DataGrid Column Heading HTML Encoding ?

[Adrian Parker]

Can someone tell me how to be able to force line breaks in a datagrid column
heading? If the text contains "abc<br>def" then that is what comes out;
the source view contains the "abc&lt;br&gt;def". I'll assume that this
isn't just a problem with datagrid column headings, so is there a generic
solution ?

 

[Erik Funkenbusch]

Can someone tell me how to be able to force line breaks in a datagrid column
heading? If the text contains "abc<br>def" then that is what comes out;
the source view contains the "abc&lt;br&gt;def". I'll assume that this
isn't just a problem with datagrid column headings, so is there a generic
solution ?

The easiest solution is to just go into your aspx page in code view and
change the header text. remember to add the closing /> to make it xhtml
compliant.

 

[Steven Cheng[MSFT]]

Hi Adrian,

Are you using ASP.NET 1.1 or ASP.NET 2.0. I've just tried using the
DataGrid in ASP.NET 2.0 page with some html element like <br/> in the
BoundColumn's HeaderText and it can works. Also, I think you can consider
using TemplateColumn since it can let us customize the Header by inputing
discretionary html content in the HeaderTemplate.

Hope this helps.

Regards,

Steven Cheng
Microsoft Online Support

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[Adrian Parker]

Hi Steven,

Just found the solution.. We're using 2.0 and we were already using a
templare which inherits from BoundField.

What we needed to do was to add the following to the template properties:-

Protected Overrides ReadOnly Property SupportsHtmlEncode() As Boolean
Get
Return False
End Get
End Property

Then the html is rendered as expected.

 

[Steven Cheng[MSFT]]

That's cool Adrian,

Thanks for your followup and share the solution with us.

Regards,

Steven Cheng
Microsoft Online Support

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