WebControl.ForeColor Property

Reference

Definition

Namespace:: System.Web.UI.WebControls

Assembly:: System.Web.dll

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Gets or sets the foreground color (typically the color of the text) of the Web server control.

public:
 virtual property System::Drawing::Color ForeColor { System::Drawing::Color get(); void set(System::Drawing::Color value); };

[System.ComponentModel.Bindable(true)]
[System.ComponentModel.TypeConverter(typeof(System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebColorConverter))]
public virtual System.Drawing.Color ForeColor { get; set; }

[System.ComponentModel.TypeConverter(typeof(System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebColorConverter))]
public virtual System.Drawing.Color ForeColor { get; set; }

[<System.ComponentModel.Bindable(true)>]
[<System.ComponentModel.TypeConverter(typeof(System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebColorConverter))>]
member this.ForeColor : System.Drawing.Color with get, set

[<System.ComponentModel.TypeConverter(typeof(System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebColorConverter))>]
member this.ForeColor : System.Drawing.Color with get, set

Public Overridable Property ForeColor As Color

Property Value

Color

A Color that represents the foreground color of the control. The default is Empty.

Attributes: BindableAttribute TypeConverterAttribute

Examples

The following example illustrates how to set the ForeColor property of the Table control, inherited from the WebControl base class.

<%@ 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">

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

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head id="Head1" runat="server">
    <title>Table Property</title>
</head>
<body>
    <form id="form1" runat="server">
    <div>
        <h3>Property of a Table Web Control</h3>
 
        <asp:Table id="Table1" runat="server"
            CellPadding = "10" 
            CellSpacing="0"
            GridLines="Both"
            Font-Bold="true"
            ForeColor="Red">

            <asp:TableRow>
                <asp:TableCell>
                    Row 0, Col 0
                </asp:TableCell>
                <asp:TableCell>
                    Row 0, Col 1
                </asp:TableCell>
            </asp:TableRow>

            <asp:TableRow>
                <asp:TableCell>
                    Row 1, Col 0
                </asp:TableCell>
                <asp:TableCell>
                    Row 1, Col 1
                </asp:TableCell>
            </asp:TableRow>
        </asp:Table>
    </div>
    </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">

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

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head id="Head1" runat="server">
    <title>Table Property</title>
</head>
<body>
    <form id="form1" runat="server">
    <div>
        <h3>Property of a Table Web Control</h3>
 
        <asp:Table id="Table1" runat="server"
            CellPadding = "10" 
            CellSpacing="0"
            GridLines="Both"
            Font-Bold="true"
            ForeColor="Red">

            <asp:TableRow>
                <asp:TableCell>
                    Row 0, Col 0
                </asp:TableCell>
                <asp:TableCell>
                    Row 0, Col 1
                </asp:TableCell>
            </asp:TableRow>

            <asp:TableRow>
                <asp:TableCell>
                    Row 1, Col 0
                </asp:TableCell>
                <asp:TableCell>
                    Row 1, Col 1
                </asp:TableCell>
            </asp:TableRow>
        </asp:Table>
    </div>
    </form>
</body>
</html>

Remarks

Use the ForeColor property to specify the foreground color of the Web server control. The foreground color is usually the color of the text. This property will render on browsers earlier than Microsoft Internet Explorer version 4 for all controls, except the Image, AdRotator, HyperLink and LinkButton.

Note

On browsers earlier than Microsoft Internet Explorer version 4, this property is rendered as <font> tags.

Applies to

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