why does asp:panel not have a Text attribute?

[sklett]

I'm curious... aspanel renderes a <div> tag, right? And you can have text
in a div tag.... so why not have a Text property for the aspanel control??

 

[Curt_C [MVP]]

It's purpose is that it can be more then just that. It's a container

 

[sklett]

I'm sure this is an ignorant question.... what would one use a container
for, the most common use you can think of?

 

[Marina]

To group other objects together. So if I need to show one group of objects
in one case, and another set in a different case, i can put each set of
objects in their own panel. Then I can make the panel i need to show
visible, and make the other one invisible. So instead of keeping a list of
objects I need to make invisible, and going through each one, I could just
do it all in one line. If I end up adding or deleting objects from either
set, this code would not have to change as I am only changing the Visible
property of the panel.

 

[Kevin Spencer]

You can put ANYHTING in a <div> tag - that's why.

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Kevin Spencer
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[sklett]

Cool. Without even realizing it that's what I've done with my
"ProductWizard.aspx" page, hide em all, then show the current step. I see
the value in a panel as a container, but I still don't see why I can't drop
some text in there.

Thanks for the quick response!

 

[Curt_C [MVP]]

You can, use an asp:Label in it

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