Hi;

For the text of a ListItem how do I put a hyperlink in as part of the text?
I tried putting it in the text and putting a asp:HyperLink inside it -
neither worked.

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Hi Dave,

If you're referring to following ListItem class:

#ListItem Class (System.Web.UI.WebControls)
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.web.ui.webcontrols.listitem.
aspx
Represents a data item in a data-bound list control.


A ListItem control represents an individual data item within a data-bound
list control, such as a ListBox or a RadioButtonList control. The result
HTML that it rendered will depend on who is its container: for a ListBox
control, a ListItem will be rendered as tag <option>; while a
RadioButtonList will render ListItem as tag <input>.

You cannot place a child server control inside its tag. Based on my test,
you could place html tag <a> in its text property if it will be rendered as
tag <input>:

<asp:RadioButtonList ID="rdl1" runat="server">
<asp:ListItem>item1</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem>item2</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem>Click <a href="default.aspx">here</a> for more
info</asp:ListItem>
</asp:RadioButtonList>


<asp:CheckBoxList ID="check1" runat="server">
<asp:ListItem>item1</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem>item2</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem>Click <a href="default.aspx">here</a> for more
info</asp:ListItem>
</asp:CheckBoxList>


Based on your actual requirement, you might want to use other approaches
such as creating custom data bound templated server controls; for example:

#Building DataBound Templated Custom ASP.NET Server Controls
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa479322.aspx


Sincerely,
Walter Wang (wawang (AT) online (DOT) microsoft.com, remove 'online.')
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I tried putting it in the text but got:
Error 1 Validation (XHTML 1.0 Transitional): The element 'a' cannot be
nested within the element
'listitem'. C:\src\RePortal\portal\default.aspx 26 44 C:\...\portal\

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"Walter Wang [MSFT]" wrote:

Well, I'm afraid this is an expected issue when using html tags inside
ListItem. This is a workaround and not documented way to do so.

Normally we need to use a template to add arbitrary server controls or html
tags, for example, when you're using a ItemTemplate inside GridView's
TemplateColumn. For ListItem, it's rather limited and using the workaround
above is really not documented and recommended.

Regards,
Walter Wang (wawang (AT) online (DOT) microsoft.com, remove 'online.')
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ok - thanks

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"Walter Wang [MSFT]" wrote: