Just wondering if anyone has figured out a way to add <optgroup> to
DropDownLists?
Theoretical code that should work:

<aspropDownList id="ddlWeightClass" runat="server">
<optgroup label="Light Weight">
<asp:ListItem Value="50">50</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="51">51</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="52">52</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="53">53</asp:ListItem>
</optgroup>
<optgroup label="Middle Weight">
<asp:ListItem Value="120">120</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="121">121</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="122">122</asp:ListItem>
</optgroup>
</aspropDownList>

Which I wish would render as:

<select name="ddlWeightClass" id="ddlWeightClass">
<optgroup label="Light Weight">
<option value="50">50</option>
<option value="51">51</option>
<option value="52">52</option>
</optgroup>
<optgroup label="Middle Weight">
<option value="120">120</option>
<option value="121">121</option>
<option value="122">122</option>
</optgroup>
</select>

here is a link to a similar example
http://www.webdevtips.com/webdevtips...orm_tags.shtml

Thank you,
Art Clark

You're probably going to have to create your own control. You'll have
to have a collection of optgroups, with each one having a collection of
listitems.

It's like a table, which has a collection of rows, each of which has a
collection of cells.

I'm looking into writing a table control that will allow me to have
tbody, thead and tfoot tags, and it's the same sort of pain in the
rear.

Sorry,
Lisa


user (AT) sympatico (DOT) ca wrote:

An easy implementation of an Asp Net DropDownList with optgroup support can be found at http://www.codeplex.com/SharpPieces

Enjoy!

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