ASP.NET control to render a <div>

Question

The Label control in ASP.NET seems to render <span> tags, but is there a server control to render HTML within a <div>?

Sure, I could set display: block and it might look the same, but I'd rather not be nesting divs inside spans. Also I'd prefer not to use <%= MyVariable %> because that might not behave nicely on postbacks.

Any suggestions, please?

Answer 1

I think you need HtmlGenericControl class. It has a constructor which accepts a string variable which initializes a new instance of the HtmlGenericControl class with the specified tag:

var div = new HtmlGenericControl("div");

It is also has InnerHtml and InnerText properties (you mentioned this in a comment to the previous answer).

Answer 2

Of course: ASP.NET has a built-in control called Panel!

And you may use it as follows:

<asp:Panel ID="myPanel" runat="server">
    <!-- Other markup here like client and server controls/elements -->
</asp:Panel>

Answer 3

Try the Panel control.

Answer 4

Try this:

<div class="myclass">
<asp:Literal ID="mytext" runat="server"></asp:Literal>
</div>

Set your text inside Literal, which renders without html tag

Answer 5

<asp:Panel>
<div id="NoRecords" runat="server" visible="false">No records are available.</div>
</asp:Panel>

Code-Behind

 protected void MyRepeater1_PreRender(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    if (MyRepeater1.Items.Count == 0)
    {
        NoRecords.Visible = true;
    }
    else
    {
        NoRecords.Visible = false;
    }
}

Answer 6

div runat="server" id="myserversideDiv" 

my inner text here. It has inner text and inner html property and most of asp.net server control property. Try that.