HtmlAnchor.RenderAttributes(HtmlTextWriter) Method

Definition

Renders the HtmlAnchor control's attributes to the specified HtmlTextWriter object.

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

Parameters

writer
HtmlTextWriter

The HtmlTextWriter that contains the output stream to render on the client.

Exceptions

The HRef contains a malformed URL.

Examples

The following code example demonstrates how to override the RenderAttributes method in a custom server control so that specific title text, accessible as a ToolTip, is always displayed for the HtmlAnchor control.

<%@ 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 HtmlAnchor - RenderAttributes - C# Example</title>
  </head>
  <body>
    <form id="Form1" method="post" runat="server">
      Top of Page
      <<aspSample:CustomHtmlAnchorRenderAttributes
           id="HtmlAnchor1"
           runat="server"
           name="HtmlAnchor1">HtmlAnchor1</aspSample:CustomHtmlAnchorRenderAttributes>>

      <h3>Custom HtmlAnchor - RenderAttributes - C# Example</h3>
      <p>Place the mouse pointer over the HtmlAnchor1 tag (above). A Title attribute was added from within the RenderAttributes override method.</p>
      <p>Jump to <a href="#HtmlAnchor2">HtmlAnchor2</a> below.</p>

      <p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p>
      <p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p>
      <p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p>
      <p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p>
      <p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p>
      <p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p>
      <p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p>
      <p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p>
      <p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p>
      <p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p>

      <p>Jump to <a href="#HtmlAnchor1">HtmlAnchor1</a> above.</p>
      <p> </p>Bottom of Page
      <<aspSample:CustomHtmlAnchorRenderAttributes
           id="HtmlAnchor2"
           runat="server"
           name="HtmlAnchor2">HtmlAnchor2</aspSample:CustomHtmlAnchorRenderAttributes>>
    </form>
  </body>
</html>
using System.Web;
using System.Security.Permissions;
namespace Samples.AspNet.CS.Controls
{
    [AspNetHostingPermission(SecurityAction.Demand, Level = AspNetHostingPermissionLevel.Minimal)]
    public sealed class CustomHtmlAnchorRenderAttributes : System.Web.UI.HtmlControls.HtmlAnchor
    {
        protected override void RenderAttributes(System.Web.UI.HtmlTextWriter writer)
        {
            // Call the base class's RenderAttributes method.
            base.RenderAttributes(writer);
            
            // Write out the HtmlAnchor control's Title tag.
            writer.Write(" Title=\"Text from RenderAttributes.\"");
        }
    }
}

Remarks

If the value of the HRef property is a malformed URL, the RenderAttributes method throws an HttpException exception.

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

See also