How to render composite control inside DIV tag

Question

User-825949172 posted

By default composite controls render inside SPAN tag.

Like custom controls derived from WebControl can be rendered inside any choose HTML tag, is it same possible for custom controls derived from CompositeControl?

Answer 1

User-874886737 posted

Try adding this code (I'm using VB.NET):

        Protected Overrides ReadOnly Property TagKey() As System.Web.UI.HtmlTextWriterTag
            Get
                Return HtmlTextWriterTag.Div
            End Get
        End Property

This is also better for W3C validation.

Jos

Answer 2

User481221548 posted

Hi there

There are two ways:

1. Override TagKey as Jos described
2. Put the TagKey in the base constructor

Its also possible to override RenderBegin- and RenderEndTag, but the two ways shown above are the best and cleanly ones.

Answer 3

User-825949172 posted

 I found what Jos says useful. However you cannot put TagKey in the base contructor when you derive your custom control from compositecontrol. This can be achived when deriving from WebControl.