ListView.EditItemTemplate Property

Reference

Definition

Namespace:: System.Web.UI.WebControls

Assembly:: System.Web.Extensions.dll

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Gets or sets the custom content for the item in edit mode.

public:
 virtual property System::Web::UI::ITemplate ^ EditItemTemplate { 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.ListViewDataItem), System.ComponentModel.BindingDirection.TwoWay)]
public virtual System.Web.UI.ITemplate EditItemTemplate { get; set; }

[<System.ComponentModel.Browsable(false)>]
[<System.Web.UI.PersistenceMode(System.Web.UI.PersistenceMode.InnerProperty)>]
[<System.Web.UI.TemplateContainer(typeof(System.Web.UI.WebControls.ListViewDataItem), System.ComponentModel.BindingDirection.TwoWay)>]
member this.EditItemTemplate : System.Web.UI.ITemplate with get, set

Public Overridable Property EditItemTemplate As ITemplate

Property Value

ITemplate

An object that contains the custom content for the item in edit mode. The default is null, which indicates that this property is not set.

Attributes: BrowsableAttribute PersistenceModeAttribute TemplateContainerAttribute

Examples

The following example shows how to define a custom template for the item in edit mode.

Important

This example has a text box that accepts user input, which is a potential security threat. By default, ASP.NET Web pages validate that user input does not include script or HTML elements. For more information, see Script Exploits Overview.

<%@ 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 id="Head1" runat="server">
    <title>ListView Templates Example</title>
  </head>
  <body>
    <form id="form1" runat="server">
        
      <h3>ListView Templates Example</h3>
                 
      <asp:ListView ID="ContactsListView" 
        DataSourceID="ContactsDataSource" 
        DataKeyNames="ContactID"
        runat="server">
        <LayoutTemplate>
          <table cellpadding="2" width="640px" border="1" runat="server" id="tblProducts">
            <tr runat="server">
              <th runat="server">Action</th>
              <th runat="server">First Name</th>
              <th runat="server">Last Name</th>
            </tr>
            <tr runat="server" id="itemPlaceholder" />
          </table>
          <asp:DataPager runat="server" ID="ContactsDataPager" PageSize="12">
            <Fields>
              <asp:NextPreviousPagerField ShowFirstPageButton="true" ShowLastPageButton="true"
                FirstPageText="|&lt;&lt; " LastPageText=" &gt;&gt;|"
                NextPageText=" &gt; " PreviousPageText=" &lt; " />
            </Fields>
          </asp:DataPager>
        </LayoutTemplate>
        <ItemTemplate>
          <tr runat="server">
            <td>
              <asp:LinkButton ID="EditButton" runat="Server" Text="Edit" CommandName="Edit" />
            </td>
            <td>
              <asp:Label ID="FirstNameLabel" runat="Server" Text='<%#Eval("FirstName") %>' />
            </td>
            <td valign="top">
              <asp:Label ID="LastNameLabel" runat="Server" Text='<%#Eval("LastName") %>' />
            </td>
          </tr>
        </ItemTemplate>
        <EditItemTemplate>
          <tr style="background-color: #ADD8E6">
            <td>
              <asp:LinkButton ID="UpdateButton" runat="server" CommandName="Update" Text="Update" />&nbsp;
              <asp:LinkButton ID="CancelButton" runat="server" CommandName="Cancel" Text="Cancel" />
            </td>
            <td>
              <asp:TextBox ID="FirstNameTextBox" runat="server" Text='<%#Bind("FirstName") %>' 
                MaxLength="50" /><br />
            </td>
            <td>
              <asp:TextBox ID="LastNameTextBox" runat="server" Text='<%#Bind("LastName") %>' 
                MaxLength="50" /><br />
            </td>
          </tr>
        </EditItemTemplate>
      </asp:ListView>

      <!-- This example uses Microsoft SQL Server and connects      -->
      <!-- to the AdventureWorks sample database. Use an ASP.NET    -->
      <!-- expression to retrieve the connection string value       -->
      <!-- from the Web.config file.                                -->
      <asp:SqlDataSource ID="ContactsDataSource" runat="server" 
        ConnectionString="<%$ ConnectionStrings:AdventureWorks_DataConnectionString %>"
        SelectCommand="SELECT [ContactID], [FirstName], [LastName] FROM Person.Contact"
        UpdateCommand="UPDATE Person.Contact
                       SET FirstName = @FirstName, LastName = @LastName
                       WHERE ContactID = @ContactID">
      </asp:SqlDataSource>
      
    </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 id="Head1" runat="server">
    <title>ListView Templates Example</title>
  </head>
  <body>
    <form id="form1" runat="server">
        
      <h3>ListView Templates Example</h3>
                 
      <asp:ListView ID="ContactsListView" 
        DataSourceID="ContactsDataSource" 
        DataKeyNames="ContactID"
        runat="server">
        <LayoutTemplate>
          <table cellpadding="2" width="640px" border="1" runat="server" id="tblProducts">
            <tr runat="server">
              <th runat="server">Action</th>
              <th runat="server">First Name</th>
              <th runat="server">Last Name</th>
            </tr>
            <tr runat="server" id="itemPlaceholder" />
          </table>
          <asp:DataPager runat="server" ID="ContactsDataPager" PageSize="12">
            <Fields>
              <asp:NextPreviousPagerField ShowFirstPageButton="True" ShowLastPageButton="True"
                FirstPageText="|&lt;&lt; " LastPageText=" &gt;&gt;|"
                NextPageText=" &gt; " PreviousPageText=" &lt; " />
            </Fields>
          </asp:DataPager>
        </LayoutTemplate>
        <ItemTemplate>
          <tr runat="server">
            <td>
              <asp:LinkButton ID="EditButton" runat="Server" Text="Edit" CommandName="Edit" />
            </td>
            <td>
              <asp:Label ID="FirstNameLabel" runat="Server" Text='<%#Eval("FirstName") %>' />
            </td>
            <td valign="top">
              <asp:Label ID="LastNameLabel" runat="Server" Text='<%#Eval("LastName") %>' />
            </td>
          </tr>
        </ItemTemplate>
        <EditItemTemplate>
          <tr style="background-color: #ADD8E6">
            <td>
              <asp:LinkButton ID="UpdateButton" runat="server" CommandName="Update" Text="Update" />&nbsp;
              <asp:LinkButton ID="CancelButton" runat="server" CommandName="Cancel" Text="Cancel" />
            </td>
            <td>
              <asp:TextBox ID="FirstNameTextBox" runat="server" Text='<%# Bind("FirstName") %>' 
                MaxLength="50" /><br />
            </td>
            <td>
              <asp:TextBox ID="LastNameTextBox" runat="server" Text='<%# Bind("LastName") %>' 
                MaxLength="50" /><br />
            </td>
          </tr>
        </EditItemTemplate>
      </asp:ListView>

      <!-- This example uses Microsoft SQL Server and connects      -->
      <!-- to the AdventureWorks sample database. Use an ASP.NET    -->
      <!-- expression to retrieve the connection string value       -->
      <!-- from the Web.config file.                                -->
      <asp:SqlDataSource ID="ContactsDataSource" runat="server" 
        ConnectionString="<%$ ConnectionStrings:AdventureWorks_DataConnectionString %>"
        SelectCommand="SELECT [ContactID], [FirstName], [LastName] FROM Person.Contact"
        UpdateCommand="UPDATE Person.Contact
                       SET FirstName = @FirstName, LastName = @LastName
                       WHERE ContactID = @ContactID">
      </asp:SqlDataSource>
      
    </form>
  </body>
</html>

Remarks

Use the EditItemTemplate property to define a custom user interface (UI) for the item in edit mode. The EditItemTemplate template usually contains the input controls for the user to update the values of an existing record. It also usually contains buttons to update the record and to cancel the update operation.

To specify the custom template declaratively, add an EditItemTemplate element inside the ListView control. Then add the contents and controls for template to the EditItemTemplate element. You can associate a field with an input control by using a two-way binding expression. This enables the ListView control to automatically display the original field value in the associated input control for the item in edit mode. When a record is updated, the ListView control can automatically extract the updated field value from the associated input control. For more information, see Data-Binding Expressions Overview.

To create buttons that perform the built-in cancel and update operations, add a button control to the template. Set its CommandName property to one of the values listed in the following table.

Button type	CommandName value
Cancel	"Cancel"
Update	"Update"

Applies to

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