SiteMapPath.NodeTemplate Property

Definition

Gets or sets a control template to use for all functional nodes of a site navigation path.

[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 NodeTemplate { get; set; }

Property Value

An ITemplate object that implements the InstantiateIn(Control) method, to render custom content for each node of a navigation path.

Attributes

Examples

The following code example demonstrates how a NodeTemplate, when one is specified, overrides styles defined for all nodes, including special styles for the root node and current node.

Important

This example has a text box that accepts 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.

<%@ 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.

                 A NodeStyle, RootNodeStyle, and CurrentNodeStyle are
                 all defined. However, so is a NodeTemplate. The template
                 is applied to all nodes, and the styles 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">
                <NODETEMPLATE>
                        <asp:CheckBox id="CheckBox1" runat="server" Checked="true" />
                        <asp:TextBox id="TextBox1" runat="server" Text="Declarative template" />
                </NODETEMPLATE>
            </asp:SiteMapPath>


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

Remarks

Set the NodeTemplate to an ITemplate object to use an Image or some other control, such as a Label, as a user interface element for all navigation path nodes.

If the NodeTemplate property is set, the template overrides both the navigation node text displayed and any NodeStyle applied to it. For the current and root nodes, if a CurrentNodeTemplate or RootNodeTemplate is set, these templates override the NodeTemplate.

You can declaratively set the NodeTemplate 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 RootNodeTemplate property is set to an instance of the ITemplate wrapper.

Applies to

Product Versions
.NET Framework 2.0, 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5, 4.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.6, 4.6.1, 4.6.2, 4.7, 4.7.1, 4.7.2, 4.8, 4.8.1

See also