Adding attributes to items in a dropdown list

[Joe Molloy]

Hey again,

Anybody have any ideas about how I would go about adding attributes to the
listitems in a databound dropdownlist?

Asp.net debugger has kindly informed me that dropdown list is not a
collection so that 'for each listitem in dropdownlist' style code won't
work.

Joe

 

[Eugene Jenihov]

Hi...

Use HtmlSelect control instead of DropDownList...

 

[Joe Molloy]

That kinda takes from the convenience of the databinding - I don't want to
have to loop through and add values - does anyone know off the top of their
heads is there an onItemCreate method like that for datalists and datagrids?

Joe

 

[nfedin]

There is an event fired by DataGrids called ItemDataBound. You might
be able to catch this event and then add your attribute there.

Neil