ContentPlaceHolder - size on Master Page

[Fred Nelson]

I'm developing my first VS2005 C# web application.

On my master page I have a "contentplaceho lder" and it covers a small
portion of the screen. I can place controls anywhere on the pages that
use it however this "break" is annoying.

Does anyone know how to resize the content place holder - I've tried
everything (tables, drag&drop, etc.)

Thanks very much!

Fred

[Andrew Robinson]

Re: ContentPlaceHol der - size on Master Page

The content place holder assumes the size of its contents. It has no size of
its own. If you want to size the contents, try wrapping your inner content
with a table of a particular size.

--
Andrew Robinson

http://blog.binaryocean.com

"Fred Nelson" <fred@smartybir d.com> wrote in message
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> I'm developing my first VS2005 C# web application.
>
> On my master page I have a "contentplaceho lder" and it covers a small
> portion of the screen. I can place controls anywhere on the pages that
> use it however this "break" is annoying.
>
> Does anyone know how to resize the content place holder - I've tried
> everything (tables, drag&drop, etc.)
>
> Thanks very much!
>
> Fred[/color]

[Fred Nelson]

Re: ContentPlaceHol der - size on Master Page

Andrew:

Thanks for your reply! I'm still having problems with the content place
holder.

If I place the content place holder within a table in the master page
then I am unable to use it on pages that reference it.

If I use controls that are "absoutely" placed then they can easily
extend beyond the content place holder and overwrite any text below them
- for example binding a datagrid.

So:

Do you know of a way to make the content area respond correctly
(increase vertical size) to forms that contain absoutely placed
controls?

I can't find any way - and I want to use the absoutely placed controls
since it's much faster to develop.

Thanks again - I appreciate your help!

Fred



Andrew Robinson wrote:
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> The content place holder assumes the size of its contents. It has no size of
> its own. If you want to size the contents, try wrapping your inner content
> with a table of a particular size.
>
>[/color]

[Andrew Robinson]

Re: ContentPlaceHol der - size on Master Page

Not sure about the issue that you are having where you are unable to
reference the content place holder. To size the content, you should be
placing your content within a table and then that table within your content
place holder.

Putting a table around the content place holder within the master page, will
not maintain the size of the contained content place holder.

Can't comment on any of the absolute positioned controls. I never use those
properties and in general I think most sites avoid them.

--
Andrew Robinson

http://blog.binaryocean.com

"Fred Nelson" <fred@smartybir d.com> wrote in message
news:uzW9F%23YN GHA.3728@tk2msf tngp13.phx.gbl. ..[color=blue]
> Andrew:
>
> Thanks for your reply! I'm still having problems with the content place
> holder.
>
> If I place the content place holder within a table in the master page
> then I am unable to use it on pages that reference it.
>
> If I use controls that are "absoutely" placed then they can easily
> extend beyond the content place holder and overwrite any text below them
> - for example binding a datagrid.
>
> So:
>
> Do you know of a way to make the content area respond correctly
> (increase vertical size) to forms that contain absoutely placed
> controls?
>
> I can't find any way - and I want to use the absoutely placed controls
> since it's much faster to develop.
>
> Thanks again - I appreciate your help!
>
> Fred
>
>
>
> Andrew Robinson wrote:
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>> The content place holder assumes the size of its contents. It has no size
>> of
>> its own. If you want to size the contents, try wrapping your inner
>> content
>> with a table of a particular size.
>>
>>[/color]
>[/color]