SiteMapPath.CurrentNodeTemplate Property

Definition

Gets or sets a control template to use for the node of a site navigation path that represents the currently displayed page.

public:
 virtual property System::Web::UI::ITemplate ^ CurrentNodeTemplate { System::Web::UI::ITemplate ^ get(); void set(System::Web::UI::ITemplate ^ value); };
[System.ComponentModel.Browsable(false)]
[System.Web.UI.PersistenceMode(System.Web.UI.PersistenceMode.InnerProperty)]
[System.Web.UI.TemplateContainer(typeof(System.Web.UI.WebControls.SiteMapNodeItem))]
public virtual System.Web.UI.ITemplate CurrentNodeTemplate { get; set; }
[<System.ComponentModel.Browsable(false)>]
[<System.Web.UI.PersistenceMode(System.Web.UI.PersistenceMode.InnerProperty)>]
[<System.Web.UI.TemplateContainer(typeof(System.Web.UI.WebControls.SiteMapNodeItem))>]
member this.CurrentNodeTemplate : System.Web.UI.ITemplate with get, set
Public Overridable Property CurrentNodeTemplate As ITemplate

Property Value

An ITemplate object that implements the InstantiateIn(Control) method, to render custom content for the navigation path node that represents the currently displayed page.

Attributes

Examples

The following code example declaratively defines a CurrentNodeTemplate and overrides a defined CurrentNodeStyle.

<%@ Page Language="C#" %>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">

<script runat="server">
</script>

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
    <head runat="server">
    <title>ASP.NET Example</title>
</head>
<body>
        <form id="form1" runat="server">

            <!-- The following example demonstrates some of the orders
                 of precedence when applying styles and templates to
                 functional nodes of a SiteMapPath.

                 The NodeStyle and RootNodeStyle define the same attributes,
                 but are different and conflict with each other: the
                 RootNodeStyle supersedes NodeStyle, and is the style
                 rendered. Notice, however, that the underline style
                 defined by NodeStyle is still applied.

                 Both a CurrentNodeStyle and a CurrentNodeTemplate are
                 defined. A template supersedes a style for a node
                 type, so CurrentNodeTemplate is displayed and CurrentNodeStyle
                 is ignored. -->

            <asp:SiteMapPath ID="SiteMapPath1" runat="server"
                RenderCurrentNodeAsLink="true"
                NodeStyle-Font-Names="Franklin Gothic Medium"
                NodeStyle-Font-Underline="true"
                NodeStyle-Font-Bold="true"
                RootNodeStyle-Font-Names="Symbol"
                RootNodeStyle-Font-Bold="false"
                CurrentNodeStyle-Font-Names="Verdana"
                CurrentNodeStyle-Font-Size="10pt"
                CurrentNodeStyle-Font-Bold="true"
                CurrentNodeStyle-ForeColor="red"
                CurrentNodeStyle-Font-Underline="false">
                <CURRENTNODETEMPLATE>
                        <asp:Image id="Image1" runat="server" ImageUrl="WebForm2.jpg" AlternateText="WebForm2"/>
                </CURRENTNODETEMPLATE>
            </asp:SiteMapPath>


        </form>
    </body>
</html>
<%@ Page Language="VB" %>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">

<script runat="server">
</script>

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
    <head runat="server">
    <title>ASP.NET Example</title>
</head>
<body>
        <form id="form1" runat="server">

            <!-- The following example demonstrates some of the orders
                 of precedence when applying styles and templates to
                 functional nodes of a SiteMapPath.

                 The NodeStyle and RootNodeStyle define the same attributes,
                 but are different and conflict with each other: the
                 RootNodeStyle supersedes NodeStyle, and is the style
                 rendered. Notice, however, that the underline style
                 defined by NodeStyle is still applied.

                 Both a CurrentNodeStyle and a CurrentNodeTemplate are
                 defined. A template supersedes a style for a node
                 type, so CurrentNodeTemplate is displayed and CurrentNodeStyle
                 is ignored. -->

            <asp:SiteMapPath ID="SiteMapPath1" runat="server"
                RenderCurrentNodeAsLink="true"
                NodeStyle-Font-Names="Franklin Gothic Medium"
                NodeStyle-Font-Underline="true"
                NodeStyle-Font-Bold="true"
                RootNodeStyle-Font-Names="Symbol"
                RootNodeStyle-Font-Bold="false"
                CurrentNodeStyle-Font-Names="Verdana"
                CurrentNodeStyle-Font-Size="10pt"
                CurrentNodeStyle-Font-Bold="true"
                CurrentNodeStyle-ForeColor="red"
                CurrentNodeStyle-Font-Underline="false">
                <CURRENTNODETEMPLATE>
                        <asp:Image id="Image1" runat="server" ImageUrl="WebForm2.jpg" AlternateText="WebForm2"/>
                </CURRENTNODETEMPLATE>
            </asp:SiteMapPath>


        </form>
    </body>
</html>

Remarks

Set the CurrentNodeTemplate to an ITemplate object to use an Image control or some other control, such as a Label, as the current node's user interface element instead of a string.

If the CurrentNodeTemplate property is set, the template overrides both the current navigation node text displayed and any CurrentNodeStyle applied to it. If the currently displayed page corresponds to the root node, however, the RootNodeTemplate or RootNodeStyle is used.

You can declaratively set the CurrentNodeTemplate property to any Web server control, and the ASP.NET infrastructure performs the necessary steps to wrap the Web server control as an ITemplate object. However, Web server controls do not implement the ITemplate interface; therefore, when you work with the ITemplate properties programmatically, you must write an ITemplate wrapper for any template code. Then, the CurrentNodeTemplate property is set to an instance of the ITemplate wrapper.

Applies to

See also