WebPart.Verbs Property

Definition

Gets a collection of custom verbs associated with a WebPart control.

public:
 virtual property System::Web::UI::WebControls::WebParts::WebPartVerbCollection ^ Verbs { System::Web::UI::WebControls::WebParts::WebPartVerbCollection ^ get(); };
[System.ComponentModel.Browsable(false)]
public virtual System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebParts.WebPartVerbCollection Verbs { get; }
[<System.ComponentModel.Browsable(false)>]
member this.Verbs : System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebParts.WebPartVerbCollection
Public Overridable ReadOnly Property Verbs As WebPartVerbCollection

Property Value

A WebPartVerbCollection that contains custom WebPartVerb objects associated with a WebPart control. The default value is Empty.

Implements

Attributes

Examples

The following code example demonstrates how to access the Verbs property for a custom Web Parts control. This example assumes the use of a custom control, TextDisplayWebPart, created in the Example section of the WebPart class overview.

Note that for the code example to work, you must add a setting in the Web.config file to enable exporting Web Parts description files. Ensure that you have a Web.config file in the same directory as the Web page for this code example. Within the <system.web> section, make sure there is a <webParts> element with an enableExport attribute set to true, as in the following markup.

<webParts enableExport="true">

...

</webParts>

Load the Web page in a browser. When you click the Display Verb Count button, it accesses the Verbs property to get the count of custom verbs for the TextDisplayWebPart control, and displays the count in a label. Because no custom verbs have been added to the control in this case, the count is zero.

<%@ page language="C#" %>
<%@ register tagprefix="aspSample" 
             Namespace="Samples.AspNet.CS.Controls" 
             Assembly="TextDisplayWebPartCS"%>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
    "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<script runat="server">

void  button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
  label1.Text = "Verb count = " + 
    textwebpart.Verbs.Count.ToString();
}
</script>
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head id="Head1" runat="server">
    <title>ASP.NET Example</title>
</head>
<body>
  <form id="Form1" runat="server">
    <asp:webpartmanager id="WebPartManager1" runat="server" />
    <asp:webpartzone
      id="WebPartZone1"
      runat="server"
      title="Zone 1"
      PartChromeType="TitleAndBorder">
        <parttitlestyle font-bold="true" ForeColor="#3300cc" />
        <partstyle
          borderwidth="1px"   
          borderstyle="Solid"  
          bordercolor="#81AAF2" />
        <zonetemplate>
          <aspSample:TextDisplayWebPart 
            runat="server"   
            id="textwebpart" 
            title = "Text Content WebPart" />        
        </zonetemplate>
    </asp:webpartzone>
    <asp:Button ID="button1" Runat="server" 
      OnClick="button1_Click" 
      Text="Display Verb Count" 
      />
    <asp:Label ID="label1" Runat="server" />
  </form>
</body>
</html>
<%@ page language="VB" %>
<%@ register tagprefix="aspSample" 
             Namespace="Samples.AspNet.VB.Controls" 
             Assembly="TextDisplayWebPartVB"%>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
    "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<script runat="server">

  Sub button1_Click(ByVal sender As Object, _
    ByVal e As System.EventArgs)
    
    label1.Text = "Verb Count = " & _
      textwebpart.Verbs.Count.ToString()
    
  End Sub
</script>
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head id="Head1" runat="server">
    <title>ASP.NET Example</title>
</head>
<body>
  <form id="Form1" runat="server">
    <asp:webpartmanager id="WebPartManager1" runat="server" />
    <asp:webpartzone
      id="WebPartZone1"
      runat="server"
      title="Zone 1"
      PartChromeType="TitleAndBorder">
        <parttitlestyle font-bold="true" ForeColor="#3300cc" />
        <partstyle
          borderwidth="1px"   
          borderstyle="Solid"  
          bordercolor="#81AAF2" />
        <zonetemplate>
          <aspSample:TextDisplayWebPart 
            runat="server"   
            id="textwebpart" 
            title = "Text Content WebPart" 
            ExportMode="all" />        
        </zonetemplate>
    </asp:webpartzone>
    <asp:Button ID="button1" Runat="server" 
      Text="Display Verb Count" OnClick="button1_Click" />
    <asp:Label ID="label1" Runat="server" />
  </form>
</body>
</html>

Remarks

Verbs derive from the WebPartVerb class, and provide user interface (UI) actions that users can perform on a WebPart control. Usually verbs are represented in the UI as buttons, links, or menu items. By default, common Web Parts verbs appear on a drop-down verbs menu in each WebPart control's title bar. There are standard verbs for opening, closing, editing, and minimizing a control, and other verbs for exporting a definition for the control or loading a Help file. These verbs are not included in the Verbs collection, because the collection contains only custom verbs that you create and return by overriding this property in a derived class.

When you create custom verbs and add them to the Verbs collection, you can then access the verbs programmatically from a WebPart control.

Notes to Inheritors

Derived classes can override the Verbs property to allow users to add custom WebPartVerb objects to the verb collection for a WebPart control.

Applies to

See also