XhtmlConformanceSection Class

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02/17/2023

Specifies the XHTML rendering mode for ASP.NET applications.

Syntax

class XhtmlConformanceSection : ConfigurationSection

Methods

The following table lists the methods exposed by the XhtmlConformanceSection class.

Name	Description
GetAllowDefinition	(Inherited from ConfigurationSection.)
GetAllowLocation	(Inherited from `ConfigurationSection`.)
RevertToParent	(Inherited from `ConfigurationSection`.)
SetAllowDefinition	(Inherited from `ConfigurationSection`.)
SetAllowLocation	(Inherited from `ConfigurationSection`.)

Properties

The following table lists the properties exposed by the XhtmlConformanceSection class.

Name	Description
`Location`	(Inherited from `ConfigurationSection`.) A key property.
`Mode`	A read/write `sint32` value that specifies the XHTML rendering mode for ASP.NET applications. The possible values are listed later in the Remarks section.
`Path`	(Inherited from `ConfigurationSection`.) A key property.
`SectionInformation`	(Inherited from `ConfigurationSection`.)

Subclasses

This class contains no subclasses.

Remarks

By default, when you are working with browsers that support HTML 4.0 or later, ASP.NET pages and controls render markup that is compatible with the XHTML 1.0 Transitional standard. However, under some circumstances, you might not want ASP.NET to render XHTML markup. This is typically true when you have existing pages that rely on tags or attributes that would ordinarily be prohibited by XHTML.

The following table lists the possible values for the Mode property. The default is 0 (Transitional).

Value	Keyword	Description
0	`Transitional`	XHTML markup is rendered as conforming to the XHTML 1.0 Transitional standard.
1	`Legacy`	Reverts to their old behavior a number of rendering changes that are likely to break existing applications. There is no mechanism to revert all changes made to comply with the XHTML specification. Note: Use this setting to maintain conformance with ASP.NET 1.1 rendering.
2	`Strict`	Specifies strict conformance with the XHTML 1.0 standard. The key change that occurs is that the name attribute is no longer rendered on the form tag.

Inheritance Hierarchy

ConfigurationSection

XhtmlConformanceSection

Requirements

Type	Description
Client	- IIS 7.0 on Windows Vista - IIS 7.5 on Windows 7 - IIS 8.0 on Windows 8 - IIS 10.0 on Windows 10
Server	- IIS 7.0 on Windows Server 2008 - IIS 7.5 on Windows Server 2008 R2 - IIS 8.0 on Windows Server 2012 - IIS 8.5 on Windows Server 2012 R2 - IIS 10.0 on Windows Server 2016
Product	- IIS 7.0, IIS 7.5, IIS 8.0, IIS 8.5, IIS 10.0
MOF file	WebAdministration.mof