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FormView.HorizontalAlign Property

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Definition

Namespace:
System.Web.UI.WebControls
Assembly:
System.Web.dll

Gets or sets the horizontal alignment of a FormView control on the page.

public:
 virtual property System::Web::UI::WebControls::HorizontalAlign HorizontalAlign { System::Web::UI::WebControls::HorizontalAlign get(); void set(System::Web::UI::WebControls::HorizontalAlign value); };
public virtual System.Web.UI.WebControls.HorizontalAlign HorizontalAlign { get; set; }
member this.HorizontalAlign : System.Web.UI.WebControls.HorizontalAlign with get, set
Public Overridable Property HorizontalAlign As HorizontalAlign

Property Value

HorizontalAlign

One of the HorizontalAlign values. The default is HorizontalAlign.NotSet.

Examples

The following example demonstrates how to use the HorizontalAlign property to specify that a FormView control should be centered on the page.


<%@ Page language="C#" %>

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
    "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
  <head runat="server">
    <title>FormView HorizontalAlign Example</title>
</head>
<body>
    <form id="form1" runat="server">
        
      <h3>FormView HorizontalAlign Example</h3>
                       
      <asp:formview id="EmployeeFormView"
        datasourceid="EmployeeSource"
        allowpaging="true"
        datakeynames="EmployeeID"
        horizontalalign="Center"
        gridlines="Both"  
        runat="server">
        
        <itemtemplate>
        
          <table>
            <tr>
              <td>
                <asp:image id="EmployeeImage"
                  imageurl='<%# Eval("PhotoPath") %>'
                  alternatetext='<%# Eval("LastName") %>' 
                  runat="server"/>
              </td>
              <td>
                <h3><%# Eval("FirstName") %> <%# Eval("LastName") %></h3>      
                <%# Eval("Title") %>        
              </td>
            </tr>
          </table>
        
        </itemtemplate>
          
        <pagersettings position="Bottom"
          mode="NextPrevious"/> 
                  
      </asp:formview>
          
      <!-- This example uses Microsoft SQL Server and connects  -->
      <!-- to the Northwind sample database. Use an ASP.NET     -->
      <!-- expression to retrieve the connection string value   -->
      <!-- from the Web.config file.                            -->
      <asp:sqldatasource id="EmployeeSource"
        selectcommand="Select [EmployeeID], [LastName], [FirstName], [Title], [PhotoPath] From [Employees]"
        connectionstring="<%$ ConnectionStrings:NorthWindConnectionString%>" 
        runat="server"/>
            
    </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">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
  <head runat="server">
    <title>FormView HorizontalAlign Example</title>
</head>
<body>
    <form id="form1" runat="server">
        
      <h3>FormView HorizontalAlign Example</h3>
                       
      <asp:formview id="EmployeeFormView"
        datasourceid="EmployeeSource"
        allowpaging="true"
        datakeynames="EmployeeID"
        horizontalalign="Center"
        gridlines="Both"  
        runat="server">
        
        <itemtemplate>
        
          <table>
            <tr>
              <td>
                <asp:image id="EmployeeImage"
                  imageurl='<%# Eval("PhotoPath") %>'
                  alternatetext='<%# Eval("LastName") %>' 
                  runat="server"/>
              </td>
              <td>
                <h3><%# Eval("FirstName") %> <%# Eval("LastName") %></h3>      
                <%# Eval("Title") %>        
              </td>
            </tr>
          </table>
        
        </itemtemplate>
          
        <pagersettings position="Bottom"
          mode="NextPrevious"/> 
                  
      </asp:formview>
          
      <!-- This example uses Microsoft SQL Server and connects  -->
      <!-- to the Northwind sample database. Use an ASP.NET     -->
      <!-- expression to retrieve the connection string value   -->
      <!-- from the Web.config file.                            -->
      <asp:sqldatasource id="EmployeeSource"
        selectcommand="Select [EmployeeID], [LastName], [FirstName], [Title], [PhotoPath] From [Employees]"
        connectionstring="<%$ ConnectionStrings:NorthWindConnectionString%>" 
        runat="server"/>
            
    </form>
  </body>
</html>

Remarks

Use the HorizontalAlign property to specify the horizontal alignment of a FormView control within the page. The following table lists the different horizontal alignment styles.

HorizontalAlign value Description
HorizontalAlign.NotSet The horizontal alignment of the FormView control has not been set.
HorizontalAlign.Left The FormView control is left-aligned on the page.
HorizontalAlign.Center The FormView control is centered on the page.
HorizontalAlign.Right The FormView control is right-aligned on the page.
HorizontalAlign.Justify The FormView control is aligned with both the left and right margins of the page.

Applies to

See also