FormView.CellSpacing Property
Definition
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Gets or sets the amount of space between cells.
public:
virtual property int CellSpacing { int get(); void set(int value); };public virtual int CellSpacing { get; set; }member this.CellSpacing : int with get, setPublic Overridable Property CellSpacing As IntegerProperty Value
The amount of space, in pixels, between cells. The default value is 0.
Examples
The following example demonstrates how to use the CellSpacing property to specify the amount of spacing between adjacent cells.
<%@ 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 runat="server">
<title>FormView Example</title>
</head>
<body>
<form id="form1" runat="server">
<h3>FormView Example</h3>
<asp:formview id="EmployeeFormView"
datasourceid="EmployeeSource"
allowpaging="true"
datakeynames="EmployeeID"
cellpadding="10"
cellspacing="20"
gridlines="Both"
runat="server">
<itemtemplate>
<table>
<tr>
<td>
<asp:image id="EmployeeImage"
imageurl='<%# Eval("PhotoPath") %>'
alternatetext='<%# Eval("LastName") %>'
runat="server"/>
</td>
<td>
<h3><%# Eval("FirstName") %> <%# Eval("LastName") %></h3>
<%# Eval("Title") %>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</itemtemplate>
<pagersettings position="Bottom"
mode="NextPrevious"/>
</asp:formview>
<!-- This example uses Microsoft SQL Server and connects -->
<!-- to the Northwind sample database. Use an ASP.NET -->
<!-- expression to retrieve the connection string value -->
<!-- from the Web.config file. -->
<asp:sqldatasource id="EmployeeSource"
selectcommand="Select [EmployeeID], [LastName], [FirstName], [Title], [PhotoPath] From [Employees]"
connectionstring="<%$ ConnectionStrings:NorthWindConnectionString%>"
runat="server"/>
</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 runat="server">
<title>FormView Example</title>
</head>
<body>
<form id="form1" runat="server">
<h3>FormView Example</h3>
<asp:formview id="EmployeeFormView"
datasourceid="EmployeeSource"
allowpaging="true"
datakeynames="EmployeeID"
cellpadding="10"
cellspacing="20"
gridlines="Both"
runat="server">
<itemtemplate>
<table>
<tr>
<td>
<asp:image id="EmployeeImage"
imageurl='<%# Eval("PhotoPath") %>'
alternatetext='<%# Eval("LastName") %>'
runat="server"/>
</td>
<td>
<h3><%# Eval("FirstName") %> <%# Eval("LastName") %></h3>
<%# Eval("Title") %>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</itemtemplate>
<pagersettings position="Bottom"
mode="NextPrevious"/>
</asp:formview>
<!-- This example uses Microsoft SQL Server and connects -->
<!-- to the Northwind sample database. Use an ASP.NET -->
<!-- expression to retrieve the connection string value -->
<!-- from the Web.config file. -->
<asp:sqldatasource id="EmployeeSource"
selectcommand="Select [EmployeeID], [LastName], [FirstName], [Title], [PhotoPath] From [Employees]"
connectionstring="<%$ ConnectionStrings:NorthWindConnectionString%>"
runat="server"/>
</form>
</body>
</html>
Remarks
Use the CellSpacing property to control the spacing between adjacent cells in the FormView control. This spacing is applied both vertically and horizontally. The cell spacing is uniform for the entire control. Individual cell spacing between rows or columns cannot be specified.
Note
If you set this property to a value greater than 0, and then set the GridLines property to a value that displays the cell borders, a gap is displayed between the borders of adjacent cells. In this situation, the CellSpacing property controls the size of the gap.
To adjust the spacing between the contents of a cell and the cell's border, use the CellPadding property.
