Beginning ASP.NET 3.5 in C# 2008: From Novice to Professional, Second Edition

6.3. List Controls

The list controls include the ListBox, DropDownList, CheckBoxList, RadioButtonList, and BulletedList. They all work in essentially the same way but are rendered differently in the browser. The ListBox, for example, is a rectangular list that displays several entries, while the DropDownList shows only the selected item. The CheckBoxList and RadioButtonList are similar to the ListBox, but every item is rendered as a check box or option button, respectively. Finally, the BulletedList is the odd one out—it's the only list control that isn't selectable. Instead, it renders itself as a sequence of numbered or bulleted items.

All the selectable list controls provide a SelectedIndex property that indicates the selected row as a zero-based ...