xhtmlConformance Element (ASP.NET Settings Schema)
Configures XHTML 1.0–conforming control rendering.
configuration Element (General Settings Schema)
system.web Element (ASP.NET Settings Schema)
xhtmlConformance Element (ASP.NET Settings Schema)
<xhtmlConformance mode="Transitional|Legacy|Strict"/>
Attributes and Elements
The following sections describe attributes, child elements, and parent elements.
Attributes
Attribute |
Description |
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mode |
An optional String attribute, which specifies the XHTML rendering mode for an ASP.NET application. The mode can be one of the values listed in the following table. The default is Transitional (XHTML 1.0 Transitional).
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Child Elements
None.
Parent Elements
Element |
Description |
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configuration |
The required root element in every configuration file that is used by the common language runtime and .NET Framework–based applications. |
system.web |
Specifies the root element for the ASP.NET configuration settings in a configuration file. Contains configuration elements that configure ASP.NET Web applications and control how the applications behave. |
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.
Note
Only rendering changes that are likely to break existing applications are reverted to their old behavior. There is no mechanism to revert all changes made to comply with the XHTML specification.
Default Configuration
The following default xhtmlConformance element is not explicitly configured in the machine configuration file or in the root Web.config file, but is the default configuration returned by an application in the .NET Framework version 2.0.
<xhtmlConformance mode="Transitional"/>
Example
The following code example switches the rendering mode to conform to the XHTML 1.0 strict standard. The key change that occurs is that the name attribute is no longer rendered on the form tag.
<xhtmlConformance mode="Strict"/>
Element Information
Configuration Section Handler |
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Configuration Member |
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Configurable Locations |
Machine.config Root-level Web.config Application-level Web.config Web.config |
Requirements |
Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) version 6.0 Microsoft .NET Framework version 2.0 Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 |
See Also
Tasks
How to: Configure Specific Directories Using Location Settings
How to: Lock ASP.NET Configuration Settings
Concepts
ASP.NET Configuration File Hierarchy and Inheritance
Securing ASP.NET Configuration
ASP.NET Configuration Scenarios
Reference
system.web Element (ASP.NET Settings Schema)
configuration Element (General Settings Schema)
Other Resources
General Configuration Settings (ASP.NET)
ASP.NET Configuration Settings