CatalogZoneBase.SelectTargetZoneText Property

Definition

Namespace:

System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebParts

Assembly:

System.Web.dll

Gets or sets the text alongside the control in the catalog user interface (UI) that allows users to choose which zone to add their selected controls to.

public:
 virtual property System::String ^ SelectTargetZoneText { System::String ^ get(); void set(System::String ^ value); };

public virtual string SelectTargetZoneText { get; set; }

member this.SelectTargetZoneText : string with get, set

Public Overridable Property SelectTargetZoneText As String

Property Value

String

A string that contains the text to display alongside the zone selection control. A default culture-specific string is supplied by the .NET Framework.

Examples

The following code example demonstrates how to use the SelectTargetZoneText property declaratively and programmatically. For the full code required to run the example, see the Example section of the CatalogZoneBase class overview.

Notice that the first part of the code example declares two <asp:catalogzone> elements, and the first one declares a value for the SelectTargetZoneText property.

<asp:CatalogZone ID="CatalogZone1" runat="server"
  EmptyZoneText="No controls are in the zone."
  HeaderText="My Web Parts Catalog"
  InstructionText="Add Web Parts controls to the zone."
  PartLinkStyle-Font-Italic="true"
  SelectedPartLinkStyle-Font-Bold="true"
  SelectTargetZoneText="Select zone"
  AddVerb-Text="Add Control"
  CloseVerb-Description="Close and return to browse mode." 
  SelectedCatalogPartID="Currently Selected CatalogPart ID.">
  <ZoneTemplate>
    <asp:DeclarativeCatalogPart ID="DeclarativeCatalogPart1" 
      runat="server">
      <WebPartsTemplate>
        <aspSample:TextDisplayWebPart 
          runat="server"   
          id="textwebpart" 
          title = "Text Content WebPart" 
          ExportMode="All"/>  
        <asp:Calendar id="calendar1" runat="server" 
          Title="My Calendar" />               
      </WebPartsTemplate>
    </asp:DeclarativeCatalogPart> 
    <asp:PageCatalogPart ID="PageCatalogPart1" runat="server" />
    <asp:ImportCatalogPart ID="ImportCatalogPart1" runat="server" /> 
  </ZoneTemplate>
</asp:CatalogZone>
<hr />
<asp:CatalogZone ID="CatalogZone2" runat="server"
  BorderWidth="2"
  HeaderText="My Empty CatalogZone"
  EmptyZoneText="No controls are in the zone." />

<asp:CatalogZone ID="CatalogZone1" runat="server"
  EmptyZoneText="No controls are in the zone."
  HeaderText="My Web Parts Catalog"
  InstructionText="Add Web Parts controls to the zone."
  PartLinkStyle-Font-Italic="true"
  SelectedPartLinkStyle-Font-Bold="true"
  SelectTargetZoneText="Select zone"
  AddVerb-Text="Add Control"
  CloseVerb-Description="Close and return to browse mode." 
  SelectedCatalogPartID="Currently Selected CatalogPart ID.">
  <ZoneTemplate>
    <asp:DeclarativeCatalogPart ID="DeclarativeCatalogPart1" 
      runat="server">
      <WebPartsTemplate>
        <aspSample:TextDisplayWebPart 
          runat="server"   
          id="textwebpart" 
          title = "Text Content WebPart" 
          ExportMode="All"/>  
        <asp:Calendar id="calendar1" runat="server" 
          Title="My Calendar" />               
      </WebPartsTemplate>
    </asp:DeclarativeCatalogPart> 
    <asp:PageCatalogPart ID="PageCatalogPart1" runat="server" />
    <asp:ImportCatalogPart ID="ImportCatalogPart1" runat="server" /> 
  </ZoneTemplate>
</asp:CatalogZone>
<hr />
<asp:CatalogZone ID="CatalogZone2" runat="server"
  BorderWidth="2"
  HeaderText="My Empty CatalogZone"
  EmptyZoneText="No controls are in the zone." />

In the second part of the code example, the value of the SelectTargetZoneText property is changed programmatically.

protected void Button3_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
  CatalogZone1.SelectTargetZoneText = "Add to zone";
  CatalogZone1.EmptyZoneText = "Zone is empty";
  CatalogZone1.HeaderText = "My Updated Header";
  CatalogZone1.InstructionText = "My Updated Instructions";
}

Protected Sub Button3_Click(ByVal sender As Object, _
  ByVal e As EventArgs)
  CatalogZone1.SelectTargetZoneText = "Add to zone"
  CatalogZone1.EmptyZoneText = "Zone is empty"
  CatalogZone1.HeaderText = "My Updated Header"
  CatalogZone1.InstructionText = "My Updated Instructions"
End Sub

When you load the page in a browser, you can select Catalog from the drop-down list to switch to catalog display mode. When the catalog is visible, note the text displayed alongside the DropDownList control in the footer of the catalog. You can click the Set Zone Text Properties button to change the text value of the property.

Remarks

When the catalog UI first appears, users can select one of the CatalogPart controls, such as DeclarativeCatalogPart, that contains WebPart or other server controls that can be added to the Web page. The user selects one or more controls, and can then use the DropDownList control in the footer area of the catalog and choose the WebPartZone control on the page in which to place the selected server controls. The text value of the SelectTargetZoneText property is displayed alongside the DropDownList control as a simple instruction.

The value of this property, when set, can be saved automatically to a resource file by using a designer tool. For more information, see LocalizableAttribute and Globalization and Localization.

See also

• ASP.NET Web Parts Controls