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Best practises for using CSS with composite server controls.

Hi,

I am creating some ASP.NET composite server controls (inheriting from
CompositeContro l). Right now I have the styles for the various objects
hardcoded, but what I would like to do is allow the user to use a stylesheet
without actually knowing the internal structure of the control. I am
insterested in knowing some of the best pracises for using stylesheets with
composite controls.

For example, when a person sets a border style on the main object, I would
like it not to affect the main container but rather the chile controls such
as textboxes and so on.
Jun 8 '07 #1
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Peter,

I think that to apply a CSS style to a child control, you would need to
write logic to do this.

Hope this helps,
Steve

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Hi,

I am creating some ASP.NET composite server controls (inheriting from
CompositeContro l). Right now I have the styles for the various objects
hardcoded, but what I would like to do is allow the user to use a
stylesheet without actually knowing the internal structure of the control.
I am insterested in knowing some of the best pracises for using
stylesheets with composite controls.

For example, when a person sets a border style on the main object, I would
like it not to affect the main container but rather the chile controls
such as textboxes and so on.


Jun 9 '07 #2

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