Disable Adapter for a certain control or DataList without table

Question

User-589644965 posted

Hi all,

How is it possible to disable the css friendly for a certain control? For example for a derived DataList control? I would like to achieve the following:

 <table class="silver">
                        <thead>
                            <asp:PlaceHolder ID="PlaceHolder1" runat="server"></asp:PlaceHolder>
                        </thead>
                        <tbody>
                            <esc:EviDataList ID="dlComponents" runat="server" RepeatLayout="Flow">
                                <ItemTemplate>
                                    <tr>
                                        <td class="silver">
                                            <asp:Literal ID="ltHardwarePin" runat="server" Text='<%#Eval("HardwarePin") %>' />
                                        </td>
                                </ItemTemplate>
                            </esc:EviDataList>
                        </tbody>
                        <tfoot>
                            <tr>
                                <td>
                                    <esc:EviPager ID="ePager" runat="server" />
                                </td>
                            </tr>
                        </tfoot>
                    </table>

Because I want to use user controls for the header and the footer later on i need the DataList just to render the declared content and no automatic tables around it.

 Edit: for sure i can comment the entry in the CSSFriendlyAdapterBrowser

 <!--<adapter controlType="System.Web.UI.WebControls.DataList"
               adapterType="CSSFriendly.DataListAdapter" />--> 

But there must be a better solution for specific control instances.

Thx!

Answer 1

User-1385398420 posted

Subclass the DataList, and use the subclass, which will not be adapted.

1. Create a new class, called StandardDataList, and inherit from the default ASP.Net DataList class.
2. When you want a non-adapted DataList, use your StandardDataList class.