Table.GridLines Property

 

Gets or sets the grid line style to display in the Table control.

Namespace:   System.Web.UI.WebControls
Assembly:  System.Web (in System.Web.dll)

Public Overridable Property GridLines As GridLines

Property Value

Type: System.Web.UI.WebControls.GridLines

One of the GridLines enumeration values. The default value is None.

Use the GridLines property to specify which cell borders are displayed in the Table control. The following table lists the different grid line styles.

GridLine value

Description

None

No cell borders are displayed.

Horizontal

Only the horizontal cell borders are displayed.

Vertical

Only the vertical cell borders are displayed.

Both

Both the horizontal and vertical cell borders are displayed.

The following example demonstrates how to use the GridLines property to specify the grid line style.

System_CAPS_noteNote

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 Forms Page Code Model.

<%@ Page Language="VB" %>

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" 
    "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">

<script runat="server">

    Private Sub Page_Load(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) 
        ' Generate rows and cells.

        Dim numrows As Integer = 5
        Dim numcells As Integer = 4

        Dim i As Integer
        Dim j As Integer

        For j = 0 to numrows - 1
            Dim r As TableRow = new TableRow()

            For i = 0 to numcells - 1
                Dim c As TableCell = new TableCell()
                c.Controls.Add(New LiteralControl("row " & j.ToString() & _ 
                              ", cell " & i.ToString()))
                r.Cells.Add(c)
            Next ' i

            Table1.Rows.Add(r)
        Next ' j
    End Sub

    Private Sub Button_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) 
        Table1.GridLines = CType(DropDown1.SelectedIndex, GridLines)
    End Sub

</script>

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head runat="server">
    <title>Untitled Page</title>
</head>
<body>
    <form id="form1" runat="server">
    <div>

    <h3>Table GridLines Example</h3>

    <asp:Table id="Table1" 
        BorderColor="black" 
        BorderWidth="1" 
        GridLines="Both" 
        runat="server" />

    <br />GridLines:

    <asp:DropDownList id="DropDown1" runat="server">
        <asp:ListItem Value="0">None</asp:ListItem>
        <asp:ListItem Value="1">Horizontal</asp:ListItem>
        <asp:ListItem Value="2">Vertical</asp:ListItem>
        <asp:ListItem Value="3">Both</asp:ListItem>
    </asp:DropDownList><br />

    <asp:button id="Button1"
        Text="Display Table"
        OnClick="Button_Click" 
        runat="server" />

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

.NET Framework
Available since 1.1
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