Contents tagged with Creating controls
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The impact of ClientIDMode=Predictable
ASP.NET 4 introduces a new property on all controls: ClientIDMode. It lets web form developers minimize the size of the id= attribute written into HTML tags. It also helps them dictate the actual form of the ID, avoiding the mangled naming of previous versions when controls are inside of naming containers.
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Give us more control of Intellisense
This is part of a series of postings asking for improvements to Visual Studio and ASP.NET.
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Using ITypeDiscoveryService within the SmartTag
Each web control offers a SmartTag. It’s that little arrow on the right edge of the control and pops up a list of commands. Here’s how to add a command where the user can pick from a list of types. This is an extension of the Using ITypeDiscoveryService in a TypeConverter post.
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Using ITypeDiscoveryService in a typeconverter
While working on Versatile DataSources, I wanted to provide a new design mode feature on properties where you specify the name of a class type. For example, EntityDAODataSource has EntityTypeName and DataContextTypeName.
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Overcoming a classic design mode error when developing your own controls
Let's suppose that you are creating a new control. You have a separate project file and its referenced with a Web Application that intends to use your control. You have a ControlDesigner class included within that assembly.