CheckBoxList.TextAlign Property

Reference

Definition

Namespace:: System.Web.UI.WebControls

Assembly:: System.Web.dll

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Gets or sets the text alignment for the check boxes within the group.

public:
 virtual property System::Web::UI::WebControls::TextAlign TextAlign { System::Web::UI::WebControls::TextAlign get(); void set(System::Web::UI::WebControls::TextAlign value); };

[System.ComponentModel.Bindable(true)]
public virtual System.Web.UI.WebControls.TextAlign TextAlign { get; set; }

public virtual System.Web.UI.WebControls.TextAlign TextAlign { get; set; }

[<System.ComponentModel.Bindable(true)>]
member this.TextAlign : System.Web.UI.WebControls.TextAlign with get, set

member this.TextAlign : System.Web.UI.WebControls.TextAlign with get, set

Public Overridable Property TextAlign As TextAlign

Property Value

TextAlign

One of the TextAlign values. The default value is Right.

Attributes: BindableAttribute

Exceptions

ArgumentOutOfRangeException

The specified label text alignment is not one of the TextAlign values.

Examples

The following code example demonstrates how to use the TextAlign property to specify that the text associated with the check boxes appears on the right side of the CheckBoxList control.

Note

The following code samples use the single-file code model and may not work correctly if copied directly into a code-behind file. Each 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>CheckBoxList Example</title>
<script language="C#" runat="server">

   void Check_Clicked(Object sender, EventArgs e) 
   {
      Message.Text = "Selected Item(s):<br /><br />";
      for (int i = 0; i < CheckBoxList1.Items.Count; i++)
      {
         if (CheckBoxList1.Items[i].Selected)
            Message.Text += CheckBoxList1.Items[i].Text + "<br />";
      }
   }

</script>
 
</head>
<body>
   
   <form id="form1" action="CheckBoxList.aspx" method="post" runat="server">
 
      <h3>CheckBoxList Example</h3>

      <asp:CheckBoxList id="CheckBoxList1" 
           AutoPostBack="True"
           CellPadding="5"
           CellSpacing="5"
           RepeatColumns="2"
           RepeatDirection="Vertical"
           RepeatLayout="Flow"
           TextAlign="Right"
           OnSelectedIndexChanged="Check_Clicked"
           runat="server">
 
         <asp:ListItem>Item 1</asp:ListItem>
         <asp:ListItem>Item 2</asp:ListItem>
         <asp:ListItem>Item 3</asp:ListItem>
         <asp:ListItem>Item 4</asp:ListItem>
         <asp:ListItem>Item 5</asp:ListItem>
         <asp:ListItem>Item 6</asp:ListItem>
 
      </asp:CheckBoxList>
 
      <br /><br />

      <asp:label id="Message" 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>CheckBoxList Example</title>
<script language="VB" runat="server">

   Sub Check_Clicked(sender As Object, e As EventArgs)
      Dim i As Integer
      Message.Text = "Selected Item(s):<br /><br />"
      For i = 0 To CheckBoxList1.Items.Count - 1
         If checkboxlist1.Items(i).Selected Then
            Message.Text += checkboxlist1.Items(i).Text + "<br />"
         End If
      Next
   End Sub

</script>
 
</head>
<body>
   
   <form id="form1" action="CheckBoxList.aspx" method="post" runat="server">
 
      <h3>CheckBoxList Example</h3>

      <asp:CheckBoxList id="CheckBoxList1" 
           AutoPostBack="True"
           CellPadding="5"
           CellSpacing="5"
           RepeatColumns="2"
           RepeatDirection="Vertical"
           RepeatLayout="Flow"
           TextAlign="Right"
           OnSelectedIndexChanged="Check_Clicked"
           runat="server">
 
         <asp:ListItem>Item 1</asp:ListItem>
         <asp:ListItem>Item 2</asp:ListItem>
         <asp:ListItem>Item 3</asp:ListItem>
         <asp:ListItem>Item 4</asp:ListItem>
         <asp:ListItem>Item 5</asp:ListItem>
         <asp:ListItem>Item 6</asp:ListItem>
 
      </asp:CheckBoxList>
 
      <br /><br />

      <asp:label id="Message" runat="server"/>
             
   </form>
          
</body>
</html>


<%@ 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 runat="server">
    <title> CheckBoxList TextAlign Example </title>
<script runat="server">

      void Check_Clicked(Object sender, EventArgs e) 
      {

         Message.Text = "Selected Item(s):<br /><br />";

         // Iterate through the Items collection of the CheckBoxList 
         // control and display the selected items.
         for (int i=0; i<checkboxlist1.Items.Count; i++)
         {

            if (checkboxlist1.Items[i].Selected)
            {

               Message.Text += checkboxlist1.Items[i].Text + "<br />";

            }

         }

      }

      void Index_Change(Object sender, EventArgs e) 
      {

         // Set the alignment of the caption (right or left) in relation
         // to the check boxes.
         // Note that the TextAlign enumeration starts at 1 instead of 0, 
         // so the value of the SelectedIndex property cannot be used
         // directly for casting into a TextAlign enumeration.

         // In this example, the values of the TextAlign enumeration are 
         // stored in the Value property of each ListItem in the 
         // DropDownList control named List. To determine the enumeration  
         // value, retrieve the value of the Value property, convert it to
         // an Int32, and then cast it to a TextAlign enumeration.
         int EnumValue = Convert.ToInt32(List.SelectedItem.Value);

         checkboxlist1.TextAlign = (TextAlign)EnumValue;

      }

   </script>
 
</head>

<body>
   
   <form id="form1" runat="server">
 
      <h3> CheckBoxList TextAlign Example </h3>

      Select items from the CheckBoxList.

      <br /><br />

      <asp:CheckBoxList id="checkboxlist1" 
           AutoPostBack="True"
           CellPadding="5"
           CellSpacing="5"
           RepeatColumns="2"
           RepeatDirection="Vertical"
           RepeatLayout="Table"
           TextAlign="Right"
           OnSelectedIndexChanged="Check_Clicked"
           runat="server">
 
         <asp:ListItem>Item 1</asp:ListItem>
         <asp:ListItem>Item 2</asp:ListItem>
         <asp:ListItem>Item 3</asp:ListItem>
         <asp:ListItem>Item 4</asp:ListItem>
         <asp:ListItem>Item 5</asp:ListItem>
         <asp:ListItem>Item 6</asp:ListItem>
 
      </asp:CheckBoxList>
 
      <br /><br />

      <asp:label id="Message" runat="server"/>

      <hr />

      Select whether to display the captions to the right or the left 
      of the check boxes.

      <table cellpadding="5">

         <tr>

            <td>

               TextAlign:

            </td>

         </tr>

         <tr>

            <td>

               <asp:DropDownList id="List"
                    AutoPostBack="True"
                    OnSelectedIndexChanged="Index_Change"
                    runat="server">

                  <asp:ListItem Value="1">Left</asp:ListItem>
                  <asp:ListItem Value="2" Selected="True">Right</asp:ListItem>

               </asp:DropDownList>

            </td>

         </tr>

      </table>
             
   </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 runat="server">
    <title> CheckBoxList TextAlign Example </title>
<script runat="server">

      Sub Check_Clicked(sender as Object, e As EventArgs) 

         Message.Text = "Selected Item(s):<br /><br />"

         ' Iterate through the Items collection of the CheckBoxList 
         ' control and display the selected items.
         Dim i As Integer

         For i=0 To checkboxlist1.Items.Count - 1

            If checkboxlist1.Items(i).Selected Then

               Message.Text &= checkboxlist1.Items(i).Text & "<br />"

            End If

         Next

      End Sub

      Sub Index_Change(sender As Object, e As EventArgs)

         ' Set the alignment of the caption (right or left) in relation
         ' to the check boxes.
         ' Note that the TextAlign enumeration starts at 1 instead of 0, 
         ' so the value of the SelectedIndex property cannot be used
         ' directly for casting into a TextAlign enumeration.

         ' In this example, the values of the TextAlign enumeration are 
         ' stored in the Value property of each ListItem in the 
         ' DropDownList control named List. To determine the enumeration  
         ' value, retrieve the value of the Value property, convert it to
         ' an Int32, and then cast it to a TextAlign enumeration.
         Dim EnumValue As Integer = Convert.ToInt32(List.SelectedItem.Value)

         checkboxlist1.TextAlign = CType(EnumValue, TextAlign)

      End Sub

   </script>
 
</head>

<body>
   
   <form id="form1" runat="server">
 
      <h3> CheckBoxList TextAlign Example </h3>

      Select items from the CheckBoxList.

      <br /><br />

      <asp:CheckBoxList id="checkboxlist1" 
           AutoPostBack="True"
           CellPadding="5"
           CellSpacing="5"
           RepeatColumns="2"
           RepeatDirection="Vertical"
           RepeatLayout="Table"
           TextAlign="Right"
           OnSelectedIndexChanged="Check_Clicked"
           runat="server">
 
         <asp:ListItem>Item 1</asp:ListItem>
         <asp:ListItem>Item 2</asp:ListItem>
         <asp:ListItem>Item 3</asp:ListItem>
         <asp:ListItem>Item 4</asp:ListItem>
         <asp:ListItem>Item 5</asp:ListItem>
         <asp:ListItem>Item 6</asp:ListItem>
 
      </asp:CheckBoxList>
 
      <br /><br />

      <asp:label id="Message" runat="server"/>

      <hr />

      Select whether to display the captions to the right or the left 
      of the check boxes.

      <table cellpadding="5">

         <tr>

            <td>

               TextAlign:

            </td>

         </tr>

         <tr>

            <td>

               <asp:DropDownList id="List"
                    AutoPostBack="True"
                    OnSelectedIndexChanged="Index_Change"
                    runat="server">

                  <asp:ListItem Value="1">Left</asp:ListItem>
                  <asp:ListItem Value="2" Selected="True">Right</asp:ListItem>

               </asp:DropDownList>

            </td>

         </tr>

      </table>
             
   </form>
          
</body>

</html>

Remarks

Use this property to specify whether the text associated with the check boxes appears on the left or right of the check box. If this property is set to TextAlign.Right, the text is displayed to the right of the check box. If this property is set to TextAlign.Left, the text is displayed to the left of the check box.

Applies to

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