Auto Format Dialog Box

 

Allows you to select predefined set of colors, border styles, and other settings (referred to as a scheme) and apply them to a Web server control.

When you select a scheme, the scheme's settings are applied to properties of the control. Different schemes make different settings, but a typical set of properties set by a scheme is:

• BackColor

• BorderColor

• BorderStyle

• BorderWidth

• CellPadding

• Gridlines

In some schemes, settings are also made for the style objects associated with the control. For example, a scheme might set the ForeColor and ForeColor properties.

To access this dialog box

1. In Visual Web Developer, open or create an ASP.NET Web page and then switch to Design view.

2. Drag a schemable control onto the page. For example, from the Navigation node of the Toolbox, you can choose the TreeView control, or from the Login node you can choose the ChangePassword control.

   The Tasks window appears automatically.

3. In the Tasks list, click Auto Format.

   The Auto Format dialog box opens.

4. From the left pane of the dialog box, choose the scheme that you want to use. The scheme will be previewed in the right pane.

Tasks

• Walkthrough: Creating a Basic Web Forms Page in Visual Studio

• Walkthrough: Basic Data Access Using the SqlDataSource Control in Web Pages

UI Elements

• Select a scheme
  Select a scheme by name or select Remove Formatting to restore the default values for the properties set by the scheme.

  Note

  If you choose Remove Formatting, it resets all properties affected by the scheme, even if you changed the settings after applying it.

• Preview
  Displays a sample of what the control will look like with the scheme applied. (The preview does not reflect the exact configuration of the control.)

See Also

ASP.NET Web Server Controls and CSS Styles
Auto Format Dialog Box (Calendar Control)