)] [BindableAttribute(true)] public: virtual property String^ Text { String^ get (); void set (String^ value); }
/** @property */ public String get_Text () /** @property */ public void set_Text (String value)
public function get Text () : String public function set Text (value : String)
Not applicable.
Property Value
The text content of the control. The default value is String.Empty.Use the Text property to specify or determine the text content of the Label control. This property is commonly used to programmatically customize the text that is displayed in the Label control. The Text property can include HTML.
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| Setting the Text property will clear any other controls contained in the Label control. |
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| This control can be used to display 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 (Visual Studio). |
The value of this property, when set, can be saved automatically to a resource file by using a designer tool. For more information, see LocalizableAttribute and ASP.NET Globalization and Localization.
This property is the default property that a ControlParameter object binds to at run time. For more information, see ControlValuePropertyAttribute, ControlParameter, and ASP.NET Data Source Control Parameters.
| Topic | Location |
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| Walkthrough: Creating a Basic Control Designer for an ASP.NET Web Server Control | Authoring ASP.NET Controls |
| How to: Add Label Web Server Controls to a Web Forms Page | Building ASP .NET Web Applications |
| Walkthrough: Creating a Basic Control Designer for an ASP.NET Web Server Control | Authoring ASP.NET Controls |
| How to: Add Label Web Server Controls to a Web Forms Page | Building ASP .NET Web Applications |
| How to: Add Label Web Server Controls to a Web Forms Page (Visual Studio) | Building ASP .NET Web Applications in Visual Studio |
The following example demonstrates how to create a new instance of the Label control and set its Text property.
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| The following code sample uses the single-file code model and may not work correctly if copied directly into a code-behind file. This code sample must be copied into an empty text file that has an .aspx extension. For more information on the Web Forms code model, see ASP.NET Web Page Code Model. |
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