Dynamic menu centering

[SAL]

Hello,
is there a way to menu control dynamically center itself horizontally on a
page?
I have placed a menu control in a panel control (no ajax) and would like it
to center itself. Depending on whose logged in, the menu, or course,
displays different items, sometimes just two items, other times many more.
If all menu items are displaying, centering is not a problem but when only
two items are displayed, the menu appears on the left hand side of the panel
rather in the center of the panel.

Any way to correct this? I have googled and looked in help with, of course,
no help.

Thanks
SAL

 

[SAL]

Okay, so setting the HorizontalAlign property of the panel control causes it
to render as desired but in design mode there's an error parsing control:
Object reference not set to an instance of the object message.

S

 

[SAL]

Thanks for not answering this stupid question. I got it...

S

 

[Steven Cheng [MSFT]]

Hi SAL,

For aligning html element in web page, you can also use the plain css style
.. For exapmle the "text-align" just control how html elements within the
certain element will display. And for your case, you can set the container
element of your menu control as "text-align:center"

=======================
<div style="text-align:center">

<asp:Menu ID="Menu1" runat="server" Orientation="Horizontal"

>

<Items>
<asp:MenuItem Text="New Item1" Value="New
Item1"></asp:MenuItem>
<asp:MenuItem Text="New Item2" Value="New
Item2"></asp:MenuItem>
<asp:MenuItem Text="New Item3" Value="New
Item3"></asp:MenuItem>


</Items>
</asp:Menu>

</div>
=========================

that also works. Actually, this does be a common asked question when
someone what the layout the certain control/element on the center of the
page.

Sincerely,

Steven Cheng

Microsoft MSDN Online Support Lead


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[SAL]

Thanks again for you great support Steven.

S

Hi SAL,

For aligning html element in web page, you can also use the plain css
style
For exapmle the "text-align" just control how html elements within the
certain element will display. And for your case, you can set the container
element of your menu control as "text-align:center"

=======================
<div style="text-align:center">

<asp:Menu ID="Menu1" runat="server" Orientation="Horizontal"<Items>
<asp:MenuItem Text="New Item1" Value="New
Item1"></asp:MenuItem>
<asp:MenuItem Text="New Item2" Value="New
Item2"></asp:MenuItem>
<asp:MenuItem Text="New Item3" Value="New
Item3"></asp:MenuItem>


</Items>
</asp:Menu>

</div>
=========================

that also works. Actually, this does be a common asked question when
someone what the layout the certain control/element on the center of the
page.

Sincerely,

Steven Cheng

Microsoft MSDN Online Support Lead


Delighting our customers is our #1 priority. We welcome your comments and
suggestions about how we can improve the support we provide to you. Please
feel free to let my manager know what you think of the level of service
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