Looking for simple container control

[pepsi]

Hello,

I would suggest a simple div tag... you could assign it a
id and runat server. It should work.

pepsi

-----Original Message-----
Hi gang. I tried posting this under a different topic (DynamicallyShow/Hide Groups of TR's), but I thought maybe rewording the topic and postmay help people to undersand my intentions.

I'm looking for a simple container control that can wrap around a set ofHTML/server controls just for server-side purposes (show/hide) -- withoutrendering any HTML. This seems like it would be a common practice, but I'venot been able to find such a server control.

An asp:PlaceHolder would be perfect since it doesn't render any additionalHTML, but it doesn't allow any other nested <asp:> server controls at designtime (which seems silly). And an asp:Panel can wrap around any HTML orserver controls, but it renders HTML (div in IE and table in Netscape --which really hoses the HTML). And a <span runat=server> doesn't like nestedTRs (see example below), plus that's still rendering HTML. And I know thatin the example below, I can just put runat=server on the TRs, but that'sstill not what I'm looking for (in my real-life scenario, I may have severalTRs, and it would be much easier to group them into one container).
Here is a pseudo-example, so you can see what I'm trying to accomplish:
<table>
<tr>
<td colspan="4"><as p:Label /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="2"><as p:Label /></td>
<td colspan="2"><as p:Label /></td>
</tr>
<asp:SomeContai nerControl>
<tr>
<td><asp:Labe l /></td>
<td><asp:Labe l /></td>
<td><asp:Labe l /></td>
<td><asp:Labe l /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><asp:Labe l /></td>
<td><asp:Labe l /></td>
<td><asp:Labe l /></td>
<td><asp:Labe l /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="2"><as p:Label /></td>
<td colspan="2"><as p:Label /></td>
</tr>
</asp:SomeContain erControl>
<tr>
<td><asp:Labe l /></td>
<td><asp:Labe l /></td>
<td><asp:Labe l /></td>
<td><asp:Labe l /></td>
</tr>
</table>

Thanks so much in advance for any suggestions you may have!
Jerad
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