SiteMapPath.PathSeparatorTemplate Property

Definition

Gets or sets a control template to use for the path delimiter of a site navigation path.

public:
 virtual property System::Web::UI::ITemplate ^ PathSeparatorTemplate { System::Web::UI::ITemplate ^ get(); void set(System::Web::UI::ITemplate ^ value); };
[System.ComponentModel.Browsable(false)]
[System.Web.UI.PersistenceMode(System.Web.UI.PersistenceMode.InnerProperty)]
[System.Web.UI.TemplateContainer(typeof(System.Web.UI.WebControls.SiteMapNodeItem))]
public virtual System.Web.UI.ITemplate PathSeparatorTemplate { get; set; }
[<System.ComponentModel.Browsable(false)>]
[<System.Web.UI.PersistenceMode(System.Web.UI.PersistenceMode.InnerProperty)>]
[<System.Web.UI.TemplateContainer(typeof(System.Web.UI.WebControls.SiteMapNodeItem))>]
member this.PathSeparatorTemplate : System.Web.UI.ITemplate with get, set
Public Overridable Property PathSeparatorTemplate As ITemplate

Property Value

An ITemplate object that implements the InstantiateIn(Control) method, to render custom content for the path delimiter of a navigation path.

Attributes

Examples

The following code example demonstrates how to define an Image as a PathSeparatorTemplate declaratively in a Web Form.

<%@ Page language="c#"%>
<!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 runat="server">
    <title>About Us</title>
</head>
<body>
    <form id="Form1" method="post" runat="server">
      <asp:SiteMapPath
          runat="server"
          ID="SiteMapPath1"
          RootNodeStyle-Font-Names="Verdana"
          RootNodeStyle-Font-Italic="True"
          RootNodeStyle-ForeColor="Blue"
          CurrentNodeStyle-ForeColor="Red">
          <PATHSEPARATORTEMPLATE>
              <asp:Image id="Image1" runat="server" 
                GenerateEmptyAlternateText="true" 
                ImageUrl="6.jpg"></asp:Image>
          </PATHSEPARATORTEMPLATE>
        </asp:SiteMapPath>
        <h1>About Us</h1>
      <p>This company was founded in 1899, as the demand for widgets grew.</p>
    </form>
  </body>
</html>
<%@ Page language="VB"%>
<!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 runat="server">
    <title>About Us</title>
</head>
<body>
    <form id="Form1" method="post" runat="server">
      <asp:SiteMapPath
          runat="server"
          ID="SiteMapPath1"
          RootNodeStyle-Font-Names="Verdana"
          RootNodeStyle-Font-Italic="True"
          RootNodeStyle-ForeColor="Blue"
          CurrentNodeStyle-ForeColor="Red">
          <PATHSEPARATORTEMPLATE>
              <asp:Image id="Image1" runat="server" 
                GenerateEmptyAlternateText="true" 
                ImageUrl="6.jpg"></asp:Image>
          </PATHSEPARATORTEMPLATE>
        </asp:SiteMapPath>
        <h1>About Us</h1>
      <p>This company was founded in 1899, as the demand for widgets grew.</p>
    </form>
  </body>
</html>

Remarks

Set the PathSeparatorTemplate to an ITemplate object to use an Image or some other control, such as a Label, as the path delimiter between navigation nodes instead of the PathSeparator string.

If the PathSeparatorTemplate property is set, the template overrides both the PathSeparator text displayed and any PathSeparatorStyle applied to it.

You can declaratively set the PathSeparatorTemplate property to any Web server control, and the ASP.NET infrastructure performs the necessary steps to wrap the Web server control as an ITemplate. However, Web server controls do not implement the ITemplate interface; therefore, when you work with the ITemplate properties programmatically, you must write an ITemplate wrapper for any template code. Then, the PathSeparatorTemplate property is set to an instance of the ITemplate wrapper.

Applies to

See also