in a ListItem doesn't seem to work

[Bill Green]

I am trying to add an indent to a Dropdown control. I prefix the text for
the ListItem with a couple   but it doesn't render the tags to spaces ,
instead the dropdown list shows:

MainItem
  SubItem
  SubItem

Thanks,
--
Bill Green

[bruce barker]

the list item's text property does not support html, only text

-- bruce (sqlwok.com)
"Bill Green" <gr********@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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I am trying to add an indent to a Dropdown control. I prefix the text for
the ListItem with a couple &nbsp; but it doesn't render the tags to spaces , instead the dropdown list shows:

MainItem
&nbsp;&nbsp;SubItem
&nbsp;&nbsp;SubItem

Thanks,
--
Bill Green

[vMike]

Here is a solution to that problem that was posted some time ago by someone
else.

Dim Padding As String
Dim writer As New System.IO.StringWriter()
Dim DecodedString As String

Padding = "&nbsp;&nbsp;"
Server.HtmlDecode(Padding, writer)
Padding = writer.ToString()

myDropDownList2.Items.Add(Padding & " MVP's")

Padding = "&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nb sp;"
Server.HtmlDecode(Padding, writer)
Padding = writer.ToString()

myDropDownList2.Items.Add(Padding & " MVP's")

myDropDownList2.Items.Add("MVP's" & Padding & "Do Their best")

"Bill Green" <gr********@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:uS**************@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...

I am trying to add an indent to a Dropdown control. I prefix the text for
the ListItem with a couple &nbsp; but it doesn't render the tags to spaces , instead the dropdown list shows:

MainItem
&nbsp;&nbsp;SubItem
&nbsp;&nbsp;SubItem

Thanks,
--
Bill Green