visual studio .net general: Hello,

I have in a asp.net menu the following StaticItemTemplate:

<StaticItemTemplate>
<table runat="server" id="table01" border="1" bordercolor="blue"
cellpadding="4" cellspacing="4" >
<tr><td><%# Eval("Text") %> </td></tr>
</table>

</StaticItemTemplate>

This looks fine.

But it does not work.
If I run the program, first the cursor is that of a caret not as for click a
link.
Second, if I click on an item in the menu, you come not to the page of the
NavigationUrl.

For DynamicItemTemplate it's the same problem.

Any help would be fine.
Thank You.
Rolf Welskes

Hello Rolf,

As for the ASP.NET menu control, if we has used the "StaticItemTemplate"
and "DynamicItemTemplate " to customize the menu item, the control will
completely replace the original menu item html with our customized
template. And in such cases, if you still want the menu item to behave
like a hyperlink to other page, you need to add the linker in your custom
template or add some script code.

For example, we can add a HyperLink control in our custom template, like:

<asp:HyperLink ID="HyperLink1" runat="server" Text='<%# Eval("Text") %>'
NavigateUrl='<%# Eval("NavigateUrl") %>'>

Or if the custom template has complex html structure and you want to
redirect the user when click on any part of the template section, you can
add a wrapper html hyperlink around the template and use javascript to
trigger the wrapper link's click event.

here is a simple example template demonstrate the two approaches:

========================
<StaticItemTemplate >
<a href="<%# ResolveUrl(Eval("NavigateUrl").ToString()) %>">
<table runat="server" id="table01" border="1"
bordercolor="blue" style="cursor:pointer"
cellpadding="4" cellspacing="4"
onclick="this.parentNode.click();">
<tr>
<td>
<asp:HyperLink ID="HyperLink1" runat="server"
Text='<%# Eval("Text") %>' NavigateUrl='<%# Eval("NavigateUrl")
%>'></asp:HyperLink>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</a>
</StaticItemTemplate>
<DynamicItemTemplate>
<a href="<%# ResolveUrl(Eval("NavigateUrl").ToString()) %>">
<table runat="server" id="table01" border="1"
bordercolor="blue" style="cursor: pointer"
cellpadding="4" cellspacing="4"
onclick="this.parentNode.click();">
<tr>
<td>
<asp:HyperLink ID="HyperLink1" runat="server"
Text='<%# Eval("Text") %>' NavigateUrl='<%# Eval("NavigateUrl")
%>'></asp:HyperLink>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</a>
</DynamicItemTemplate>
============================

Hope this helps.

Sincerely,

Steven Cheng

Microsoft MSDN Online Support Lead



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