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TableHeaderCell::AbbreviatedText Property

Gets or sets the abbr attribute of the HTML th element for the TableHeaderCell control.

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

public:
virtual property String^ AbbreviatedText {
	String^ get ();
	void set (String^ value);
}
<asp:TableHeaderCell AbbreviatedText="String" />

Property Value

Type: System::String
A string representing the abbreviated text. The default is an empty string ("").

The AbbreviatedText property is rendered as the abbr attribute of the HTML th element. The abbr attribute is used by screen readers to read a shortened version of a header for each cell in the table. The AbbreviatedText property is significant for browsers that render abbreviated text in place of the content for the TableHeaderCell control.

The value of this property is stored in view state.

The following code example demonstrates how to program the AbbreviatedText property declaratively.

No code example is currently available or this language may not be supported.

Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP Starter Edition, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 98

The .NET Framework and .NET Compact Framework do not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

.NET Framework

Supported in: 3.5, 3.0, 2.0
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