Label.Text Property

Reference

Definition

Namespace:: System.Web.UI.WebControls

Assembly:: System.Web.dll

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Gets or sets the text content of the Label control.

public:
 virtual property System::String ^ Text { System::String ^ get(); void set(System::String ^ value); };

[System.ComponentModel.Bindable(true)]
[System.Web.UI.PersistenceMode(System.Web.UI.PersistenceMode.InnerDefaultProperty)]
public virtual string Text { get; set; }

[<System.ComponentModel.Bindable(true)>]
[<System.Web.UI.PersistenceMode(System.Web.UI.PersistenceMode.InnerDefaultProperty)>]
member this.Text : string with get, set

Public Overridable Property Text As String

Property Value

String

The text content of the control. The default value is Empty.

Implements

Text

Attributes: BindableAttribute PersistenceModeAttribute

Examples

The following example demonstrates how to create a new instance of the Label control and set its Text property.

Note

The following code sample uses the single-file code model and may not work correctly if copied directly into a code-behind file. This code sample must be copied into an empty text file that has an .aspx extension. For more information on the Web Forms code model, see ASP.NET Web Forms Page Code Model.

<%@ Page Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="True" %>
<!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>
    <title>Label Example</title>
<script language="C#" runat="server">
         void Button1_Click(Object Sender, EventArgs e) {
            Label l2 = new Label();
            l2.Text = "This is a new Label";
            l2.BorderStyle = BorderStyle.Solid;    
            Page.Controls.Add(l2);
         }
     </script>
 
 </head>
 <body>
     <h3>Label Example</h3>
     <form id="form1" runat="server">
 
         <asp:Button id="Button1" Text="Create and Show a Label" 
         OnClick="Button1_Click" Runat="server"/>
 
     </form>
 </body>
 </html>

<%@ Page Language="VB" AutoEventWireup="True" %>
<!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>
    <title>Label Example</title>
<script language="VB" runat="server">
         Sub Button1_Click(Sender As Object, e As EventArgs)
            Dim l2 As New Label()
            l2.Text = "This is a new Label"
            l2.BorderStyle = BorderStyle.Solid
            Page.Controls.Add(l2)
         End Sub
     </script>
 
 </head>
 <body>
     <h3>Label Example</h3>
     <form id="form1" runat="server">
 
         <asp:Button id="Button1" Text="Create and Show a Label" 
         OnClick="Button1_Click" Runat="server"/>
 
     </form>
 </body>
 </html>

Remarks

Use the Text property to specify or determine the text content of the Label control. This property is commonly used to programmatically customize the text that is displayed in the Label control.

The Text property can include HTML. If it does, the HTML will be passed unchanged to the browser, where is might be interpreted as markup and not as text. If you want the browser to display HTML markup as plain text, you can use the HtmlEncode method, as shown in the example for the class overview. You can also use the Literal control instead of the Label control, and set the Mode property to Encode.

Note

Setting the Text property will clear any other controls contained in the Label control.

Important

This control can be used to display user input, which is a potential security threat. By default, ASP.NET Web pages validate that user input does not include script or HTML elements. For more information, see Script Exploits Overview.

The value of this property, when set, can be saved automatically to a resource file by using a designer tool. For more information, see LocalizableAttribute and ASP.NET Globalization and Localization.

This property is the default property that a ControlParameter object binds to at run time. For more information, see ControlValuePropertyAttribute, ControlParameter, and Using Parameters with Data Source Controls for Filtering.

Applies to

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