Microsoft® Visual Studio® 2010 Unleashed

The ASP.NET Standard Controls

There is a large set of what are called Standard controls in ASP.NET. These appear on the Toolbox in the Standard group (see Figure 17.59). Most pages you build draw heavily from this list. It includes label, text box, button, check box, radio button, calendar, and many more controls.

Figure 17.59 You use the Standard ASP.NET controls for most data-entry scenarios.

At design time, you drag one of these controls from the Toolbox onto the designer. You can then work with the control using the Properties dialog box. Each control has a host of properties for controlling appearance, behavior, accessibility, and more.