How To Get IntelliSense Support for Child Web User Controls

[Axel Dahmen]

Hi,

in VS 2003/2005 I've created my own TabStrip control. The ASPX code is supposed to look something like this:

<my:TabStrip runat="server" ID="myTabStrip">
<my:Tab>Tab 1</my:Tab>
<my:Tab>Tab 2</my:Tab>
<my:Tab>Tab 3</my:Tab>
</my:TabStrip>

However, Visual Studio doesn't seem to provide IntelliSense support for this. How can I have IntelliSense suggest only my tab controls when typing the opening bracket (like the <Columns> tag shown within the asp:GridView control)?

Is it possible to have IntelliSense also suggest specific built-in controls?

I couldn't find any information on this in Google or search.live.

TIA,
Axel Dahmen

 

[Steven Cheng[MSFT]]

Hi Axel,

From your description, you're going to add design-time html editor's
intellisense support for your custom webserver control, correct?

As for the intellisense support in VS HTML editor, it required certain XML
Schema(matches your custom webcontrol's markup) to help the IDE prompt it.
There are some former articles discussing on how to author such schema:

#Adding Design-Time Support to ASP.NET Controls
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa478960.aspx

also, in VS 2005, it seems IDE also support metadata-drived
intellisense(via declaring attributes on your control):

#Metadata-based Intellisense
http://www.nikhilk.net/MetadataBasedIntellisense.aspx

Also, some 3rd party tools has been built for generating such custom
intellisense schemas:

#Intellisense in the HTML Editor for Custom Controls - The Easy Way
http://geekswithblogs.net/decclestone/archive/2006/01/05/64945.aspx

Sincerely,

Steven Cheng

Microsoft MSDN Online Support Lead



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From: "Axel Dahmen" <[email protected]>
Subject: How To Get IntelliSense Support for Child Web User Controls
Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2007 14:26:05 +0100
Hi,
in VS 2003/2005 I've created my own TabStrip control. The ASPX code is

supposed to look something like this:

<my:TabStrip runat="server" ID="myTabStrip">
<my:Tab>Tab 1</my:Tab>
<my:Tab>Tab 2</my:Tab>
<my:Tab>Tab 3</my:Tab>
</my:TabStrip>
However, Visual Studio doesn't seem to provide IntelliSense support for

this. How can I have IntelliSense suggest only my tab controls when typing

 

[Axel Dahmen]

Thanks, Steven, for your valuable help!

Best regards,
Axel Dahmen