HTML Control "select" runat="server"

hamid · October 13th, 2004, 06:32 AM

I have a problem in running the following code:

<html>
<head>
</head>
<body>
    <form runat="server">
        <select style="WIDTH: 219px" runat=âserverâ>
        <option>a</option>
        <option selected="selected">b</option>
        <option>c</option>
        </select>

    </form>
</body>
</html>

If the Select tag is not runat="server", then it's OK, but when the object is parsed by asp.net the tag <Option Selected="selected"> generates error, but <option selected> is OK and accepted by parser. However webmatrix replaces <option selected> by <option selected="selected"> when you go to design view of the page, forcing the error.

Is there any help in this issue for me? Is the above text descriptive enough?

bmains · October 13th, 2004, 07:53 AM

Hey,

I noticed that you don't have an ID for the select. This may be an issue. Add an ID, and see if that clears it up.

Brian

hamid · October 13th, 2004, 08:34 AM

Thank you Brian for your reply.
I added ID, but no difference. As you know selected="selected" is valid in XHTML and so it is working quite well without runat="server" option of the select tag. However it is not accepted by the asp.net parser, (it expects a value of true/false ,just Boolean), and causes error when runat="server" is added to the tag. Now the question is:
1. Why webmatrix changes the code (from <option Selected> to <option selected=âselectedâ) when visiting the design view of page?
2. Is there any setting to change this feature of webmatrix?
3. How parser/compiler can be configured to accept the above synax?

Regards
hamid

bmains · October 13th, 2004, 09:19 AM

You could try the server control equivalent, the <asp:DropDownList>. It's pretty much the same.

Brian