Frames alternative help

[C P]

I'm trying to build a custom web control and I know that frames aren't a
great idea, but I'm not clear on how else to get what I'd like. I'd like a
tree (for navigation) in a left hand pane, and probably a grid (or
dynamically created HTML with comboboxes and text) in a right hand pane.
Ideally there would be a splitter of some sort between the two panes - much
like http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp. A key problem that
frames will cause (I think) is that clicking on the navigation tree in the
left pane should cause the info in the right pane to be saved on the
postback. It'd be easier if this whole thing could function like (part of)
a single form, but I'm not sure how to do the resizing without frames.
Since the goal is for this to be a custom control that may end up being one
part of a larger form, I think I need to avoid frames. Any ideas?

Thanks,
Chris

[Rimu Atkinson]

try using a <div> (or panel) ?? with the correct CSS styles applied, you can
get it to add scrollbar when the contents are too big for it's dimensions

R

"C P" <no****@nospam.com> wrote in message
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I'm trying to build a custom web control and I know that frames aren't a
great idea, but I'm not clear on how else to get what I'd like. I'd like a tree (for navigation) in a left hand pane, and probably a grid (or
dynamically created HTML with comboboxes and text) in a right hand pane.
Ideally there would be a splitter of some sort between the two panes - much like http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp. A key problem that
frames will cause (I think) is that clicking on the navigation tree in the
left pane should cause the info in the right pane to be saved on the
postback. It'd be easier if this whole thing could function like (part of) a single form, but I'm not sure how to do the resizing without frames.
Since the goal is for this to be a custom control that may end up being one part of a larger form, I think I need to avoid frames. Any ideas?

Thanks,
Chris

[C P]

I'll look into that, but it sounds like I'll only be able to scroll the
panes rather than be able to resize them? It would be great if I could just
stick a splitter between a treeview and my other html control, but I haven't
found anything like that. :(

"Rimu Atkinson" <ri***@paradise.net.removenospamthing.nz> wrote in message
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try using a <div> (or panel) ?? with the correct CSS styles applied, you can get it to add scrollbar when the contents are too big for it's dimensions

R

"C P" <no****@nospam.com> wrote in message
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I'm trying to build a custom web control and I know that frames aren't a
great idea, but I'm not clear on how else to get what I'd like. I'd like

a

tree (for navigation) in a left hand pane, and probably a grid (or
dynamically created HTML with comboboxes and text) in a right hand pane.
Ideally there would be a splitter of some sort between the two panes -

much

like http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp. A key problem that
frames will cause (I think) is that clicking on the navigation tree in

the left pane should cause the info in the right pane to be saved on the
postback. It'd be easier if this whole thing could function like (part

of)

a single form, but I'm not sure how to do the resizing without frames.
Since the goal is for this to be a custom control that may end up being

one

part of a larger form, I think I need to avoid frames. Any ideas?

Thanks,
Chris