TextBox.AddAttributesToRender(HtmlTextWriter) Method

Definition

Adds HTML attributes and styles that need to be rendered to the specified HtmlTextWriter instance.

protected override void AddAttributesToRender(System.Web.UI.HtmlTextWriter writer);

Parameters

writer
HtmlTextWriter

An HtmlTextWriter that represents the output stream to render HTML content on the client.

Examples

The following code example demonstrates how to override the AddAttributesToRender method in a custom server control, so that the TextBox control text always appears bold.

Important

This example has a text box that accepts user input, which is a potential security threat. By default, ASP.NET Web pages validate that user input does not include script or HTML elements. For more information, see Script Exploits Overview.

<%@ Register TagPrefix="aspSample" Namespace="Samples.AspNet.CS.Controls" Assembly="Samples.AspNet.CS" %>
<%@ Page Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="True" %>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
    "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
    <head>
        <title>Custom TextBox - AddAttributesToRender - C# Example</title>
    </head>
    <body>
        <form id="Form1" method="post" runat="server">
            <h3>Custom TextBox - AddAttributesToRender - C# Example</h3>
            
            <aspSample:CustomTextBoxAddAttributesToRender 
              id="TextBox1" 
              runat="server">Hello World!
            </aspSample:CustomTextBoxAddAttributesToRender>
            
        </form>
    </body>
</html>
using System.Web;
using System.Security.Permissions;

namespace Samples.AspNet.CS.Controls
{
  [AspNetHostingPermission(SecurityAction.Demand, Level=AspNetHostingPermissionLevel.Minimal)]
  public sealed class CustomTextBoxAddAttributesToRender : System.Web.UI.WebControls.TextBox
  {
    protected override void AddAttributesToRender(System.Web.UI.HtmlTextWriter writer)
    {
      // Show the TextBox text as Bold.
      writer.AddStyleAttribute(System.Web.UI.HtmlTextWriterStyle.FontWeight, "bold");

      // Call the base AddAttributesToRender method.
      base.AddAttributesToRender(writer);
    }
  }
}

Remarks

This method is used primarily by control developers to insert the additional attributes and styles to the HtmlTextWriter output stream for a TextBox control. This method overrides WebControl.AddAttributesToRender.

Applies to

Product Versions
.NET Framework 1.1, 2.0, 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5, 4.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.6, 4.6.1, 4.6.2, 4.7, 4.7.1, 4.7.2, 4.8, 4.8.1