ASP.NET Literal Control

Definition and Usage

The Literal control is used to display text on the page. This text is programmable.

Note:This control does not allow you to apply styles to its content!

Property

Property Description .NET
Mode   2.0
runat Specifies that the control is a server control. It must be set to "server". 1.0
Text Specifies the text to be displayed. 1.0

Web Control Standard Attributes

AccessKey, Attributes, BackColor, BorderColor, BorderStyle, BorderWidth 
CssClass, Enabled, Font, EnableTheming, ForeColor, Height, IsEnabled 
SkinID, Style, TabIndex, ToolTip, Width

For a complete description, please visit Web Control Standard Attributes.

Control Standard Attributes

AppRelativeTemplateSourceDirectory, BindingContainer, ClientID, Controls 
EnableTheming, EnableViewState, ID, NamingContainer, Page, Parent, Site 
TemplateControl, TemplateSourceDirectory, UniqueID, Visible

For a complete description, please visitControl Standard Attributes.

Example

Literal
In this example, we declare a Literal control that displays static text in the .aspx file.
Literal 2
In this example, we declare a Literal control and a Button control in the .aspx file. When the user clicks the button, the submit subroutine is executed. This subroutine changes the text of the Literal control.