Sep 30, 2009
The design view in Visual Studio can display glyphs and borders for the hidden non - graphic elements (such as div, span, form, and script elements). This feature helps you to see where the elements are and avoid inadvertently deleting the non-graphic...
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Tags: Visual Studio 2008VS2008VWDtips and tricksDesignerVisual StudioDeepak VermaVSTSVisual Studio 2008 SP1FormattingOptions
Jun 09, 2009
Some times as you are building your web page, you may want to hide all the non-visual controls like Timer control so that the page looks close to how it would be rendered on your browser. Our Designer can toggle between displaying and not displaying Non...
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Tags: Visual Studio 2008tips and tricksDesignerASP.NET
Jun 05, 2009
Tip#62 showed you how to add an AJAX Control Toolkit to your Toolbox. Once you have the toolkit here is how you proceed: 1. Switch to Design View of the page and drag drop ScriptManager control from the AJAX Extensions tab of toolbox to the designer....
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Tags: Visual Studio 2008tips and tricksDesigner
May 31, 2009
Ctrl +Shift+W does the trick for you. This short cut is mentioned under File Menu -> View in Browser . So if you are still using Select File -> Right click for context menu and then selecting View in Browser as shown below, you may want to start...
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Tags: Visual Studio 2008VS2008VWDtips and tricksDesignerVisual StudioCSS and HTMLDevelopmentASP.NETReshmi MangaloreVSTSVisual Studio 2008 SP1Shortcuts
May 31, 2009
Open an existing web site in VWD. Open the page by double clicking on it in solution explorer to which you want to attach the existing style sheet in your web site. Now, switch to Design View of the page and bring up Select Style Sheet dialog by clicking...
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Tags: Visual Studio 2008VS2008VWDtips and tricksDesignerVisual StudioCSSCSS and HTMLVSTSFormat
Apr 22, 2009
Gridview control has the flexibility to be configured how it's rendered using templates. Following steps show how the control's edit template can be changed in the Visual Studio Designer. I have a GridView hooked up to Sqldatasource using Northwind.products...
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Tags: Visual Studio 2008VS2008tips and tricksDesignerASP.NETDeepak VermaData
Mar 31, 2009
Absolute positioning control(s) in the designer can seem confusing at first until you learn the visual cues. You can do one of the following two possible actions by dragging the control in the designer. Re-parent the control Change the controls position...
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Tags: Visual Studio 2008VWDtips and tricksDesignerASP.NETVSTSVisual Studio 2008 SP1
Nov 26, 2008
In VS 2005, you can drag and drop an extender control anywhere on the design surface. However, in VS 2008, you can drop an extender only on an ASP control which the extender can extend its functionality. When you drag an extender and hover it over a control...
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